A Glacé Act
Virgil Evetts At the risk of startling more than a few of you, I feel it timely to point out that Christmas is coming, (at an alarming rate of knots), and the goose is getting positively obese. I’m not telling … Read more
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Water, water everywhere so why put it in a bottle?
Virgil Evetts I’ve been having a bit of an internal debate lately about the pros and cons of bottled still water (of the Pump et al varieties). It doesn’t concern me that much of it consists of little more than filtered tap-water … Read more
Banana Saturation
Virgil Evetts I just had to share this picture. You are looking at one obscenely large plantain (starchy cooking banana), given to me last week by someone who takes pleasure in surprising me with strange fruit. Apparently it’s peak banana … Read more
Asparagus Alert
Asparagus Alert – Lou Davey We are plum in the midst of asparagus season. There it is, pride of place in every supermarket veg section and going for (almost) a song. I can take it or leave it myself but … Read more
On The Snail Trail
Virgil Evetts I used to view snails on a dinner plate with such squinty-eyed scepticism – for all the usual reasons I suppose – their sliminess, their squelchyness, the havoc they wreck in the garden. On the rare occasions when … Read more
Viva Vanilla!!
Virgil Evetts As a decidedly amateur grower of exotic and impractical food crops, I almost choked on my toast yesterday morning when I read about the big food news out of Tauranga – that a New Zealand company had achieved … Read more
Swimming with the Onions
Swimming with the Onions – Elaine Davey There’s much to be said for having a gadget-free kitchen. Especially when, like mine, its dimensions are about the same as a medium-sized executive home’s bathroom. And when I say my kitchen is … Read more
Plantains-a-plenty
Virgil Evetts I was recently reminded of the buzz caused on the Foodlovers Forums by the arrival of Plantains (starchy cooking bananas) in local fruit shops earlier this year. Whilst shaking my head and smirking my way through an … Read more
Long-haul gluttony
Virgil Evetts Being on the receiving end of long-winded holiday recaps can be so bloody boring don’t you think? It’s like hearing about a really great party that you wern’t invited to. So, as much as possible, I like to let the … Read more
iDon’tSnack 2.0- UPDATE!!!!!!
Virgil Evetts Yes. Hello, I’m back at home now and I’ll be sure to bang on about the wonders of Italy, Singapore and London in gratuitous detail shortly, but first I need to address a more urgent matter. Vegemite iSnack 2.0. … Read more
Asparagus Fever
Virgil Evetts I’m one of those people who sulks and pouts their way through the dark months. I loathe the short days, cold nights and the lack of vital produce, and so desperately wait for the first tell-tale signs of … Read more
Thailand Tell All
Virgil Evetts I’m just grabbing a moment here in Florence to say a quick buongiorno, and to rub your nose in how very pleasant a time I’m having abroad. Thailand was wonderful, peaceful, pressure cooker-hot and, most importantly for the … Read more
Mince Words
Virgil Evetts Mince gets a bad rap these days. It’s gained a low-rent reputation, and is subject to so many scurrilous lies and rumours about its origins – nought but snouts and sphincters according to some. But preciousness and pretensions … Read more
On the road again..
Virgil Evetts Did I mention I was going away? Probably not. Ive got this whole middleclass guilt thing going on so, the fact that I’ve been planning a holiday in Tuscany has been more than a little embarrassing to me. Its … Read more
