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Sizzling Salmon with Steamed Pak Choi
Profiteroles
Bargain Betty and the Pantry Project
Virgil Evetts Diana Clement has a genius for frugality. She can spot a bargain at 50 paces, smell a decent garage sale from several streets over, and is a Trade Me trawler of formidable prowess. And so she should be. … Read more
You say pawpaw, I say papaya…
Virgil Evetts It’s that time of year when seasonal fruit are all but absent from the garden and fruit shop unless you count citrus, which I’ve now had my fill of well and truly. And don’t insult me with mention … Read more
Caramel Popcorn and Nuts
Welsh Rarebit
Of Cabbages and Kings (but mostly cabbages).
Virgil Evetts To the average consumer there’s nothing very sexy about brassicas. Oh sure, we go through the motions with broccoli and cauliflower and even the odd cabbage from time to time, but they’re usually approached with grim determination rather … Read more
A Sow-er taste in my mouth…
Virgil Evetts Have I learnt nothing from my various philosophical run-ins with religious zealots? Extremists of all persuasions issue decrees and dogma, not reason and sound debate. They are best avoided. Despite knowing this only too well, I was recently drawn … Read more
But it looked so good in the picture!
Debbie Byrom I don’t often eat ice cream. Especially the fat-laden sugary behemoth that is a Memphis Meltdown – I’m afraid I may be afraid of big nuts as the advertising suggested. There was however a moment of weakness on … Read more
The curse of the night owl
Virgil Evetts From my mid-teens through to my late twenties I was a consummate late nighter. Lights-out at 2am was quite the norm on weekdays, and weekends were much, much worse. I don’t know how I did it. But then … Read more
The Exploded Chicken
Virgil Evetts So ubiquitous is the humble chicken among the world’s myriad cuisines that it has become the default point of reference for all other meats. Any unfamiliar flesh is described in terms of how much it tastes like chicken. I think … Read more
Hokey Pokey Ice Cream
