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L'Oustal. Restaurant Express Menu 2008-03-01 05:30:00 The Age Good Food Guide Restaurant Express
.
Friday 22 February - Saturday 8 March, 12pm or 1.30pm.
Jump on board The Age Good Food Guide Restaurant Express and head off on this year's foodie rite of passage. Acquire the flavours of Melbourne's monopoly board of restaurants at an unbelievably reasonable price.Two express courses with a glass of Victorian wine for lunch -at only $30.00,
Food on display. Cafe Greco 2008-02-26 06:43:00 "No where is the stomach of the traveller or visitor put in such constant peril as among the cake - inventive housewives and daughters of New England. Such is the universal attention paid to this particular branch of epicurism in these states, that I greatly suspect that some of the Pilgrim Fathers must have come over to the country with the Cookery book under one arm and the Bible under the
Hotel Nest. Bar Food. 2008-02-21 22:44:00 Rob Mills was bounding down the stairs at his old stomping ground, the Red Eagle Hotel
, when something caught in his throat. As he stopped to clear it he noticed the crowd chanting and screaming below: "Millsy! Millsy!""I feel like a rock star," he said, uncertainly. "That's good, isn't it?"For more than two years Rob Mills had worked this Albert Park pub as frontman for a cover band, the
Regional Producers Day Daylesford 2008-02-20 17:27:00 'Every February we hold a Regional Producers
Day. Between 50 and 60 local producers set up stalls at Lake House, and offer cheeses, smallgoods, free range pork products, honey, organic vegetables and fruit, every imaginable kind of bread, berries, herbs and so on. It's a snapshot of the great things happening in the region. As many as 2,500 people come along and fill their baskets, we have
Out Of The Frying Pan 2008-02-19 23:38:00 The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire
1. Going from a bad situation to one that is even worse ‡.
2. A day of discussion for chefs, restauranteurs, food media and food lovers for this conference on the nexus between food, restaurants and the media at MFWF‡.
‡ This saying often refers to the necessity of making a choice between Read more:Frying
WTF? Kickapoo to you too. 2008-02-17 02:04:00 The Kickapoos (Kickapoo: Kiikaapoa or Kiikaapoi) are one of the Algonquian speaking Native American tribes. According to the Anishinaabeg, the name "Kickapoo" (Giiwigaabaw in the Anishinaabe language and its Kickapoo cognate Kiwikapawa) means "Stands Here and there" and refers to the tribes migratory patterns. This interpretation is contested and generally believed to be a folk etymology.
Beautiful Stench and Bum Hummers 2008-02-13 19:56:00 As I strode from the Market I swung my bag gaily and in my wake I left a foul stench. On the tram a woman checked her baby's nappy thinking that the poor child was creating the malodour that filled the carriage. But I was the culprit. Me, trying to look invisible with a really stinky washed rind cheese in my bag, giving off it's pungent scent of dirty, mouldy bacteria strewn milky Read more:Beautiful
Lunar New Year at Jade Kingdom 2008-02-11 23:28:00 The Chinese New Year is celebrated on the first day of the First Moon of the lunar calendar. The corresponding date in the solar calendar varies from as early as January 21st to as late as February 19th. Chinese New Year traditionally signifies turning over a new leaf. To Read more:Kingdom
, Lunar
Comfort Food 1. Hungary 2008-02-06 21:16:00 Nostalgia equals comfort. The rosy hues of memories are often brought back by the waft of a smell and consequently everyone identifies certain dishes nostalgically as their comfort food. When eaten, these dishes nurture us and provide solace in such a unique way. Sometimes these favourites are also a guilty pleasure, which puts a number of our favourites in the ‘Break Glass in case of Read more:Hungary
The TasteSpotting Stalker 2008-01-30 20:56:00 …When she mixes her state of Florida psychotropic drugs
(mandated after her SECOND suicide attempt) with alcohol she goes onto numerous blogs and posts non-sensical ramblings such as the one above, using a Proxy Server so as to hide her IP address and to attempt to avoid further harassment lawsuits.
She claims to be a Professional Chef, a Pastry Chef, a SeriousEats advisor, and other "things". Read more:Stalker
Aussie Icons 2008-01-25 07:01:00 I Love a Sunburnt Country
The love of field and coppice,
Of green and shaded Lanes,
Of ordered woods and gardens,
Is running in your veins;
Strong love of grey-blue distance,
Brown streams and soft, dim skies -
I know but cannot share it,
My love is otherwise.
I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of drought and flooding rains,
I love her Read more:Aussie
, Icons
Cooking Karma aka Vegie-Gate 2008-01-21 20:15:00 Cookbook Author Sues Jessica and Jerry Seinfeld
for Copyright Infringement and Defamation
NEW YORK, Jan. 7
PRNewswire/Reuters
Attorneys for Missy Chase Lapine, author of "The Sneaky Chef," today filed a lawsuit against Jessica Seinfeld and Jerry Seinfeld for copyright and trademark infringement and defamation in Federal District Court in New York.
The lawsuit alleges that
Indo Bento 2008-01-20 19:59:00 Coconut Rice is an authentic traditional dishes from Indonesia. As a tropical country, Indonesia is fortunate with a variety of herbs and plantation. Coconut is found everywhere and the juice is used as an ingredient for many dishes, including rice. With additional secret herbs and spices, the society create a recipe for a fragrant and distinct flavour of rice called Coconut Rice. The Read more:Bento
You Tarzan. Mee Goreng. 2008-01-13 02:41:00 “A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan
, walks like Jane, and smells like Cheetah”
Ronald Reagan 1911-2004, 40th US President 1981- 89
Tarzan: [inside the smoke-filled Club Moonbeam in New York]
Smell like a Swahili swamp. Why people stay?
Jane: It's what they call having a good time.
Tarzan's New York Adventure, 1942
Melbourne, 1981. I was feeling a little lost in the world as my
Too hot to cook 2008-01-04 16:16:00 As I looked across the river the sweat dribbled down the back of my neck. My face was red and blotchy with discomfort, my fingers swollen. Local women were dressed in long sleeves and trousers, socks, gloves and face masks under conical hats to prevent tanning. I felt hotter just looking at them.
The cold local draught beer offered temporary respite from the 80% humidity, 38degree C heat.
Pasteis De Nata 2008-01-01 18:41:00 “YOU....are barking MAD!” I said loudly to myself.
“It’s over 40 degrees centigrade outside, nearly 50 in the kitchen and here you are flouring your rolling pin and working with puff pastry of all things. It’s just wrong”
Talking to yourself. A clear sign that you’re losing your marbles.
In the lounge room in front of the fan, Mr Stickyfingers – just as batty as I – was ironing. A newly
Pet dining peeves 2007-12-30 02:29:00 Urban Dictionary.com
8. annoying
Doing something or experiencing something at such a level that it becomes annoying. (like listening to too much ska, or radiohead)
Dear sir/madam, Please desist said action because it's unbeleivably irritating. If this request is not met within an adequate amount of time, I will kill you with a rusty shovel
I'm forty one and grumpy. Mr Stickyfingers is
A Pot Luck Christmas 2007-12-29 06:58:00 Now the Princess Pat...
(children repeat each phrase after you)
Lived in a tree
She sailed across
The seven seas
She sailed across,
the channel too
and she took with her
a rig of bamboo
CHORUS
A rig of bamboo
now what is that?
It's something made
by the Princess Pat
its red and gold
and purple too
Thats why its called
a rigabamboo
(repeat chorus)
I'm a Buddhist partly raised by Read more:Christmas
Santa and me 2007-12-25 17:45:00 WOMAN FACING SEX ASSAULT CHARGE FOR ALLEGEDLY
GROPING SANTA
You may have come across naughty Santa
s who can't control their hands. But have you ever heard of a woman being arrested for groping Santa?That's exactly what is alleged in the US, with a woman facing sex assault charges after an incident at a shopping centre.Santa claimed a woman touched him inappropriately while sitting on his lap
Fine Dining. A tale of two birthdays 2007-12-23 03:28:00 Our wine glasses had remained empty for a while. The bottle languished on our table and unaccustomed to having to pour our own wine in a fine dining establishment we had not bothered to do so. A waitress came by and reached across us to lift the $66 bottle of Poggerino Chianti Classico. Seeing that it was not empty, she immediately put it down and walked away without a word. My beloved looked Read more:Dining
Pearl 2007-12-18 06:49:00 ENTREE
Tapioca fried, soft shell blue swimmer crab with a salad of sour mango, peanuts, palm sugar and fish sauce with BBQ pork and rice paddy herb
Half shell Hervey bay scallops with yellow curry sauce, crispy fried shallots, coriander and lime
MAIN COURSE
One side only seared Yellowfin tuna, sweet smoked fish salad with galangal and kaffir lime
Steamed Bluewater barramundi with Read more:Pearl
Wake up to sunshine 2007-12-15 20:23:00 "'When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,' said Piglet at last,
'what's the first thing you say to yourself?'
'What's for breakfast?' said Pooh. 'What do you say, Piglet?'
'I say, I wonder what's going to happen that's exciting today?' said Piglet.
Pooh nodded thoughtfully. 'It's the same thing,' he said."
A. A. Milne, 'The House at Pooh Corner'
Why Mr Stickyfingers never suggests we go out for Read more:sunshine
No Happy Returns Fenix 2007-12-14 01:57:00 Fenix. Reservation Monday December 17, 2007. Confirmed.
Mr Capaldi,
As a long time fan of yours, my partner Mr Stickyfingers thoughtfully made a reservation in November to bring me to your restaurant to celebrate my birthday on December 17. Although your venue is not usually open on Mondays, he was reassured that it would be on that particular day and the booking was accepted. Read more:Happy
, Returns
Lemon Mayonnaise 2007-12-12 17:19:00 LEMON MAYONNAISE - a golden bowl of sunshine
Beat in the following order until desired taste and consistency is acquired:
4 yolks of Swampy Marsh's free range eggs, from hens who rummage at their leisure in paddocks in Warrnambool, Victoria.
Third of a teaspoon of Keens powdered mustard
A splash of tarragon vinegar
A thin stream of light olive oil
A thin stream of Extra Virgin Olive oil Read more:Lemon
, Mayonnaise
Food For Trees 2008-03-09 23:25:00 Restaurant luminaries unite
to fight climate change
Some of the biggest names in Melbourne’s restaurant business have joined forces to help reduce the environmental damage being done by carbon emissions.
Restaurant luminaries today gathered on Wednesday at the Bourke Street icon, Grossi Florentino Restaurant, to launch Food for Trees
TM – a carbon capture scheme that commits the restaurants to
Comfort Food 2. Chocolate Mousse 2008-03-14 23:55:00 "If any man has drunk a little too deeply from the cup of physical pleasure; if he has spent too much time at his desk that should have been spent asleep; if his fine spirits have become temporarily dulled; if he finds the air too damp, the minutes too slow, and the atmosphere too heavy to withstand; if he is obsessed by a fixed idea which Read more:Chocolate
, Mousse
Bloggers Banquet 2. April 5 2008-03-16 22:35:00 The "Mock 10" Signs of Blog Addiction At Bloggers Anonymous—we normally frown upon spreading propaganda that minimizes the serious nature of our cause. However, in the name of education and awareness, we would like to point to the this juvenile “Top 10” list of “symptoms” which indicate you may be a addicted to blogging. We will not reveal the authors as to not credit them in any Read more:April
, Banquet
Locavore je t'adore 2008-03-16 01:43:00 CHERRY TOMATOES
These are eaten with your fingers during cocktails, but with a knife and fork when served in a salad or another course at the table. Try to select one that's small enough to put in your mouth whole, because they squirt. Close your lips tightly before chewing.
Arthur Inch & Arlene Hirst.
Dinner is Served. A Butler's Guide to The Art of The Table
There is a political Read more:adore
Bitter Heart. Sweet Chutney. 2008-03-23 06:45:00 e·piph·a·ny (ĭ-pĭf'ə-nē) Pronunciation Key
Epiphany A Christian feast celebrating the manifestation of the divine nature of Jesus to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi. January 6, on which this feast is traditionally observed. A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something. A comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden Read more:Bitter
, Chutney
, Heart
, Sweet
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