Most of the time, breakfast involves oats. They’re low GI. Cheap as chips. When the weather is warm they’re muddled into bircher muesli, that’s often stained Rainbow Brite pink by the leaching hues of frozen berries. Breakfast bircher (aka Project Big Tub) When it’s cold, the oats are nurtured into porridge. To look at, it’s […]
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There are times when I just can’t be arsed. To shop, to think, to cook. Shock horror. It might be a night when it’s just too hot, or cold, or dark or late. Or it might be a lunch time when I’m running a little behind deadline and didn’t really expect that I’d be making […]
The Hungry One loves his coffee. No matter where we go in the world, there is one thing that is top of his to-do list. It’s the need for a decent coffee. He’s a man with high standards. He can talk about milk texturing, bean grinds and the importance of tamping until the cows come […]
Most Christmases I get to do a nice line in sides. Back in Sydney the weather is usually hot and sticky enough to make you feel like you’ve just had a hug from a child that’s manhandled a honey sandwich. There’s a big crowd for Christmas eve. There are pink daiquiris. A ham branded with […]
You need to have a good breakfast. Sure. But it doesn’t always have to be in the morning. Read the rest at the Amateur Gourmet here