February 2013

This month, ‘The Choice is Yours’, Dom from Belleau Kitchen suggests.  He’s asked us to ‘go back to the very beginning’ when Random Recipes first started.  Recipe selection in the first RR challenge was simplicity itself ‘pick & point’.  As I didn’t participate in the early RRs, this is a chance to go back to… Read more

Local &/or General is the title of a song by The Models.  Not when they were in their chart topping phase but earlier on, in their edgy, urban grit phase, prior to James Freud joining.  It’s a song that’s always stuck in my mind and it seemed like an appropriate title for this occasional series of reviews… Read more

Sounds a bit weird doesn’t it?  Well let me tell you readers, it was delicious!  Last year I purchased a Scoopon for a ‘Feta Cheese’ making workshop, for only a few dollars.  The feta lesson turned out to be part of a bigger ‘Fermented Foods’ workshop.  So on a very hot Saturday afternoon, a friend… Read more

It’s been a while since I’ve had a Lunch Sized Adventure due mainly to the geographic remoteness of where I now work.  It’s over 500m to the nearest Grill’d don’t you know?  Anyway, I’ve been in the CBD this week as I’m on Jury Duty so I have had time to fit in a quick… Read more

I recently hosted a Gastronauts Supper Club dinner with a South American theme and decided to offer a palate cleanser in between courses, using an ingredient from the Americas. Not long ago I read a post by Rhubarb Whine about how to make a home smoker using your wok when the idea of a Smoked… Read more

Each summer, smoothie production ramps up at our house.  No particular recipe – just fruit and either yoghurt or milk or maybe some juice, mixed in the blender with ice (if we have it).  We often have one mid morning on a Saturday instead of morning tea. The problem with smoothies is that they’re not… Read more