food

  • I grew these potatoes using Llew’s method: The red ones grew better than the brown-skinned ones. And I baked this bread using me Dad’s back of the envelope recipe:

  • So this year, I’m growing Tomatoes for the first time ever. My garden consists of six Tomato plants (Tommy Toe and Dynamo), one bucket of Potatoes, and a big-arse Rosemary plant so far. They were my first ever father’s day gifts (awww!). I really want to get a big-arse Basil plant and a big-arse Coriander…

  • Like eating? Like eating in Auckland? Like eating stuff that’s not crap? Like paying feck-all for it? If you answered ‘yes’to all the above, you need to check out Auckland Cheap Eats Reviews – fine lunching for the tight of fist. My mate is reviewing Auckland’s out of the way eateries, dish by dish. My…

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  • Shee-yit, I’ve got a blog!Anthony Bourdain is the anti-celebrity chef with a taste for Steak and The Ramones – that alone makes him my kind of guy, but he also does deadly keyboard. I pilfered copies of “Kitchen Confidential‘ and ‘A Cook’s Tour‘ last Thursday, and have read the first and am halfway through the…

  • Blog neglect

    It’s World Cup time, so any blog effort is over on the other channel.I DID make nice Creme Brule with blueberries, though.