When you date a gluten-free vegetarian you have to like salad. It’s easy to get sick of lettuce too, so when we had this amazing barley and pomegranate salad on the weekend at a BBQ I was blown away.

By gosh, was it delish. We had to go before I could grab the recipe, but I [...]

I was supposed to be reading and writing these holidays, but it’s been all arithmetic. Cups, quarters of cups, 165 grams of this, 250 grams of that. I’ve never had so much fun cooking, even if I am stuck on an island with a vegetarian. I’ll forgive her though because she’s an amazing photographer and [...]

Bircher Muesli used to be something of an enigma for me. A metaphor for health retreats and people named Sven. An option on a breakfast menu you chose if you didn’t eat bacon. It contained sultanas, and oats and fibrous things which stirred the bowels but not the soul. Then I discovered blueberry sauce and [...]

I had Bill Granger’s corncakes not long ago. At his signature restaurant in Surry Hills. They were f***ing terrible. As was everything else about the restaurant. They put bacon on my vegetarian girlfriend’s plate. They didn’t even realise they hadn’t wiped the table down until 3/4 of the way through the meal. They got the [...]

Wow. How poncy. So delicious though. SOO delicious.

Broad beans (just the beans, not the pod)
Fresh as ripe red organic tomatoes
Butter
Garlic
A splash of white wine
Some healthy dollops of white truffle oil
Salt
Cumin
Brown sugar (1-2 tablespoons)
A little lemon juice

Chop the tomatoes up really roughly. Put that all in an oven-proof receptacle of some kind and bake for an [...]

Antipasto
A national broadbean network
with a mirin and murray basin climate change sea salt seasoning
A selection of rice crackers and a liberal serving of dips
Entrée
Spicy tomato and sage soup with crispy tofu
and Crusty gluten-free rye bread
Main Course
Annabelle Crab Cakes with a sweet Julia ‘ginger’ Gillard soy dipping sauce
Dessert
Flourless chocolate cupcakes

Doesn’t sound very appealing if you’re a meat-eater does it, but look at the photo. Holy cow, it’s enough to turn you vegetarian. I found this in Map Magazine, they got it from The Eastern and Oriental Cookbook by Will Ricker.  I’ve never been a big fan of bean curd, but next time one of [...]

Vegetarian, toasted. Fetta, Pumpki, spinach, thinly sliced spanish onion
Price: $7.90
Pros: Fantastic tortilla, perfect mix of flavours, perfectly toasted
Cons: Not quite filling enough for my manly stomach desires and $7.90 isn’t exactly a bargain
Verdict: It’s the closest wrap to the office so the economics work out well

I’d heard of Edible Blooms but didn’t realise how cool they were. A client left them in the office as a thanks to us for doing something good. Delicious, and sexy looking too!

Tomato soup isn’t comfort food. It’s an edible doona in front of an open fire. High on valium. And spooning. It’s August of course, but even in the middle of Winter Brisbane doesn’t tend to get very cold, at least in theory. This afternoon, I needed some comfort.
I buggered my knee a month or so [...]