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Food Chat – Butcher Gary McBean Talks Pork
Master butcher Gary McBean helps us get a fork around pork in this informative ‘meat chat’. Learn what to do which which part of the pig and how to get the best crackling
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Grate Borsch – Alice Zaslavsky
I am a huge fan of Alice Zaslavsky. You may have already seen her Cheesy Quinoa Bites and excellent chat on feeding kids on my site! I’m now also enjoying diving into her magnificent book, In Praise of Veg. This recipe is from there. Alice doesn’t write Thermomix methods but she certainly knows her away around a TM and heartily agreed with me when I pointed out that this beetroot and cauliflower soup is made so much easier when the Thermomix is used to help with prep!
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I've shared the recipe for @alicezaslavsky's Grate Borsch (geddit?) on my website this week. I'm a huge fan of Alice and I love her extraordinary new book @inpraiseofveg. It's cheery and clever and useful and learned and can-do and fun. This beetroot and cauliflower soup is as colourful and generous and storied as its author.
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Food writer in natural habitat with pork rib. More in my stories & highlights about @rosheen_'s fierce and tasty food at @etta_melbourne 🥰
Swipe for your own rib.
A long arc of belly-on pork rib is marinated in shio koji, a fermented rice slurry that tenderises meat and focuses its flavours, enriched with Filipino adobo notes of soy, vinegar and garlic. It’s grilled - smoky, juicy, sticky - then served with an oyster emulsion that recalls the Korean predilection for pairing oysters and pork in hotpots, lettuce wraps, life. Writing about it pulls me back into the animal reverie of gnawing on the bone.
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This is @lauraeadauphin. She's owed $11,500 by @redspiceroad, which is reopening with a new ownership structure in the city. Laura is a visa holder. She was sponsored by Red Spice Road, meaning that her status in Australia was instantly imperiled by the company folding in May. Now that they're reopening, this highly skilled professional who knows the business inside out, is not only not getting her money, she's also not being given the opportunity to get her job back. I've written about this in @theageaustralia - link in bio - and Laura is my guest on @dirtylinenpodcast today. #savehospo #noworkerleftbehind 📷 @simonschluter
Here I am in my natural habitat: a restaurant.
@leehofook, actually. This pic was taken almost exactly a year ago, when @smokeystevenson hosted an event of mine. It was so fun, though there was a bit of a weird pandemicky feeling in the air...
Quite a lot has happened since then. And what is coming next?
I'll be chatting the future of dining today at 1pm as part of State Library Victoria's The Future Of... series hosted by Santilla Chingaipe. Free, online, today, link in bio!
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Relieved. Now the work begins.
Thanks to everyone that got tested, isolated, masked up, stayed kind, showed yet more resilience, creativity and plain bloody stubbornness.
This one was super tough. But we did it. I still wouldn't want to be anywhere else but Melbourne, Victoria, with all of you. And now, let's eat.
This is what it's like for Victorian restaurants right now. If you can support your locals by buying takeaway directly or through their preferred delivery provider then please do 💓 Valentine's Day & Lunar New Year are tough ones to lose. See my stories for lots of takeaway ideas! #savehospo
I cannot believe we are here again. I feel like I've been punched in the heart. I'm not angry though. I blame the virus and it doesn't care. A five-day lockdown totally sucks but we know we can do this. Let's help each other through.
DMs open if you need an ear ❤️👂
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Melbourne, Victoria, this is not where we wanted to be, not what we wanted to happen. This really, really sucks :(
Restaurants, if you're swinging into takeaway mode, let me know so I can share.
Basic upshot from press conference just now is that the UK strain of virus is providing such huge challenges in terms of infectivity and speed of transmission that we must assume there are further cases in the community. Public health advice is that we need a circuit breaker to avoid third wave. Therefore from 11.59 tonight all of Victoria will move to stage 4 restrictions until 11.59 Wednesday.
Hospitality takeaway only
Exercise 2 hours a day
5KM limit
Masks worn everywhere
No visitors to home
No public gatherings
Schools to close
Childcare stays open
Be safe everyone. You don't need to panic buy. Love you lots ❤️❤️❤️
Baking for your babe? My Hearts Entwined Love Loaf recipe is up now on my site. It's a fun tangle ❤️❤️
Prawn and beef fat lahmacun at @jethro_prahran. On today's @dirtylinenpodcast I chat to James Ness, the sommelier who is one half of this excellent Prahran pop-up alongside chef Gitai Ifergan.
The conversation continues our Looking Back, Looking Forward series with a question. Is this the best time in a while for aspiring restaurateurs to ask, "Why not now?"
James and Gitai have answered that question in the form of delicious Mediterranean BBQ and Australian wine presented with refreshing no-nonsense passion. Jethro was conceived on a 'Chap Lap' (we explain), it's full of energy and promise and it feels very 2021.
Listen via link in bio.
One case in hotel quarantine worker. Exposure sites via link in bio (south east & bayside). Get tested if you've been to any. Get tested if you have symptoms. Masks on in all indoor settings, including restaurants and kitchens. WE KNOW THIS STUFF, WE'VE GOT THIS 💖 #staysafestayopen
Chicken skin chips....Ridic tasty, great snap, nose-to-tail-to-skin low waste. So many ways to use them! More in my story & highlights 😊
During Melbourne's long lockdown, when I was shopping for my parents, they always put kohlrabi on their shopping list. This tart, earthy yet slightly sweet member of the cabbage family isn’t a vegetable I often bought, but I started getting one for them and one for me, gaining a new appreciation for it along the way.
Like cabbages, it can be eaten raw or cooked. My dad likes to eat it like a pear, cut into wedges, crunchy and raw. He told me that when he was a child in Bratislava, the family's maid would give it to him as an after-school snack.
I love it in simple slaws, like the recipe I just put on my site - link in bio. You can also roast it and use it in soups either chunky or pureed. Kohlrabi leaves can be shredded and added to salads or soups too. You can find green and purple varieties – if they look particularly leathery, peel the outer layer, but I don’t usually find it necessary for this salad.
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