Melbourne Restaurant Name Generator: Mexican Edition
Since the City of Melbourne passed an edict that no new restaurant can get a liquor licence in Melbourne unless it serves a fish taco, my Melbourne restaurant name generator has become redundant. I’ve...
View ArticleIs authenticity xenophobic?
My favourite Mexican cookbook is Marilyn Tausend’s Cocina De La Familia because it is not devoutly Mexican. Tausend isn’t Mexican and collated her recipes from interviews with home cooks across America...
View ArticleLow hanging fruit
Here’s a community built map of overhanging fruit in (mostly) Melbourne. Not much will be in season at the moment apart from the lemons, so hold off a few months before you selfishly plunder the...
View ArticleWarning to Coles shoppers: ROBOTS TOUCH YOUR FOOD.
You know what the average shopper at Coles Supermarket fears? Robots. Giant robots who touch their food. This secret informs their latest sleight of hand that boasts that their home delivered food is...
View Article#WEFO T-Shirt
A while back there was a discussion amongst West Footscray locals about the etymology of the suburb’s abbreviation “wefo”, a discussion started by its commodification by this $65 cushion from design...
View ArticleAustralian food blogging list updated; no longer tracking freebies
I’ve updated my Australian Food Blog list: it will forever be incomplete but the best that I can do. I’ve decided to stop tracking bloggers who receive free meals, cash or other incentives in exchange...
View ArticleFootscray Market – Opening Hours, Christmas 2012
In what is fast becoming a tradition, my local market, Footscray Market, has failed to post opening hours anywhere online. Opening hours for the market over the Christmas/New Year’s period 2012 are:...
View ArticleAmbient intimacy
While I’m working for Tourism Victoria, I’m not writing Victorian restaurant reviews or about Victorian product more generally on this blog. This is very much self-imposed. There is too much scope for...
View ArticleA trending history of Australian home-baked goods
The relative Google search volumes for various popular Australian cake recipes. Related posts: Rotisserie = home Cold smoking at home: Convert your Weber for $10 How influential are Australian food...
View ArticleYour funds buy my food security.
The Jonas family grows pork that makes most other pork taste like that foamy pizza topping ham-substitute. If you’ve ever planned to cut down on how much meat you eat and then reward yourself with the...
View ArticleFootscray Market – Christmas Opening Hours 2013
Welcome to Year 5 of my Christmas vigil to commemorate Footscray Market‘s inability to publish their Christmas/New Year’s opening hours online. Consider my annual dose of community service done. Here...
View ArticleIs authenticity xenophobic?
My favourite Mexican cookbook is Marilyn Tausend’s Cocina De La Familia because it is not devoutly Mexican. Tausend isn’t Mexican and collated her recipes from interviews with home cooks across America...
View ArticleI want to eat here
1950s and 60s restaurant postcards via SwellMap. Click left and right on the photo to scroll. So many white people.
View ArticleMelbourne’s Oldest Restaurants
Melbourne’s oldest restaurant is Florentino (est.1928), if you count restaurants opened on the same site, serving the same cuisine under the same name. The oldest continuously running restaurant (as...
View ArticleNot an economic analysis of food trends
Thomas the Think Engine takes on an economic analysis of food trends and the growth in American barbecue in Melbourne, and it’s really quite wrong. The whole city is suddenly buzzing with American...
View ArticleFootscray Market Opening Hours – Christmas 2014
@phil_lees Nice. But when's the Footscray Market opening over Christmas this year? — Pat Nourse (@patnourse) December 3, 2014 Welcome to Year 6 of my Christmas vigil to commemorate Footscray Market’s...
View ArticleAustralia’s top 100 restaurants
With the Australian Financial Review‘s announcement of Australia’s fifth top 100 list of restaurants after the one below, Gourmet Traveller’s, Yelp’s and Dimmi’s, I started to get that feeling of deja...
View ArticleFootscray Market Opening Hours – Christmas 2015
I’ve now been blogging for 10 years. In that entire time the Footscray Market, one of Melbourne’s biggest wet markets, has never published their Christmas opening hours online. This post marks the 7th...
View ArticleA trending history of Australian home-baked goods
The relative Google search volumes for various popular Australian cake recipes.
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