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The “imperfect pearl”: Winter pear flan

Apart from food, one of my great loves is art so I ask you to stay with me for a momentary digression. The Baroque dawned in Europe in the very final years of the sixteenth century and hung about for … Continue reading

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It’s love: Roti

The world can be divided into two types of people. The first type wants to hold a gathering of family or friends with the least possible amount of work. Nobody is to be in any way inconvenienced by actual effort … Continue reading

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Festive Highlights

The last two weeks have literally been a blur of cooking,eating,friends and relatives, and forays into the stunning part of the world that is now our home – Cape Otway. If I may just relive,recap and bathe in the lingering … Continue reading

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Porchetta

You know you’re a parent when Christmas feels to you like like it’s approaching at the speed of light but to the small people in your life there’s clearly more than an eternity still to wait. It’s definitely time to … Continue reading

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Rose geranium peaches

There used to be two things that my mum would regularly commission from me for breakfast on Christmas morning. The first (strawberry daiquiris) has been banned from Riches family festive proceedings since 2006 due to the fact that everyone was … Continue reading

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