Too many cooks spoil the broth

Yoo hoo! Something I wrote for Tuesday’s The Age Good Food section.  * You and your partner have decided to cook together. Bookmarking a recipe for slow-roasted pork belly with Vietnamese slaw, you saunter to the market, envisaging the wonderful evening ahead. Clutching fat wine glasses, you’ll playfully flick each other with tea towels and grate vegetables […]

How to be a good dinner guest

A little something I wrote for The Age Good Food section. How to be a good 21st-century dinner guest Been invited to a dinner party lately? Probably not. In the olden days people threw them with linen napkins, man-woman-man seating arrangements and a proper cheese course. Nowadays it’s all, “Pop over Friday – I’ll cook!” and […]