As proudly announced in its national anthem, Australia is “girt by sea.” That makes for bountiful fresh seafood, ranging from oysters, to coral trout, to pricey greenlip abalone. One of the best places to sample this briny harvest is the Sydney Fish Market, the largest in the southern hemisphere. Unlike the “New” Fulton Fish Market [...]
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The Sydney Fish Market
Posted in Farmers' Market Cooking, Food History, Ingredients, Travel, tagged abalone, australia, australian fish, fish, sydney, Sydney Fish Market, Travel on May 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Public Footpaths and Wild Blackberries
Posted in Travel, tagged cotswolds, england, Travel on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things I’ve been enjoying most about The Cotswolds is the public footpaths. They are everywhere, taking you from village to village often through farmers’ fields. They were created from ancient traditional walking paths which according to English law must remain open to the public if it can be proven they have been [...]
The Angel and Greyhound
Posted in Oxford Symposium 2009, Traditional Foodways, Travel, tagged oxford, real ale, Travel on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I finally found some open WiFi here in Oxford. You’d think there’d be more in a university town. The term doesn’t start until October so maybe that’s why. I’ve really been enjoying the history and architecture and this afternoon I’m off to the beginning of the Oxford Sympsium with the fund raising picnic based on [...]
Real Ale in London
Posted in Traditional Foodways, Travel, tagged london, real ale, Travel on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m testing the iPhone WordPress app to see if I can post from the road. Here’s a photo of a half pint of Fuller’s Discovery Blonde. I drank this real ale at the Red Lion in Ealing. The pub stands right across the street from the old Ealing Studios and its walls are covered with [...]
Food and Language, Oxford, 2009
Posted in Food History, Oxford Symposium 2009, Travel, Uncategorized, tagged food, Food History, oxford, oxford symposium, Travel on September 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In my last post I wrote about the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery which I’ll be attending next week. As well as feeding the mind, the symposium is known for special meals that are created in accordance with each year’s theme. This year on Friday evening, Fergus Henderson, chef of world renowned St. John [...]
The Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, 2009
Posted in Oxford Symposium 2009, Travel, tagged oxford, oxford symposium, Travel on September 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last year one of my favorite bloggers, Janet Clarkson over at The Old Foodie mentioned that she was going to a Symposium in Oxford, UK all about food history. I was thrilled to find out that such a thing existed and put it on my list of things to do really soon. Well, really soon [...]
