Inner-curmudgeoning. Asian Cooking Box. Job going at Fair Food.

A couple of weeks ago I went to Bendigo to the Community Food Hubs Conference. I’ve been going to local food gatherings like this for 15 years now and as I drove up the Calder my inner-curmudgeon grizzled, “Haven’t we said it all before?  Is there actually anything left to talk about?” I’m sure it’s no different in […]

What lies at the bottom of our crispers. New Asian Food Box.

The other day rummaging through the fridge looking for leftovers to take to work I come across a small tupperware container holding two lonely pieces of cooked cauliflower. Not recognising it from recent meals I hold up the container to Peta, my wife. “What’s this?” I ask. “That’s cauliflower,” she replies casually. “Cauliflower?” “Yeah, cauliflower.” “Where’d it come […]

Shop News – Miso Eggplant / Bee Hoon Now!

In China’s remote Yunnan Province where southern Asia, eastern Asia and the Tibetan Plateau join, three of the world’s great rivers – the Jinsha (Yangtze), Lancang (Mekong) and the Nu (Salween) come very close to meeting.  For one hundred extraordinary miles they run parallel through deep gorges and high mountains creating a landscape that UNESCO […]