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Food Herald - October 2006

Fondue Facts - Fondue = Love

October 30th 2006 10:52
History:
The term "fondue" comes from the French "fondre" ("to melt"). Fondue is a French Swiss dish which became widely popular across the world in the 1960s. The dish was supposedly invented in remote Swiss regions to make stale cheese and bread more edible during the winter months when food was scarce. (Wikipedia)
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1. “There is a delightful tradition that goes with fondue. If a lady drops her food into the fondue pot, she must kiss the gentleman on her right. If a man drops his food, he must drain his glass or supply another bottle of wine for dinner.”

So apparently this is some sort of age old fondue tradition. Presumably made up by some guy who wanted to get drunk and then have an excuse for a bit of a pash. (Atco Blue Flame Kitchen)
http://www.theobsessionboxco.com/heartfondueset.html


2. Share the food of love with your snookie wookie pookie pumpkin. For a perfect valentines day treat be inventive with your lover, chocolate and a heart shaped fondue kit.
http://www.theobsessionboxco.com/heartfondueset.html

5. Probably the stupidest thing ever. It only fits one strawberry.
http://www.amazon.com/Mini-Fondue-Kit-Pocket-Packets/dp/0762411333
http://www.amazon.com/Mini-Fondue-Kit-Pocket-Packets/dp/0762411333

4. Food Lover’s Trivia, what a marvellous combination! The website also contains some great fondue recipes and fondue etiquette. And if you’re willing to pay for it you can order the game from the site and throw an edible games night for your friends.
http://www.foodloverstrivia.com/recipes.asp

Fondue Etiquette

"1. Cut the foods in pieces small enough for people to fit into their mouths without risk of "wearing it home".

2. Always use heavy cast iron or enamel fondue pots for oil based fondues or fondues in which the food will actually be cooked. These are much more stable, therefore safer. Earthenware or ceramic is fine for the others. Just remember; cast iron if we're cooking what we're dipping, ceramic if we're not.

3. Always heat your fondue in a pot on the stove, and then carefully pour it into the fondue pot. Always warm the fondue pot first.

4. Buy enough food! As a general rule the average person will eat 15-20 bread cubes; 6-8 ounces of meat, fish or seafood; 6-8 ounces of vegetables or fruit; 10-15 cubes of cake or brownies and 10 marshmallows! Not all in one sitting- but remember you should always serve vegetables with meats and seafood's to balance the meal.

5. While enjoying your fondue, try to avoid touching your lips to the skewer. If you prefer, you can use the skewers for dipping only using a separate fork and plate to eat from."

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Chocolate Fondue

October 28th 2006 05:07
Ingredients:
Chocolate Melts
Pure Cream


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Yes, folks, I’m sure many of you can empathise when I say that its an assessment heavy time of year. Yet while I’m tapping away furiously at the computer or slaving over piles of dusty books sometimes my mid drifts off and I think of food…
Did you know this every day spice could help you achieve immortality? http://www.sxc.hu/photo/192205

While researching Daoism for one of my essays I came across a really interesting recipe, written in an ancient Chinese self cultivation manuscript


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Sydney Food and Wine Fair - Hyde Park

October 24th 2006 11:58
As part of the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Month there will be a food festival in Hyde park this Saturday. At the Sydney Food and Wine Fair there will be over one hundred food stalls from Sydney’s top restaurants, cafes, vineyards and breweries. With free entry, jazz and entertainment it looks like a great way to spend your Saturday afternoon. However there are a couple of strange features. The first is their ticketing system by which you need to purchase vouchers which you can then trade in for food. This seems like a bit of a convoluted process but perhaps there’s some sort of strategic reason behind it. Secondly, according to the website there is only a two hour window of opportunity between 12 and 2pm during which you can purchase food but the music then continues until 5pm. Nevertheless the funds go to the AIDS Trust of Australia so it’s definitely a worthy cause.

http://www.sxc.hu/photo/642128

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Chickpea and Tomato Salad Recipe

October 23rd 2006 11:56
Ingredients:
150 Grams Dried Chickpeas
1 Dozen Baby Tomatoes


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Ice and Slice Newtown

October 20th 2006 05:17
I’ve been to Ice and Slice several times now and I have to say it’s definitely one of my favourite pizza places in Newtown.

Ice and Slice
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Yummy Rice Stuffed Mushrooms

October 19th 2006 09:09
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Beware of Consuming Excess Guilt

October 18th 2006 11:58
Recently another blogger’s observation alerted me to this terrible problem. These days people have been consuming far to much guilt in their food. No matter what you eat, when you eat, try and avoid any guilt. It can lead to serious health conditions, including introversion, depression, and in very extreme circumstance, death.

“I also discovered that I was intaking a lot of guilt in my food. Snakatas are 8% guilt, for instance, as I discovered today via mathematical induction (kinda


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Feasting On Flesh at the Studio

October 17th 2006 10:39
A sensual and visual feast of gastronomic proportions! The Studio is the part of the Sydney Opera House that caters towards fringe and avant guard performances. Feasting On Flesh is a dark food themed experience which incorporates music, spoken word, physical theatre and circus.


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Apple and Almond Oat Cookies

October 16th 2006 11:26
Ingredients:
1 Cup of Raw Sugar
˝ a Cup of Rolled Oats

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Latteria Cafe Darlinghurst

October 14th 2006 05:38
Latteria is a strange little place that had no real divisions between inside outside, kitchen or dining areas. The café seemed to have previously been a store room or something as it was really nothing more than a narrow space between two shops. Along the side of the space the waitresses and cook shuffled to prepare and serve the food using the appliances that lined the sides. Necessarily due to space restrictions most of the seating was on the footpath, but I don’t know what they would do in the event of rain.

Latteria Cafe Darlinghurst

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Zucchini Fritters

October 13th 2006 04:50
Ingredients:
3 Zucchini
8-9 Mint Leaves

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Cow Butter Sculpture Trend

October 11th 2006 05:57
Butter sculpting is a strange phenomenon. Yet even more strange is the compulsion its artisans exhibit to continually create effigies of cows as some sort of symbolic testimony to their origins.

There’s a woman who goes by the name of the ‘butter cow lady’. Norma Lyon earned this title by building life sized sculptures of cows out of dairy butter. This insane woman even created a butter version of Da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’!

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Feast Bazaar SBS

October 11th 2006 04:39
Feast Bazaar is not simply about food but an intimate exploration of its intricate relationship with history, life and culture. The ten part series aired on SBS and features areas in Morocco and Syria, depicting them as tantalising and enigmatic. The cinematography is absolutely beautiful and will leave you with a yearning to visit the places featured.

The program’s host, Barry Vera, is not too annoying and presents a varied and respectful view of the colourful towns. He also has a first hand experience with the wonderful world of food as he owns a restaurant, named after himself. http://www.vera.com.au/

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Avocado and Asparagus Salad

October 9th 2006 12:49
Ingredients:

˝ Lemon

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The Red Heifer Grill and Carvery

October 6th 2006 03:07
Possibly Newcastle’s best meat house. Possibly Newcastle’s only meat house. I’m not that familiar with Newcastle and I’m told Darby street is good for cafes but the Red Heifer Grill and Carvery is one of the only and certainly the most prominent establishment on Hunter Street around the Civic station side of town.


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Kalamata Olive Tapenade Recipe

October 5th 2006 08:29

This is really yummy and often requested for gatherings. The flakes of almond perfectly compliment the strong flavour of the kalamata olives.

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Kalamata Olive Facts

October 4th 2006 08:38
Kalamata Olives are one of my favourite kinds of olives. They are almond shaped and a dark brown or eggplant colour, and they have a wonderfully salty, lustrous flavour. Originating in Greece, these olives have a robust quality that perfectly compliments Greek cuisine and can be added to international dishes to add bite. They are named after a Kalamai is a city in southern Greece, on the Peloponnesos, by the Mediterranean. From where many olives are imported, although it is now possible to buy locally grown products.

Kalamata olives are allowed to ferment in own brine. The length of time they are left to ferment determines the complexity of the flavour. A longer period of time also usually results in a less bitter taste.Black kalamata olives contain more oil than green ones. Unopened olives can be stored at room temperature up to two years. Opened olives should be refrigerated in their own liquid in a non-metal container and will last up to several weeks after opening.

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The winners of the aptly named ‘Shoot the Chef’ competition have recently been announced and are currently on exhibition. The Sydney Morning Herald ‘Shoot The Chef’ photography competition is part of Good Food Month and showcases the work of photographers both professional and students. Competitors had to take a creative photograph that captured what it is to be a chef.


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Lamb Shanks Roasted In Red Wine

October 2nd 2006 06:24
Oh my God, this is so good. If you like meat, this is one of the most succulent, flavoursome ways to do it. And it smells amazing.

I think it looks very Medieval

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