A foodie’s guide to the live cattle export issue

Anna and David

Australians were recently shocked by dramatic scenes of animal cruelty in footage shown in ABC’s Four Corners documentary on the cattle live export trade. Cattle are shipped from northern Australia to Indonesia where thousands were dying “slow and hideous deaths”. After the program aired and a public outcry, the federal Government banned live export of [...]

Recipe: Lebanese aubergine stew

Hearty vegetarian dish adapted from a Nigella Lawson recipe. The problem with food blogging is that a lot of the most delicious food is not particularly photogenic. If I were a truly dedicated food blogger, I would cook up beautiful cakes just for the joy of photographing them, and I would do most of my [...]

Recipe road test: Three bean soup

This week’s recipe is for three bean soup, once again from Olive magazine’s 30 Low-Fat Recipes booklet, free with the February 2008 issue. This doubles as an entry for the Well-Seasoned Cook’s My Legume Love Affair challenge. Three bean soup 20 minutes * EASY chicken or vegetable stock, 500ml broad beans 2 handfuls, fresh or [...]

Recipe road test: Pitta bread

The recipe is from Leith’s Baking Bible by Susan Spaull and Fiona Burrell. Pitta Bread MAKES 8 15g / 1/2 oz fresh yeast (If using fast-action or dried yeast, see below) 1 teaspoon caster sugar 150ml / 5 fl oz lukewarm water 250g / 9 oz strong white flour 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons olive [...]

Recipe road test: Fried aubergine with chilli and salad onions

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