Archive for June, 2009

Oooh, sprinkles! Cupcakes for work afternoon tea

Manager L brought cupcakes to work for afternoon tea. There’s something about sprinkles that makes me really want to eat a cupcake! And I love the festive polka dot serviettes that make an appearance every morning or aftertoon tea! The cupcakes were fluffy and soft and utterly enjoyable. The sweet icing was a perfect sugary […]

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TFP now on Facebook

I’ve created a Facebook page for The Food Pornographer. My blog posts will feed straight through via the Notes on my Page, and I plan to share little extra bits and pieces from time to time (kind of like what I do with my Twitter account, where you’ll get to read the odd thought or […]

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Polling booth sausage sizzle

In May, Western Australians voted in a referendum on daylight saving*. We wandered over to a polling place in the morning, one of the local primary schools. As we approached, we smelled the unmistakable aroma of fried onions and and heard the sizzle of barbecue. Fantastic – this would be breakfast! According to the signs, […]

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Bento – Turkey SPAM fried rice, orange and prunes

I’ve really been eating a lot of SPAM fried rice lately, haven’t I? I made this batch of fried rice with green beans, corn kernels, garlic, egg and turkey SPAM. I packed us each fried rice, orange slices and prunes. Another possibly cryptic cartoon on Jac’s bento note – can anyone tell me why the […]

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Sandwich bento

Another sandwich bento! Our sandwiches, left to right: leftover salmon pattie, lettuce and tartare oven-roasted eggplant, sweet potato, chutney and mayo curried egg and lettuce english ham, cucumber, french mustard. In Jac’s bento note, I labeled the roasted eggplant, sweet potato, chutney and mayo “highly experimental” – I …

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Dinner – lamb schnitzels and salad

Jac bought these crumbed lamb schnitzels from the supermarket. The crumbed coating was deliciously crunchy and really tasty. It was nice having crumbed lamb for a change, instead of the usual chicken. The lamb tasted so good that again, no sauce was necessary.

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Mothers Day late lunch

On Mothers Day, we enjoyed a late lunch with Jac’s family. We brought bunches of flowers for the mums. Jac and I prepared the first course. We’d marinated chicken thighs pieces in a mixture of half hoisin sauce, half oyster sauce and the juice of an orange. The marinade smelled a little peculiar to me […]

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