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Eat, Drink & Be Merry

Happy New Year!

December 31, 2009

Hello my dear readers! It’s already 2010 in Sydney, Australia, and I can already feel the great vibe that is 2010 and this new decade. I’m so elated to be out of 2009 and I’m looking forward to all the potential this year holds. We celebrated in Sydney with candlelight, great music, and a smorgasbord [...]

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Padma + Nigella = Yum

November 11, 2009

Flipping around on TV, I happen upon Bravo during a most serendipitous moment: Padma Lakshmi and Nigella Lawson in bed. Not together, silly, we’ll get to that in a moment. But Padma and Nigella looking bedhead sexy in white robes, tucked into their respective twinned hotel suite queen beds. All in the name of food [...]

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Greeks + Food = Love

September 13, 2009

I recently read Julie and Julia, Top Chef and all things Cheese Straws by fellow blogger The Preppy Islander and aside from enjoying her narrative, it got me thinking about food and its role in different cultures. You see, being a Greek, I have no frame of reference for cultures/families/lifestyles that are not centered around [...]

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The easiest, yummiest chicken you’ll ever bake…

July 21, 2009

I’ve written before that I enjoy cooking almost as much as I enjoy eating. I am fortunate that I come from a home with not one, but two incredible cooks. So all my life I’ve been exposed to a mostly Mediterranean diet, and natural, wholesome, fresh food. Most of what I cook for hubby and [...]

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Greekalicious

July 7, 2009

I’ve written and lost this post twice, damn it, so here is the short version… Recently read about Greekalicious cooking classes run by Maria Benardis, and it seems like they’d be good fun. (Though I do find $130 per class a bit steep, especially when I already have two amazing Greek cooks I can learn [...]

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Skinny Bitch…the book, that is.

July 3, 2009

My sister-in-law recently sent me the Skinny Bitch box set for my birthday, and I’m so glad she did (thanks, P!)—though it is totally not what I expected. What I expected was tongue-in-cheek, eat-like-the-French advice. References to designer duds and fabulous living that can’t really be achieved since I am not well-acquainted with portion control, which [...]

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Kickin’ it in Kings Cross

June 26, 2009

Had a great day yesterday here in Oz! Hopped a train in the morning to meet a new friend in Kings Cross for lunch. She took me to a fab little restaurant named Bill’s…little did I know I was about to eat lunch at a Darlinghurst (and Sydney) foodie landmark (thanks for that, friend!). Bill’s is [...]

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Flava Fave: Rosemount Pinot Noir

June 10, 2009

There is something (besides fighting) the Aussies do extraordinarily well. So well, in fact, it could be hazardous to my health (maybe). Wine. Vino. Vin. Surprisingly, this stunning but often inhospitable country seems to be the Holy Grail of wine production. The Aussies’ cups runneth over, and let me tell you I’m always hovering, stem [...]

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Gastronomics 101

March 13, 2009

We’re in lean times, there is no doubt about that. But the one good thing about all this recession-doom-and-gloom is there are some amazing bargains to be found. Right now you can actually enjoy fine dining for the same cost—in the U.S., that is—as trying to reproduce it (generally unsuccessfully) on your own. Certainly, there [...]

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Aussie Bargain: Maccas Soft Serve

February 11, 2009

It’s pricey here, there is no doubt about that. As I have blogged before, nearly everything is double the price of the U.S., across the board. That said, there is one steal of a deal that still baffles me every time I’m in the drive-thru and see it on the menu. Yes, I wrote drive-thru. [...]