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Knead in Hawthorn: I've found the perfect bakery.

March 10th, 2009 · Comments

Knead Bakers in Burwood Road, Hawthorn.
I'm almost tempted not to post a review because I don't want half of Melbourne crowding out this place. But I think I have found my new breakfast spot.
The bread and cakes here are just delicious. They use all organic flour, low salt and you can taste the yeast in [...]

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World's best spaghetti bolognese recipe

February 26th, 2008 · Comments

Perfected by me over 15 years.The perfect balance between of ease of cooking with pantry/fridge-common ingredients and rich tomatoey goodness.
INGREDIENTS

1 punnet ground beef (the Woolworths organic minced beef tastes best)
1 big white or brown onion (sliced)
2 big cooking carrots (grated)
2 zucchinis (grated)
500g pre-sliced mushrooms
1 heaped teaspoon prechopped garlic from a jar
half teaspoon prechopped chilli from [...]

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This website is like Digg for restaurant menus

August 25th, 2007 · Comments

One of the people who commented on my post of last week about how the PR industry engages with journalists was David from Webmenu.com.au. If I don't know a commenter I like to check out their website, and I was amazed and delighted at what I found — a website that's like Digg for Australian [...]

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