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Senin, 06 September 2021

Menu For Hope

Menu for Hope. Last year, nutrient bloggers (and their readers) from around the Blue Planet raised to a greater extent than than US$60,000 (up from $17,000 the twelvemonth earlier - if things growth at the same rate, they're looking at virtually a quarter of a ane 1000 k dollars this year!) for the United Nations Chez Pim.

It's all pretty simple: nutrient bloggers origin in addition to donate prizes, their readers purchase raffle tickets, the coin raised is donated to assistance feed the hungry in addition to lucky entrants terminate upwards winning fabulous prizes. It's a win-win situation. The Asia-Pacific prize listing is at Grab Your Fork in addition to the consummate listing is at Chez Pim. So click on through in addition to purchase a few tickets. Good luck!

Kamis, 29 Juli 2021

February 3, 2008: Khatti Mithi Masoor Dal Summation Leeks Inwards Chickpea Flour Amongst Sweetness Ruby Pepper

Oxfam calendar in addition to a vegie dish from Mridula Baljekar's trusty low-fat Indian vegetarian cookbook.

The dal was overnice in addition to unproblematic in addition to was meant to hold upward sour, sweetness in addition to hot. To hold upward honest it was to a greater extent than oft than non sour (tamarind puree) in addition to tangy (ginger), but that's in all likelihood to a greater extent than oft than non due to my lax measurements. Despite non quite measuring upward on the 'hot' front, this was ane of the ameliorate dal recipes we've come upward across - mayhap non quite upward to these standards, but thence there's no tin post away of kokosnoot milk inwards this ane to produce total us upward amongst creamy, obese goodness. Anyway, this was basically all close the ginger in addition to tamarind flavours, in addition to from my indicate of view, that tin post away alone hold upward a skillful thing.

The minute dish for the nighttime was much to a greater extent than complicated. While I was getting all the ingredients together, I realised I had no existent thought of what this dish was fifty-fifty supposed to await like, permit lonely how it would taste. Indeed, fifty-fifty after I'd got close three-quarters of the agency through preparing this, I thought it was going to hold upward a consummate failure. The matter to recall is: leeks shrink. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 wok alluvion amongst leeky bits in addition to looking pretty uninspiring, chop-chop became a dense in addition to tasty mush of leek amongst generous splashes of capsicum-provided colouring cloth livening things up. Lucky. It's difficult to depict how this turned out, it was sort of chewy in addition to total of spicy flavours, amongst the leek season notable but non every bit overpowering every bit I'd feared. It worked actually good every bit a side to the dal, but mightiness hold upward a fighting much on its own.

It's worth noting that it industrial plant really, actually good every bit filling inwards a pastry, every bit Cindy demonstrated a few days later.

My Legume Love Affair. Make certain to see her website afterwards this calendar week for many to a greater extent than delicious dishes.

Kamis, 15 Juli 2021

February 25, 2008: Soy Bombs

s been ticking over always since Elly announced the  Feb 25, 2008: Soy bombsMy mind's been ticking over always since Elly announced the Eat to the Beat! weblog event. I dear a theme, in addition to I knew I could meld meals in addition to music since I count Fiona Apple, Cake in addition to Custard alongside my favourite music-makers. There are lots of songs out at that spot likening loves to sugariness treats, but Warrant's melody Sweet Cherry Pie truly isn't to my taste. Ben Lee is to a greater extent than my style, but listening to the lyrics of Cigarettes Will Kill You, I couldn't fathom what he was suggesting I make! (Though clearly it was non to hold upwards served upwards with cake... hear for yourself using the actor at the cease of this transportation service in addition to tell me what you lot mean value is cooking.) Perhaps, similar Talking Heads, I was destined to Stay Hungry.

Then, channelling the Eels, Michael chipped inwards with "Whatever happened to soy bomb?" The lyrics of this vocal are rather bleak in addition to non at all related to food, but I liked the sentiment of soy bombs for dinner. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 google search for tofu balls turned upwards a pleasant-looking recipe from Post-Punk Kitchen in addition to I figured I'd laissez passer it a go. I wasn't that wrapped with the meatballs-and-spaghetti-style serving suggestion, but latched onto a commenter's purpose of sugariness chilli sauce for dipping. We'd hold upwards having our soy bombs with sugariness chilli in addition to salad.

I was impressed with how easily the mixture came together into balls (I accept a checkered history when it comes to vege burgers, balls in addition to the like) in addition to they smelled pretty expert too. As I fried upwards the minute pan-full, I idly picked upwards i from the kickoff batch in addition to took a bite. Holy mother of tofu! These are incredible! I couldn't instruct over the fact that they practise truly sort of sense of savour similar pork-mince meatballs. The season was then much to a greater extent than than the ingredients that went in. I madly posed in addition to photographed them, frying upwards a tertiary pan-full earlier Michael arrived home. Exhausted from his netball game, I barely allow him sit down downwardly earlier stuffing i into his mouth. "Don't await at the recipe - exactly sense of savour it! Aren't these great? Guess what went into them!"

He was moderately impressed at that time, but over the course of report of the eventide equally nosotros worked our agency through to a greater extent than (now with salad), neither of us could halt with our exclamations. "Mmmm! So good! And such unproblematic ingredients! I'd definitely brand these for guests." The entirely matter I noticed afterward eating copious numbers of these is that they were a flake salty, in all likelihood because the peanut butter I used had added salt. So if your peanut butter also includes salt, visit reducing the sum of soy sauce past times a bit.

So endeavor 'em. And endeavor this pocket-size collection of foodie rock'n'roll equally you lot mix, curl in addition to fry.












Powered past times Podbean.com

Three other tasty tunes I wishing I'd been able to add:
  • How To Make Gravy past times Paul Kelly
  • Milk past times Garbage
  • Pumpkin Soup past times Kate Nash (you tin hear to this i on her myspace page!)
Finally, earlier I laissez passer this fantastically unproblematic in addition to only fantastic recipe, I've got a riddle for you:

What practise you lot instruct afterward dropping a soy bomb?

The respond is the cite of to a greater extent than or less other foodie vocal inwards my CD collection, in addition to volition hold upwards revealed inwards the side past times side post.


Soy bombs

500g extra work solid tofu
1 pocket-size onion, finely chopped
3 tablespoons soy sauce (less if your peanut butter includes salt)
3 tablespoons peanut butter
1/2 loving cup breadcrumbs
fresh basil, roughly chopped/ripped (or to a greater extent than or less other herb of your choice)
1/2 loving cup apparently flour
1/3 loving cup vegetable oil

Crumble the tofu into a large bowl. Add the onion, soy sauce, peanut butter, breadcrumbs in addition to basil; combine thoroughly. Roll the mixture into balls close 3cm inwards diameter in addition to lightly coat them inwards flour.

Pour vege crude into a non-stick frypan then that it's close 2mm deep. Heat the crude until non quite smoking in addition to add together a tofu ball - it should sizzle inwards the oil. Once it does laid about to sizzle, add together to a greater extent than balls to the pan, turning them afterward a infinitesimal or 2 to prepare an fifty-fifty crust. When they're done, transfer to absorbent newspaper in addition to move on with the remaining balls.

Eat correct out of the pan, or dipped inwards sugariness chilli sauce, or with spaghetti in addition to Lycopersicon esculentum sauce, or on a sandwich. I bet you lot tin honor other ways to savor these too!

Selasa, 06 Juli 2021

Bloggers' Banquet: The Sequel

One nighttime inwards November concluding year, I took a tram to St Kilda amongst a Coles green-bag nether my arm in addition to butterflies inwards my stomach. Within ii hours I had pose faces in addition to gestures to over a dozen of Melbourne's nutrient bloggers, in addition to eaten virtually every bit many delicious dishes. Though many of us entered amongst or then trepidation, the showtime The feeling of community endured, first with a flurry of and met up for subsequent edible outings, in addition to a duo of Several up and what resulted was intensely frustrating, occasionally illuminating, in addition to most definitely controversial. It's inspired me (and other bloggers) to contemplate the merits in addition to pitfalls of blogging.

It seems to me that this is the perfect fourth dimension for Melbourne's nutrient bloggers to regroup in addition to rediscover the fun, nutrient in addition to new-found friendship of the concluding banquet. In less than a month, the Bloggers' Banquet #2 at her vacation domicile ('Chez Fur') inwards Dromana. She has documented many SOLEful experiences there in addition to the backyard wood-fired oven is the envy of many a nutrient blogger. Bring conversation, humour, opinions, your spouse, kids or pets, but most importantly, convey FOOD.

If you're a nutrient blogger in addition to tin become to Dromana for luncheon on Apr 5, driblet PG a business at minor_deity1[at]hotmail[dot]com. The details are on her weblog here.

If you're planning to attend in addition to driving from Melbourne, fancy or then machine pooling? Michael in addition to I alive inwards the inner northward in addition to for a lift, we'll offering you lot petrol coin in addition to a free! surprise! gift! (Not cosmetics.) Leave a comment or contact us at wheresthebeef_blog[at]yahoo[dot]com.

Sabtu, 21 November 2020

5 Things Nearly (Him And) Me

Paul lately tagged us for a "5 Things About Me" meme. He cheekily handed the chore of selecting 5 things nearly him over to his partner, too Mike provided a most pithy profile of the gourmand. We've decided to appropriate this persuasion too write 5 things nearly each other.

Here are 5 things you lot mightiness non already know nearly Michael:

1. Michael's CV boasts 3 degrees: inwards maths, information technology too criminology.

2. The origin repast that he cooked for me was a huge wok-full of noodles, chicken, veges, peanut butter, too a sachet of curry paste. This was his signature dish too he was secretly disappointed at the lukewarm reply it received from me. I was but trying to croak along my watering eyes inwards cheque - I was no check for the chilli oneupmanship that goes on inwards a sharehouse of 20-something males. Still, a human being who cooks at all is pretty attractive, right? He's since refined his fashion but notwithstanding provides most of the enthusiasm (and labour) for the hearty and/or spicy meals on our table: one-pot wonders, curries, Mexican, too the like.

3. Much to my bewilderment, Michael's a sport lover. He thoroughly enjoys a social game of soccer or netball, too has been known to ascension early on (3am early) to lookout adult man a soccer or cricket game inwards some other fourth dimension zone.

4. Michael's most hated foods are fresh tomatoes too bananas. His love apple tree tolerance has gradually developed to sauces, sun-dried too the occasional sandwich but there's been no shift on the banana front. Consequently they rarely motility into our household at all.

5. Contrary to pop assumption, Michael decided to larn vegetarian earlier I did. (Seems similar it's the sort of bleeding-heart matter girls do, too and so smashing their boyfs into...?) He challenged himself to attempt it for 5 weeks too and so didn't stop. I followed his Pb nearly a calendar month later.


So, to render the favour: 5 things you lot don't know nearly Cindy:

1. Cindy has a PhD. Unfortunately, she makes scant purpose of her impressive title, leaving it to me to mass flights too things for Dr Cindy.

2. Cindy is a weird eater. There are all kinds of rules past times which her eating is governed: fizzy drinks exclusively larn amongst obese foods, pasta too salad must move to go inwards classify tiffin boxes, java tin dismiss exclusively survive consumed amongst chocolate. And so on. Most weird of all though, is her obsession amongst eating neatly. On i of our earliest outings together, I sat too watched Cindy painstakingly alternative at a piece of cheesecake so that it ever looked similar it had but been served up. There was nary a bump or chunk missing anywhere, strictly require lines. After watching this for some fourth dimension (another thing: Cindy eats to a greater extent than tardily than anyone I've ever known), I took my fork too mashed her cake upward a bit. Not a wise move. I honestly retrieve she didn't taste the residuum of the cake at all. Weird.

3. Cindy's vegetarianism (while copied off me) brought her into describe of piece of job amongst the way most people saw her anyway. I've lost count of the pose out of people who've met Cindy too somehow decided that she was vego. It used to come about amongst startling regularity. At to the lowest degree instantly their assumptions don't brand an donkey out of anyone.

4. Contrary to our inner-city, latte-sipping lifestyles, Cindy doesn't similar olives. I've been working on her for years, but fifty-fifty a tapenade is plenty to plough her off. Other nutrient phobias: uncooked onion too uncooked mushrooms (despite an almost pathological honey of cooked mushrooms).

5. Cindy is a talented (if currently inactive) painter - at that topographic point are at to the lowest degree iii of her pictures adorning the walls of our house. She's tried to pigment pictures of me twice, but I can't sit down notwithstanding for long plenty without falling asleep, so they're both of me inwards the country of nod (I wonder if it but agency she doesn't know how to pigment eyes? Hmmm.)


We won't tag anyone else inwards particular, but delight bring together inwards if you lot experience so inclined too give us a link to your post. I'd honey to know at to the lowest degree 5 to a greater extent than things nearly you!

Minggu, 08 November 2020

May 19, 2007: Mushroom Manwich

steak sandwiches amongst a rattling attractive garlic crème;


3. Paul together with Freya's Burger Ballyhoo weblog event!

over here. You solely need a one-half quantity for 2-4 burgers. The fresh garlic gives it lots of bite: roast your ain for a sweeter, wussier version.

The onions
Slow-cook onion rings (half an onion per person) on depression rut for equally long equally y'all tin resist eating them, at to the lowest degree one-half an hour. Splash a teensy combat of balsamic on together with inhale those smoky fumes of caramelisation. Thank the Lord that the give-and-take caramel applies fifty-fifty to vegetables!

The bun
You know what y'all similar - lead your own. We had ciabatta rolls.

The salad
Thick sliced Lycopersicon esculentum together with light-green leaves of your choice.

The sides
More light-green leaves. Potato wedges, baked inwards a smidge of olive fossil oil until tender, lightly salted. More garlic crème for dipping those wedges.


If y'all are crazy plenty to accept non nevertheless left your topographic point to brand your ain manwich, together with then allow me right away y'all to 1 to a greater extent than first-class burger/chip combo that volition trip the lite fantastic inwards your oral fissure similar eastern vegetarian burgers amongst spiced potatoes.

Now larn together with larn burgering!

Jumat, 14 Agustus 2020

1000 Posts

Yes, actually - this is our 1000th shipping at where's the beef!  To celebrate, we're...

1.  Dressing up.
We've spruced upwards our layout a little.  Oh, too nosotros select some NEW ILLUSTRATIONS BY PETER CARNAVAS.  Aren't they grand?

Pete is a author too illustrator of children's books, amongst his latest publication - The Important Things - having only been launched final weekend.  He's also a long-time friend of ours too we're thrilled amongst his interpretation of what this spider web log is about.  You tin laissez passer on the sack notice out to a greater extent than near Pete's piece of occupation here.


2.  Inviting yous to celebrate amongst us.


Come portion a celebratory drinkable amongst us!  We'll last at Grumpy's Green (125 Smith St Fitzroy) from 3pm on Dominicus May 23.  They've got comfy couches, a lengthy eco-friendly drinks listing too crinkle-cut chips.  I'll convey cake.

(If you're non inwards Melbourne, don't worry - we've got something fun planned for yous too.)


3.  Joining the Twitterverse
For those of yous who didn't notice us slinking onto the scene a span of weeks ago, we're straight off twittering every bit @herestheveg .  Expect quick'n'dirty updates on what we're eating, links to materials nosotros similar too alive Masterchef ranting.

 4.  Housekeeping
Housekeeping, woo!  We've been adding some novel favourites to the where's the best? list, such as
We're also lamentable to Federal Reserve annotation the closure of some favourite restaurants - Bowl of Soul too Idea Fine Food too Wine are no more.

If you're reading this on our dwelling page, yous mightiness also select noticed that we've rearranged some of our links too updated our profile photos.  (I've gone too had a haircut since Matt took that photograph inwards April, too thus focus on Michael's luscious ginger locks if you're looking out for us at Grumpy's!)

We promise these changes volition brand visiting where's the beef? all the to a greater extent than fun too functional, too that you'll popular past times too tell howdy on the 23rd!

Kamis, 13 Agustus 2020

An Aussie Veg Direct Inwards Aussie Veg Week

While every twenty-four hours is a vegetarian twenty-four hours hither on where's the beef?, today marks the get-go of National Vegetarian Week!  And ane means to accept payoff of Australia's dandy veg eating is to larn your hands on a re-create of...

image from aduki website

Yes, it's here!  Following upward from the enormously successful Melbourne Veg Food Guide, editor Lisa Dempster as well as publisher Aduki own got expanded their range as well as gone national alongside the Australian Veg Food Guide 2011.  Inside you'll detect 200 reviews as well as listings of Australia's best vegan, vegetarian as well as veg-friendly restaurants.  The conduct volition endure inward stores on Oct 25 but you tin move pre-order it correct now.

We've already purchased ii copies as well as nosotros desire to give ane of them away to you.  We every bit good own got but about other fab Aduki publication, a re-create of Leigh Drew's Vegan Indulgence, to give away.

image from aduki website

To piece of occupation inward the depict for the Aussie Veg Food Guide, say us inward a comment below nearly the best dessert you've eaten out inward an Aussie restaurant.

To piece of occupation inward the depict for Vegan Indulgence, say us inward a comment below nearly the best dessert you've made at home.  I volition double your run a hazard of winning if it's vegan as well as triple your run a hazard if it's both vegan as well as soy-free.  (I tin move create this because I AM THE MASTER OF MY RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR as well as I own got this affair nearly soy-based dairy substitutes.)

We are willing to post these prizes to whatever address world-wide (... that's recognised yesteryear Commonwealth of Australia Post).

If at that topographic point is non an e-mail address clearly attached to your commenting profile, delight drop us a note every bit you piece of occupation inward to seat yourself.  We desire to brand certain that the actual winner claims the prize.  We volition non percentage your details alongside anyone as well as volition delete them later on the contest is concluded.

This contest closes at midnight on Sat Oct 2.  Oh, wait!  Do nosotros own got ii midnights on Sat Oct 2, owing to daylight savings?  Hmmm.  I'll give you until 10am daylight savings fourth dimension on Lord's Day Oct 3 as well as denote winners every bit before long every bit I've sorted my random issue thingy out.

Happy National Vegetarian Week, y'all!

Reminder: Veg Calendar Week Giveaway

Happy World Vegetarian Day!

images from aduki website

It's footing vegetarian day, it's national vegetarian calendar week in addition to it's really nigh fourth dimension to depict winners for our celebratory giveaway. You've less than ii days to submit your entry in addition to hold out inwards the running to win a re-create of the build spankin' novel Australian Veg Food Guide or Leigh Drew's sweet-as-sugar Vegan IndulgenceClick through here to read the rules in addition to tell something sweet.

Giveaway Winners

I won't bore you lot alongside the details of the fabulous recipe-weighted random reveal generator nosotros concocted, but suffice to tell it plant in addition to it has drawn winners for our veg calendar week competition! We tin flaming instantly announce:


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Hannah
has won
the Australian Veg Guide












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tronica
has won
Vegan Indulgence










We'll hold upwards inwards contact both our winners rattling shortly.

The expert word for the residue of you lot is that these books toll <$20 each in addition to you lot tin flaming lodge them through Aduki's online shop whatsoever time.

Sabtu, 14 Maret 2020

5 Years, Yet No Beef

Today marks v years since our commencement post hither at where's the beef?. It's getting hard to hollo upwardly what nosotros did alongside ourselves inwards our blog-less days alongside only a dial-up connecter to cheque our email. (I intend I read to a greater extent than books... together with I suspect Michael watched to a greater extent than sport.)

In that fourth dimension we've written virtually 401 dissimilar restaurants across 563 posts together with tried 602 vegetarian recipes. That includes 75 breakfast venues together with 25 pubs, 31 flavours of home-made ice-cream, 42 soups together with tofu cooked 56 ways inwards our kitchen alone.

We've to a greater extent than problem counting the friends that we've made, the things that we've learned, or the release of days inwards that fourth dimension that convey been cheered past times your comments, tweets together with emails. As a thank-you for your support, we'd similar to run a giveaway for our Australia-based readers this week. The prize is a $60 gift voucher to pass at the Radical Grocery (if you're inwards Melbourne) or at the Cruelty Free Shop (if you're anywhere else inwards Oz)... PLUS we'll donate an additional $60 to the World Food Programme inwards your name. We visit these folks all create swell run together with we'd live on proud to back upwardly them on your behalf.

To enter, move out a comment on this post telling us what or where you're most looking frontward to eating this spring. It could live on a seasonal ingredient, a recipe only non quite correct for winter, a favourite picnic spot or beer garden... at that topographic point must live on something that you've been hanging out to convey these mutual frigidity brace of months! If yous create non already convey an e-mail address or twitter problem organisation human relationship attached to your commenting profile, delight transportation us an e-mail entry likewise to wheresthebeef_blog[at]yahoo.com.au, together with hence that nosotros tin contact yous inwards the upshot that yous win. Entries unopen at midnight ending Sat August 28 together with the winner volition live on randomly drawn together with announced on Dominicus August 29.

Between forthwith together with the prize depict we've got a few posts for yous next the five-year theme. Cheers!

More For Melbourne's Veg*Ns

Hot on the heels of our blogiversary comes the sec birthday of Planet VeGMeL! Planet VeGMeL aggregates the posts of participating vegetarian as well as vegan bloggers inwards Melbourne. And us vegos are pretty non bad participators - there's 44 of us at final count. We'll survive celebrating both on- as well as offline.

The primary consequence is a picnic potluck on September 18. All readers as well as friends of VeGMeL are invited, non only its contributing bloggers. Please convey a plate of vegan nutrient as well as a smile! An RSVP on the facebook consequence page would too survive helpful for the organisers.

For those of you amongst blogs, 'that recipe seems real familiar...'. This is a conduct chances showcase the awesome recipes blogged past times immature human being VegMellers. Our wishing listing is long as well as we'll survive trying as well as blogging every minute many every minute nosotros tin ship away betwixt similar a shot as well as the September 13-ish deadline.
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In other intelligence for local veg*ns, Melbourne's at this year's Melbourne Food & Wine Festival as well as can't await to encounter what he'll produce when butter, cheese as well as eggs are off the menu.

Celebrating 2 Years Of Vegmel

first round-up here in addition to remain tuned for another.) We got a boot out of seeing a few of our recipes rerun - Johanna made baked beans, Steph tried lemon pepper cashews, in addition to K churned upwards a batch of salted caramel icecream.

Celebrations culminated inwards a eggplant salad, mock crab cakes (inspired past times us!), mini tofu quiches, apricot delights, peanut butter balls, cake pops, chocolate caramel slice, my cookie sandwiches in addition to many other delicious dishes soon-to-be or sadly-never-to-be blogged.

Melbourne's online veg community is pretty special! And all the meliorate for having spilled over into face-to-face nutrient sharing in addition to friendship.

Selasa, 08 Oktober 2019

Let's Brand Iii A Crowd


We're speedily approaching Planet VeGMeL's birthday! For 3 years the planet has brought the nutrient posts of Melbourne-based veg*n blogs to i place for your convenient consumption. With 57 of us on the roll, you're RSS-fed a multi-course repast daily.

To celebrate the occasion, Steph has announced a picnic on Sat September xv at Edinburgh Gardens, starting at 1pm. Everyone is welcome - blogger or not, veg*n or otherwise - to convey a vegan dish together with partake inwards an IRL feast. (In the spirit of extra-awesome inclusiveness, see cooking gluten-free.) Any belatedly changes volition hold upwardly posted on this facebook page. Marking your attendance isn't mandatory, but powerfulness assistance Steph ensure that in that place are plenty zines to become around.

Last year's picnic was a cracker, then I'm bypassing the commons pencil together with inking this i into my diary.

Minggu, 11 Agustus 2019

Don't Forget! Where's The Beef? Picnic

In our 1999th post, we'd similar to remind you lot that we're belongings a 2000-post celebratory picnic this Dominicus March 22 from noon. We'll ready at the northern destination of Princes Park, close the pond. Come past times as well as tell hi, as well as if you lot desire to stick to a greater extent than or less a while, delight convey your ain picnic gear besides - blankets or chairs, plates, cups as well as cutlery as well as a plate of nutrient to share. (The nigh sharing plates of nutrient are ones that are vegan, gluten-free as well as otherwise diet-inclusive.) We couldn't accept asked for a amend conditions forecast- it's probable to live 27°C as well as sunny!

If you're a facebooker, bring together the upshot page for last-minute updates. 

Note: this nutrient is for illustrative purposes only, actual picnic nutrient may vary

Sabtu, 10 Agustus 2019

Cheap Eats 2006, A Decade On

January 10, 2016


Cindy as well as I moved to Melbourne mid-2006 as well as 1 of the commencement things nosotros did was select grip of ourselves a re-create of The Age's Cheap Eats Guide. The ascent of Zomato/Urbanspoon has diminished the influence of these books, but when nosotros arrived the Cheap Eats was our guide. This yr we're pulling the quondam mass off the shelf to run across what's changed inwards the past times decade.

I've gone through each of the 474 listings inwards the 2006 guide, noting downward the type of venue, the share it's in, whether or non we've blogged it as well as whether it's all the same open. Shockingly, at that spot wasn't a unmarried Mexican eating seat inwards the 2006 guide - an most unbelievable absence given the Mexican explosion that hitting Melbourne a few years later.

Of the 474 places listed inwards the 2006 Cheap Eats, 282 (59.6%) are all the same open. The survival charge per unit of measurement varied substantially past times venue type - bakeries were pretty secure piece burger joints, seafood purveyors as well as vegetarian restaurants failed inwards droves.

There was surprisingly footling variation past times region. I expected that the gentrification of the inner-north would accept swept away the bulk of the 2006 entries, but it was the inner South-East (South Melbourne, Middle Park, Albert Park, South Yarra, Prahran as well as Windsor) that had the most closures.

Now, to the most of import statistical query - what behavior on does getting reviewed on where's the beef? accept on a business? Well, of 73 places nosotros blogged, 58 are all the same opened upwardly (79.5%), piece of the 400 places nosotros didn't blog, 224 are all the same opened upwardly (56.0%), as well as then early on signs are positive. Even to a greater extent than strikingly, of 8 vego places nosotros blogged, five are all the same opened upwardly (62.5%), piece exclusively two of the ix vego places nosotros didn't weblog survived (37.5%).

To properly exam our influence though, you lot require to command for the kinds of places as well as areas that nosotros tend to blog. So I popped all of these information into Stata as well as got cracking. In a logistic regression analysis, controlling for type as well as share of venue, places nosotros blogged were 4.7 times (2.2-9.9) to a greater extent than probable to live opened upwardly than those nosotros didn't*. Surely all the prove you lot require of the remarkable influence that where's the beef? has on the world.

Throughout 2016 we're planning to revisit some of these quondam listings, returning to favourite eateries as well as lastly checking out some places we've shamefully never gotten some to. We watch these stayers warrant our blogging attending every bit much every bit buzz-hungry novel venues.

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* The really fact that a house stayed opened upwardly increased the likelihood that nosotros eventually got some to blogging it, important that the causal human relationship hither goes inwards both directions. As a robustness check, nosotros only looked at whether or non beingness blogged on wtb past times the terminate of 2007 was associated alongside beingness opened upwardly inwards 2016 - the important human relationship remained, adding weight to the declaration that where's the beef? attending is a rigid predictor of delineate of piece of occupation organisation survival.

Sabtu, 09 Maret 2019

Where's The Beef? At The Melbourne Writers Festival


The 2014 Melbourne Writers Festival programme was released yesterday, including an extensive pick of Food, Wine in addition to Travel events. I'll move appearing on a panel entitled Thinking & Drinking: Australian Fine Dining amongst Andrea Frost, Ronnie Scott in addition to Estelle Tang. This panel volition move held at the Duke of Wellington (an accessible venue!) from 6:30pm on Mon August 25.

I'd dear to come across approximately friendly faces at that topographic point - delight come upwards in addition to tell how-do-you-do if y'all attend!

Kamis, 07 Maret 2019

Reminder: Australian Fine Dining Panel


The 2014 Melbourne Writers Festival approaches! The panel I'm appearing on - Thinking & Drinking: Australian Fine Dining - is happening inwards simply 2 weeks. I'm catching upwards on the books of my co-panelists Andrea Frost in addition to Ronnie Scott, in addition to they're definitely nutrient for thought... moderator Estelle Tang's nutrient blog makes for a few chuckles inwards between.

I believe in that place are yet around tickets available through the festival website. Hope to run into around of you lot in that place at the Duke of Wellington (an accessible venue!) on Mon August 25.

Senin, 04 Maret 2019

Thinking & Drinking
At The Melbourne Writers Festival

August 23-27, 2014


Michael in addition to I threw ourselves whole-heartedly into the Melbourne Writers Festival these past times 10 days, tending all sorts of sessions - dress memoirs, life anti-hacks, TV tapings in addition to queer commentaries amidst them. I was specially drawn to the food-themed events, turning upward at iv of those alone.

On the offset Sabbatum I listened to American nutrient author Ruth Reichl. She seemed completely at ease on stage, amongst a warm, playful in addition to occasionally passionate manner. Reichl was motivated to railroad train a discerning gustation at a real immature age, every bit her woman nurture was an untalented in addition to occasionally unsafe cook. In spite of this setting, she grew to dear rather than fearfulness nutrient in addition to went on to nail a bargain for her offset cookbook at merely 21 years of age. She's been writing virtually nutrient for decades since, working at Gourmet periodical inwards its heyday of extensive recipe testing in addition to 10 onsite cooks. Seeking anonymity inwards her eating seat reviewing, Reichl developed an elaborate hit of disguises in addition to characters (even impersonating her ain mother!) in addition to these ultimately led to her recent foray into fiction. H5N1 newcomer to her work, I was every bit enthralled amongst Ruth Reichl's life storey every bit whatever of the to a greater extent than clued-up fangirls inwards the audience.

Just one-half an lx minutes subsequently I slipped into a session on Crowdsourced Criticism featuring Lorraine Elliott (aka Not Quite Nigella), Tresna Lee of Yelp, in addition to freelance nutrient author Dani Valent. The obligatory initial intelligence of defamation gave means to some to a greater extent than interesting reflections on the unique opportunities of social media (e.g. conversations that include line of piece of job concern owners) in addition to challenges of providing rigorous critique.

On Mon nighttime it was my plough to pace up, joining a panel on Australian Fine Dining amongst Ronnie Scott in addition to Andrea Frost (pictured above). Estelle Tang was our friendly in addition to funny moderator, teasing this blog's "fancy schmancy" tag ane minute in addition to rightfully schooling us all on fair working reward the next. Ronnie in addition to Andrea were clever co-panelists in addition to I did my best to direct house up. While nosotros all agreed that nutrient tin hold upward art, I mean value the session proved that nosotros bring every bit much affection for everyday eating every bit the posh materials - Andrea's book actually cuts away the pomp around vino culture, in addition to Ronnie confessed to eating Pizza Hut for lunch.

Two nights subsequently I returned to the Duke for a session on Food Ethics. This fourth dimension Leanne Clancey MCed a panel comprising farmer Tammi Jonas, Sustainable Table's Cassie Duncan in addition to sustainable designer Ewan McEoin. They highlighted the Aussie take away for inexpensive food; McEoin astutely pointed out that if it's inexpensive for us to buy, the cost is likely borne elsewhere - past times the environment, past times the farmed animals in addition to past times our beau humans on the furnish chain. The panel besides discussed solutions, from long-term overarching structures to everyday actions. Their ideal is to shorten the string of transactions betwixt nutrient grower in addition to nutrient eater in addition to Jonas boldly challenged the audience to brand a divergence past times straight off ceasing to swallow chicken from suppliers they don't know personally.

It's been wonderful to hear from some of Victoria's to a greater extent than thoughtful eaters during the festival (plus a twosome of out-of-town guests) - credit goes to festival manager Lisa Dempster in addition to specially the Thinking & Drinking convenor Yasmeen Richards for seeking out such various opinions in addition to styles.
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I received gratis entry into Ruth Reichl's Delicious, Crowdsourced Criticism in addition to a pose out of other Melbourne Writers Festival events every bit a participating creative soul of the festival. I volition probable hold upward paid a fee for my contribution to the Australian Fine Dining panel. I paid full-price entry to the Food Ethics panel.

Selasa, 18 Oktober 2016

4 Things (About My Day): One-Half A Meme

Johanna of tagged Michael together with I for a meme entitled 8 things (about my day). She creatively combined ii memes she'd been tagged for into a unmarried post. Instead we'll double the release of posts but mimic her thrift past times posting four things each.

I'll larn first! On Lord's Day July 15, I:

1. Woke real happily. I went to slumber final black amongst a crippling migraine together with was thrilled to re-enter the basis amongst a clear head. sun streaming through the north-facing windows inwards our lounge room made me doubly cheerful.

2. Had ii breakfasts. First a pocket-sized bowl of cereal at habitation together with then, towards lunchtime, a plate from Ray (you tin run into that inwards a few posts time).

3. Tried a novel food. It was gluten-free pasta inwards an instant-macaroni-cheese packet. The pasta was fine, but I didn't intend much of the bland sauce (just similar normal minute macaroni cheese!).

4. Hugged i of my oldest friends. As inwards longest-known, non most aged! Given that I'm over a m kilometres from where I grew up, this is a rare treat.

Now nosotros await for Michael's tales. Be warned, I may interrupt together with start posting most our weekend eating earlier he gets a discussion in...