by Mark Evans
‘Omne trium perfectum’ is a Latin phrase that translates to ‘everything is perfect in threes’. It is a pervasive concept throughout human culture, be it literature (three little pigs), rhetoric (I came, I saw, I conquered), advertising (slip, slop, slap), the colours of a country’s flag, (red white and blue), comedy (three people walk into a bar) or music (the third note of every scale provides the most basic harmony). The rule of three … Read more »
Chicken livers are cheap and this recipe is quick and delicious!
Ingredients:
225 grams chicken livers, well-trimmed
1/2 small onion, thinly sliced
1 small garlic clove, smashed and peeled
1 bay leaf
1/4 teaspoon thyme leaves
Sea salt flakes
1/2 cup water
170 grams unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 teaspoons Cognac or Scotch whisky
Freshly ground pepper
Toasted bread, for serving
Directions:
In a medium saucepan, combine the chicken livers, onion, garlic, bay leaf,
thyme and 1/2 … Read more »
This is a wonderful, hearty, vegan stew for cooler evenings
Ingredients:
1 cup extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 medium-sized brown onion, chopped (about 2 cups)
5 medium carrots, cut into 12 mm pieces (about 2 cups)
5 celery stalks, cut into 12 mm pieces (about 2 cups)
1 400 gm can diced tomatoes, undrained
6 garlic cloves, finely chopped, divided
1/2 cups dried French green lentils
2 fresh or dried bay leaves
2 rosemary sprigs
5 cups water, … Read more »
This delicious dish from the New YorkTimes is quick and easy to prepare.
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 medium red onion, halved and thickly sliced (about 2 cups)
1 (25 mm) piece fresh ginger, minced (about 2 tablespoons)
3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
Kosher salt and black pepper
¼ cup white miso
½ cup unsweetened, full-fat canned coconut milk
1 (450-680 grams) salmon fillet, cut into 5 cm pieces
140 grams baby spinach leaves … Read more »
by Flick Ruby
Among the most successful presents I have given to family and friends are special wooden boxes, hand crafted by Ivan Hollins. Maybe you have also been tempted by them when browsing in Cobargo Creators, or by his river redgum tables with antique sewing machine bases. I invited myself over to Ivan’s place for morning tea to hear the story of how he brought his remarkable woodworking skills to the Triangle … Read more »
reviewed by Wendy Tucker
written by Bruce Nash
This is the third novel from local author, Bruce Nash, and it has, deservedly, found a respected commercial publisher with all the advantages of overseas publishing and audio books.
Rose, who is our unreliable narrator throughout, is in her 80s, in a nursing home and has dementia. When Rose finds that her Scrabble partner has died by apparently falling from her window, she remembers other strange deaths … Read more »
