Since 2010 I’ve kept a food diary – a record of the meals I’ve made and the things we’ve eaten virtually every day since then. What would be the purpose of doing such a thing, do I hear you ask? Read on, and note the stylish segue to the recipe for kedgeree.

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I love rice. It is so versatile and I could quite happily eat rice every day, much to Ms Onion’s chagrin, although we don’t eat it every day for exactly that reason. Sometimes I wonder if I was born on the wrong continent.

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If you’ve been following along closely and paying attention you’ve probably figured out I like a curry, and more specifically Indian curries and Indian style food in general. In these days of globalisation, world commodity markets and modern efficient transport I find it easy to take for granted the spices I use every day, but it wasn’t always the case.

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It’s MasterChef time! MasterChef returned to our our TV screens about 4 weeks ago and I freely admit to it being my one concession to reality TV. From what I can tell it differs from others by being a more supportive environment that is about the food and not about the contestants trying to “out-bitch” each other (and I include the men in that). Anyway, MC is what’s been chewing up some of my evening time lately.

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Murray Tyler


South Australia