Of the great passions to which I’ll publicly admit, two are gambling and food. Every Monday night, I combine both. At a shady poker league, I make the rules. One of the unbreakable ones demands that last week’s pot winner provides next week’s snacks. Usually, the blokes just lay down a lazy fifty for some [...]
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Potatoes
Posted in Cooking, Potatoes, Shopping, tagged Potatoes on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
iDuck
Posted in Shopping, Uncategorized on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I didn’t try this. But I do love the almost desperate duck on the packaging. Like he’s really really trying to convince you that duck gizzards are tasty. Photographed in the basement supermarket at Super Brands Mall, Pudong, Shanghai.
Martelli
Posted in Shopping on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Ms. thank You very much for Your very appreced proposal. We are at Your complety disposal. In this week, we send You same imagines of our pasta. At Your disposal Martelli famiglia di pastai Pastificio Artigianale Famiglia Martelli Via San Martino,3 56035 Lari (Pisa ) Toscana tel. 0587-684238 fax 0587-684384 www.martelli.info This was the [...]
Costco
Posted in Shopping on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In my larder, there is a litre of hummus; two kilograms of cherry tomatoes and 602 Gummi Bears. A packet of corn chips won’t fit onto the dry goods shelf. I have enough washing detergent to clean the shorts of the Essendon midfield for a year. I’ve just been to Costco. I first visited this [...]
