Roving Lemon's Big Adventure

One afternoon recently I got a Slack message from one of my co-workers who lives in a different state in my time zone. “I bought a pre-seas...

Despite the length of time since my last post , I can't face doing another round-up write-up. It feels like too much of a chore, and ...

NaBloPoMo , Day 6. Speaking of incredibly useful throwaway tips from great food writers, here's one I picked up from the most prolifi...

How can it be August 31 already? Tomorrow is the first day of spring in Australia! Not that winter has been much of a hardship; we've ...

This might be the recipe that started it all. That’s how I remember it, anyway. A couple of months after I got married, I took a da...

One of the perks of living in the British Commonwealth is that the day after Christmas - Boxing Day - is a holiday in its own right, and t...

Yes, this picture is a repeat - but look! Gravy! See? Along with bringing an apple pie, a bottle of prosecco, and a festive attitude, my...

Speaking of disruptive innovation , here is something I would have automatically assumed was a bad idea - braising a pork loin? It has no ...

Did you know that when you ask for “bacon”, what you get will depend on where you are? In the US you get a long, thin rectangular piece of...

It’s been a month since we arrived in Canberra. Re-entry has been kind of surreal, because in many ways we have been able to more or les...