Category: food

Making a skink

Cup of Cullen Skink seafood chowder with an oatcake

Imagine eating the most regional dish in its exact place of origin, overlooking the bay and the fields which yielded the produce. That’s my experience at the aptly named Cullen Bay Hotel in the North East of Scotland. This is the home of the famous Cullen skink, a kind of smoked fish chowder. Even better,

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Showtime!

The Royal Adelaide (agricultural) Show- so much more than cow fancying or sheep shearing -although these are on offer. Much, much more. What’s not to like from wine and cider tasting, artisanal chutneys, freshly baked Lamingtons, V8 ute racing, polo, funfair, fast food including the inimitable Street_ADL? And as for Dancing with Dogs, that was

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Gold Coast Blues – Look both ways XI

Your jacket comes off, you lose your shoes and an extra shirt button mysteriously undoes itself. Yes, you’ve arrived at the Gold Coast in southern Queensland- in winter. The sun is warm in the clear cobalt sky and although the wind is up, the air is in the balmy mid twenties. Australia’s newest city is

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