What do you get when you combine gravy, fries and cheese curd? Well you get a staple of French Canadian fast food… the poutine.
A serving this size is reputed to be equal to eating about 2 pounds of butter.
Back in Oz you might wash down your meat pie with a beer at the footy. Anywhere [...]
Jan
26
Faces of Death: Le Poutine
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Dec
19
Cafes and Food
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Life back in Sydney has been pretty tough. There has been some walking in the beach action, followed by some rigorous cafe lounging and restaurant slumming. We have managed to spend a huge wad of cash on fashion, food, drink, and a shiny new digital camera.
Spoke to Anne’s folks the other day. It’s -25 degrees [...]
Oct
24
CafeGeek Podcast is LIVE
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The CafeGeek Show podcast is finally live and is being hosted at The Podcast Network. It has taken me a long time to get the first one done, but now that it’s up I cannot wait to do another.
Being a first effort it’s a bit rough and ready, but hey I have more guests lined [...]
Oct
23
Home Made Lattes
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We purchased some different coffee roasts in Montreal a few weeks ago with the aim of brewing at home and comparing the difference in them. Yes I know the purists are moaning that this too long to leave beans sitting on the counter… whatever.
We started with the Dark Kenyan and made our first home latte [...]
Oct
11
How big is 12oz
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I had a question from a friend recently about frothing jugs for making coffee. The person in question asked “Does a 12oz frothing jug contain 12oz of froth or milk?”
My answer was that it is a measure of volume for the jug itself and gave the example that one would put 4oz of milk into [...]
