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Perils of Pauline
PAULINE HANSON’S latest thought bubble of shunting autistic kids into “special” classes earned a dunce’s hat, but I still feel bad for the Paddo after its shin-kicking from supposed friends for hosting...
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Baking booty
JAFFLES with baked beans or canned braised steak and onions were camping staples when I was a kid. And to this day, I make sure I always pack jaffle irons when I go on a camping adventure. Dejaxo...
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Italian spritz
IT’S spritza time!” shouts Mario Tolardo as he glides around tables, squirting soda into huge glasses of bright orange aperol. The theatrical service from the co-owner of Spritz Spizzicheria and the...
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Bonzer bagels
MY chief of staff has strong opinions on most topics, including unassuming vegetables like cabbage. “Coleslaw is the most under-rated soul food of the world,” the Grunter opined in his usual...
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Tasty voyage
CAMBODIA has never been high on my holiday wish list, but after a lovely dinner at Tamarind in Mt Hawthorn I’ve been checking the price of airfares to Phnom Penh. The Cambodian cuisine at Tamarind is...
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Bean there, done that
GINGER beer and cold black coffee. Really? On the recommendation of the waiter I sipped Leaf & Bean’s drip-brewed coffee with peppery ginger bubbles over ice. I was instantly won over. The...
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Loopy about Lupo
BACK in my meat-eating days I used to enjoy a good parmie, so when I saw an eggplant one at Lupo Lab, I was in like Flynn. I was expecting chunks of aubergine instead of chicken, but Lupo’s version...
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Green cuisine
THERE are some interesting cafes at the quieter end of Oxford Street in Leederville. Three Sisters Vietnamese and Pixel Cafe spring to mind, and this week I stumbled upon Dear Green Cafe, which serves...
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Freudian slip
THE subconscious is a strange beast. Last week I binge-watched the latest season of Narcos: Mexico, then completely forgot about it and went on with my day-to-day life. But this Tuesday I woke up...
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Platonic meal
DOES the world need another burger bar? It’s a philosophical question Plato might ponder if he was still alive, along with ‘Did Today Tonight actually exist or was it just shadows flitting across a...
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