Author Archives: chiefprick

Congratulations et felicitations to our Canadian Cordon Bleu blog-pal Le Canard Enchante!

Yesterday when asked if she had any requests for the evening meal, Mrs Prick replied, “Something healthy.” Hrrrrm. Well, OK. This generally means no lashings of butter, béarnaise sauces, or deep-frying. With these possibilities exhausted, this is what hit the … Continue reading →

So while the secular self-flagellants go the “Meat-Free Week” route (and just when the hell is “Free Meat Week”, we’d like to know!), good news for those of us who choose not to abstain: Earlier this month, researchers announced the … Continue reading →

So, hey, let’s try something different with this write-up. Our topic today is the Sydney Cove Oyster Bar (or SCOB, rhymes with Job from the Bible or GOB from Arrested Development, for short) and specifically their new after-work afternoon bar … Continue reading →

Want to make big bucks in the cookbook game? Don’t bother winning MasterChef or leveraging a long and successful career in restaurants. Snaffle a government tender instead! Thanks to a tip from the eagle-eyed folk at the CIS, the Prick … Continue reading →

First it was Palings, which took out a 13.5 from the shaggy one. Then Albion Street Kitchen pulled a 14.5. And this week we flip open “Good Living” to read that mejico, Sydney’s latest corporatized white boy Mexican hot spot, … Continue reading →

Regular readers of this site know that, along with hipsters and Terry Durack, nothing offends the Prick like the near-Freudian obsession governments, bureaucrats, and “public health academics” have with what we mere mortals put in our mouths. If you’re in … Continue reading →

Ron Rosenbaum in the Wall Street Journal takes a big ol’ swing at the anti-fat crusaders who have become the mutaween of the American (and, by extension, Australian) palate: Fear of fat has become a national sickness, an all-American eating … Continue reading →

For indication of just how far down the social ladder Australia’s foodie revolution has penetrated, look no further than this report in the Albury-Wodonga Border Mail. Apparently the local junkies and meth-heads have given up exchanging cold sores and crumpled-up … Continue reading →

Seen on Facebook, at least one Brooklyn eatery is doing its part: There’s a joke somewhere in here about methane and renewable energy.