Author Archives: chiefprick

Back in the old hometown, the New York Times’ Pete Wells fires off what may be the best bad review of a restaurant the Prick has seen in a long time. In Wells’ sights, American celebrity TV presenter/restaurateur Guy Fieri … Continue reading →

Sydney’s cold snap (relatively speaking) this Saturday meant one last chance to put the oven on and roast something before summer really kicks in. And what that something was turned out to be five points worth of gorgeous Berkshire Black … Continue reading →

First they came for the smokers, then they came for the fast food junkies, but this time, it’s personal. While the Prick doesn’t eat Big Macs or smoke anything more than the odd Montecristo, he does buy wine. A lot … Continue reading →

Having just devoured Stasiland, Anna Funder’s compulsively readable (knocked it over in four hours) investigation into life behind the Berlin Wall, the Prick is hoping the cult film Sushi in Suhl makes it to a local arthouse cinema somewhere nearby: … Continue reading →

This site is pretty libertarian when it comes to vice and doesn’t care much what other people get up to behind closed doors. Want to go on a three-day ice bender? Be my guest (though if you turn up the … Continue reading →

Reunited, and it feels so good: After a separation of what by now must be a good eight weeks or so, the Sydney Morning Herald’s Terry Durack and his favourite restaurant rating, 14/20, finally got back together this week over … Continue reading →

Messing around on a Tuesday night: barramundi, clams, mushrooms, corn, and just for the hell of it, a bit of shellfish sea foam…

So Jones the Extortionist Grocer is setting up in the old Quarter Twenty One space in the Westfield. I look forward to the price wars with the David Jones Food Hall downstairs!

Liz Day over at Discovery asks, “Do intelligent people drink more?”: Childhood intelligence, measured before the age of 16, was categorized in five cognitive classes, ranging from “very dull,” “dull,” “normal,” “bright” and “very bright.” The Americans were revisited seven … Continue reading →

So Maggie Beer thinks we benighted Australian consumers don’t pay enough for our food, complaining that  “so many Australians seek the cheapest alternative in food, and perhaps this is exacerbated by the big two [retailers], our duopoly, that pits one … Continue reading →