Author Archives: chiefprick

Sydneysiders like to think of ourselves as a sophisticated lot, but I increasingly think the whole thing’s an act. How else can you explain a town where talented chef-restaurateurs like Matt Kemp are forced out of business for lack of … Continue reading →

Remember the old Upper Class Twit of the Year competition? Seems London Mayor Boris Johnson is setting himself up as a late entrant: I honestly don’t yet know if the New York mayor, Mike Bloomberg, is right to be banning … Continue reading →

So I’m tap-tap-tapping this out from the iPad in the passenger seat of the Prickmobile which, true to form for a public holiday, blew out a Pirelli in spectacular fashion somewhere between Kingston and the War Memorial and is now … Continue reading →

So just as the declaration, “Nah, I’m going take it easy, no big night for me!” almost surely winds up with one locked in a nightclub toilet with four of one’s closest friends at 3am (or so I’m told), I … Continue reading →

James Lileks has produced an absolutely awesome and righteous rant against Mike Bloomberg’s lunatic soda ban: A culture that redefines food choices as moral issues will demonize the people who don’t share the tastes of the priest class. A culture … Continue reading →

I don’t usually post much about my own cooking on this blog, but I was pretty happy with one of last night’s efforts: a tidy little starter of seared scallops with jamon Serrano, cauliflower, and anchovy-raisin dressing. A little messy … Continue reading →

Move over, Mike Bloomberg: the carbon-neutral torch of the nanny state has been passed to a new generation. Meet six-year-old Thalia Gerloff. According to the New York Post: Thalia Gerloff is on a mission to ban flavored moo juice, plastic … Continue reading →

So it’s cold, raining, miserable, and Sunday. Which means it’s perfect for making stock (there’s four kilos of chicken parts getting happy in the pressure cooker as I type), braising meat (ditto the lamb shanks in the oven), and making … Continue reading →

With the Bunyip on extended walkabout, someone’s got to blog about Adele Horin. And having awoken this Saturday to find her 900-word screed against Western Australia, Tony Abbott, immigrants foreign and domestic, people who do not give as much as … Continue reading →

So regular readers of this site, both of you, are well familiar with the Prick’s disdain for the fifth floor food hall at the Pitt Street Westfield: A good idea at the time, it’s become a victim of its own … Continue reading →