Author Archives: chiefprick

Food, politics, and culture are three of the Prick’s great loves, so a story which hits the trifecta – such as Barack Obama’s youthful forays into dog-eating, and, more importantly, his bragging about it in a memoir written before he’d … Continue reading →

So apparently Barack Obama has just come out against puppy mills. He prefers his dogs free range.

It’s not just shoddy economics reporting that is letting down the side at Fairfax. Their crime writing leaves a lot to be desired as well.

Excuse this little foray into the dreary world of politics, economics, and the ABC … but I can’t help noting local lefty chart-blogger Greg Jericho‘s piece on the ABC’s Drum site in which he takes Tony Abbott to task for … Continue reading →

So we’re on Twitter now, @pwafork. Follow along, we’ll see how this goes.

Things you may have missed from the world of food, booze, and politics: The New York Times is generally not worth the bits it is transmitted on, but in the Dining & Wine section this week Rosie Schaap has a … Continue reading →

Prick With a Fork has always been about news, views, and restaurant reviews, but lately the latter has taken back seat to the former. Never fear: Plenty of biting (ha!) criticism on deck, including a trip to Rick Stein’s place … Continue reading →

Everyone has stories of people doing stupid, weird, or ridiculous things in traffic, but driving along Crystal Street, Petersham, the other day, this woman caught my eye: I couldn’t capture it on the phone, but from where I sat that … Continue reading →

New York City’s Eleven Madison Park is probably Mrs Prick and mine’s favourite restaurant in the entire world; the meal we had there a couple of years ago was nearly a religious experience and re-calibrated much of what we thought … Continue reading →

When we moved into the inner-west, I knew that a fair number of our neighbours – lovely folk that they are, except for the Jew-haters now largely dispatched from Council – would be of the peace, love, and mung beans … Continue reading →