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One of the enduringly nice things about being an American living in Sydney is the way in which Australian friends and colleagues return from a first trip to the US completely besotted with the place. The reality they encounter is … Continue reading →

Although set in the United States, this piece by Mark Oppenheimer – who, as the religion columnist for the New York Times, one would expect to be about as right-on as one can get this side of an Occupy! encampment … Continue reading →

This story pretty much sums up everything that’s wrong with the Sydney food scene at present: East Sydney’s re-emergence as a dining hub will be boosted when former Marque head chef Pasi Petanen opens a restaurant in the Cafe Pacifico … Continue reading →

Remember when truffles were a big deal? Sure, they’re still a big deal, but they’re not a big-big deal anymore, if you know what I mean. This year’s truffle season – and how great the foresight and how deep the … Continue reading →

Successful chefs, like successful politicians, generally possess healthy egos. Nothing wrong with that. But is there a chef with a more monumental, Rudd-like self-regard than Sydney’s Mark Best? The latest edition of the otherwise brilliant Fool magazine asked 100 chefs … Continue reading →

With apologies in advance for coming across all Elizabeth Farrelly, it is safe to say that preserving our built heritage is not something we do particularly well in Australia and certainly barely at all in New South Wales. Much of … Continue reading →

(Warning: Rant follows. If that’s not your cup of tea, perhaps the Prick can offer you a nice recipe or review or tales of meat?) Since 2001 Mayor Mike Bloomberg has been like a case of herpes, always flaring up … Continue reading →

South Australia is known for many great things – food, wine, OK there’s two – but its reputation as, if not Australia’s murder capital, its creepy murder capital, is something the state would sooner we all forget. Which is why … Continue reading →

So yesterday at lunch I went to the local fishmonger looking for something new to cook and was put onto something called coral trout. “What should I do with this,” I asked. The reply was emphatic: “Steam it.” Putting the … Continue reading →

Liberty is a precious and mercurial thing: In one place it is giveth, in another taketh away. In the US last week the Supreme Court struck down the “Defence of Marriage Act”, a bit of legacy legislation signed into law … Continue reading →