05
Jun
The best thing I cook on the barbecue
When this duck comes off the barbecue the way it's meant to, it's the best thing
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Newsletter
29
May
The morning we woke up in the snow
We arrived at Cradle Mountain Lodge in the dark.
It was late September — honeymoon, with a milestone birthday tucked inside
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22
May
The winter beach where our cavalier learns to fly
There's a stretch of sand at Aireys Inlet that we keep going back to.
Not because it'
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08
May
About that EV I said I was buying...
A few weeks ago I sent you a newsletter titled I'm buying an EV I've never
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01
May
The three words that became our favourite Sicilian dessert
We were sitting in a gelateria on the edge of Trapani's old town, towards one of the points
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24
Apr
The BBQ recipe that's almost impossible to mess up
I own half a dozen barbecue cookbooks. I've smoked duck, cured bacon, and ruined at least one expensive
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17
Apr
The river that mirrors itself
On Tasmania's west coast, there's a river so still that photographs of it look the same
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10
Apr
The quietest place I've ever stayed in Victoria
Six hours east of Melbourne, past Bairnsdale, past Lakes Entrance, past the point where the highway gives way to winding
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03
Apr
I'm buying an EV I've never test driven
After two years and six different electric vehicles — BMW, Hyundai, Tesla, Volvo, BYD, MG — I'm putting my own
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27
Mar
The $200 gadget that stopped me ruining meat on the BBQ
I've overcooked a duck breast. I've undercooked a pork belly. I've cut into a
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