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Gourmet Worrier is a blog about food, family, life and travel. Ms Gourmet is passionate about Mediterranean/Levantine cuisine, sustainability, whole foods, GM & fair trade. Gourmet Worrier highlights holiday destinations, cooking schools, gourmet foo
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Merry Christmas ~ Il-Milied It-Tajjeb
On Boxing Day we head down the coast for a week. Both Stephen and I are going to leave our MacBooks and mobile phones at home. Hence, I won't be blogging while we are away as we'll be spending our days on the beach and lazing in the sun. I hope to re...
The road ahead is paved with good Martinis
I clearly expressed to Huxley that I did not want a birthday party this year as I have just had three weeks of childfree, party time in Mediterranean. I should have known that he would ignore my wishes and do the complete opposite, but I thought that...
Look Mama Two Wheels
I have lied about my age since my early 30's as I am the Queen of Denial when it comes to the 'ageing processes'. For years I have been telling Fussy that I am thirty-two. Hence, one of the obvious......
Fish & Chips At The Beach
We are fortunate in that we live a stones throw away from Melbourne's CBD. So if we want to traipse into the city for lunch it's just a five minute drive by car or a ten minute train ride. We're......
Up Close and Personal
It's school holidays in Melbourne, so that means the kids have two weeks off for term break. These school holidays are usually difficult because it's cold, wet and gloomy. Consequently we tend to hang at home and do a whole......
'Food is family. Family is life. Life is everything'
On Saturday we celebrated mum's birthday by having a family lunch at Hellenic Republic. We chose George Calombaris East Brunswick taverna because we all love Greek food and because this particular restaurant is extremely child friendly. We have eaten...
Lizzie's birthday weekend
We kicked of the Queens birthday long weekend by having a Middle Eastern soiree at our house on Saturday night with some lovely friends. Thankfully, both Hoover and Fussy were staying overnight at the farm which meant that we were......
A Family Wedding
Last Sunday we had a family wedding in Port Douglas of all places. For those of you unfamiliar with Australian geography Port Douglas is a long, long way from Melbourne. In fact it's a three hour flight to Cairns and......
Oh, the places you'll go
It seems like yesterday that I saw him for the very first time. I was only six weeks pregnant and the only evidence I had (apart for the stick I had just peed on) that another life existed within me......
Happy Easter ~ l-Ghid it-Tajjeb
Wishing you a very happy Easter!Photo - Enzo Maisano (2008).......
Maltese mayhem and fairytale endings
The one criticism about a much anticipated event, function or do is that it's all over in a blink of an eye. The lead up is often intense and if you happen to be a three year old girl hanging......
When I was three I was hardly me...
Becoming a mother has been the most demanding task I have put my hand to - period. Yet, it has also proven to be the most rewarding and life giving thing I have done to date. Having children has been......
How it came to Bee
Today someone made a rather nice comment about the little bumblebee and honeycomb device on my blog. If truth be told this person was the first to make the connection between the bee motif and the honeycomb. After a friendly......
Pancakes and Panettone passing me by
Did I not just pack away the Christmas decorations and only just stop wiping Panettone crumbs from my mouth? Well it's Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) today and in a blink of an eye we will be surrounded by a plethora......
Tea in the Medina
Growing up I did not spend hours by my mother's side in the kitchen watching her cook, bake and serve traditional Maltese cuisine. I did not learn the secret to making the perfect Timpana, Minestra, or Aljotta. I was in......
To begin the begin... elegantly.
As I sit here this morning sipping my 'effervescente al limone' trying to silence the rumbling emanating from within, I feel my new year's mantra begin to form. I have the power to say no to chocolate, custard, cream and......
A Shared Table
This morning I woke up with that phrase running through my mind - 'the kitchen is the heart of the home'. In our family and in my extended family this is not just an 'expression' but a way of life,......
T'was the night before Christmas...
Excited children are now in bed. Tired parents have collapsed into a heap. Presents have been wrapped and are now under the Christmas tree. There are no more windows to open on the chocolate Advent Calendar because tomorrow is Christmas......
