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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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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...
Ciao for now!
Today I leave for Malta and I am filled with a mixture of excitement and unease. I'm really looking forward to spending time with my extended family in Malta, yet at the same time I am feeling conflicted and torn......
Tomato and Fig Soup
The other day I mentioned that I had received Maria's book in the mail which I have since read it from cover to cover. This tomato and fig soup is yet another one of Maria's clever creations. Again I didn't......
Cardamom & Orange Truffles
Fathers Day at our house is pretty low key and very much hand-made. Both Hoover and Fussy made cards, poems and gifts for their papa at school and kindergarten last week that they then gave him on Sunday morning.We then......
Lamb Kibbeh with Toasted Pine Nut & Cinnamon Butter
I love kibbeh but have never bothered to make them before. I guess when you live in a city that has so many wonderful Middle Eastern restaurants you kind of get lazy. I don't know what possessed me to make......
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......
Thursday night dinner at Number 92
'Thursday night dinner' was the brainchild of three desperate mothers, born out of frustration some three years ago. Corrie, Ava and I all have at least one fussy eater, so rather than suffer in isolation we decided to have a......
Ġbejniet
Ġbejniet are individual cheeselettes formed in little plastic baskets made from fresh goat or sheep milk. In Malta you can buy them fresh, dried or peppered. On many Gozitan rooftops you can still see homemade ġbejniet drying in specially made......
Upping the ante
Hoover is no respecter of persons or shapes when it comes to gingerbread cookies. Unlike most little girls who prefer their gingerbread in the shape of a fairy or doll, Hoover is quite happy to munch on gingerbread boy, boat,......
A disdainful afternoon tea at our house
I made these lovely little ricotta tarts over the weekend to have for afternoon tea with Hoover and Fussy. As an experienced mother I have learnt not to fully disclose lists of ingredients, so when Fussy asked what I was......
Goop!
Today Hoover, Fussy and I made Goop - inedible stuff but a whole lot of fun! All you need is a couple of boxes of corn flour, water, food colouring and two extremely stir crazy kids. Seriously, the kids had......
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......
Froġa tal- għaġin - Spaghetti Omelette
I remember coming home from kindergarten as a five year old girl and having my nanna make spaghetti omelette for my cousin Joanne and I for lunch. While the rest of our kindergarten friends where having cheese and apple and......
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......
It's raining, it's pouring and the Cranberry & Apple Crumble is in the oven
It's cold, dark, cloudy and wet in Melbourne and as far as I am concerned that can only mean one thing - 'crumble season' is now well and truly upon us. As I sit here and write I can hear ......
Chargrilled Broccoli with Garlic, Lemon & Chilli
Broccoli is one those vegetables you either love or hate. I happen to love the stuff and often eat it steamed with just a little olive oil, lemon juice and sea salt. To my utter joy Hoover has been eating......
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......
