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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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Peasant food fit for a King
One of the first places I dragged Gillian to was Ta'Rikardu in Victoria, which is famous for serving delicious local Gozitan bread and fresh ġbejna. Ta'Rikardu is a rustic little place situated inside the old Cittadella, next to St Mary's Cathedral....
Dead Sea Disaster
When I'm in Melbourne living my run off my feet, crazy mama life l find it difficult to stop and find time for 'me'. Hence, one of the first things I do when I come to Gozo (apart from eating......
Easy Peasy Spanakopita
The other day Anastasia sent me a text at 8.05am alerting me to the fact that one of our favourite cookware stores was having a 50% clearance sale. I immediately sent her a text back letting her know that I......
You say tomato, I say tadam
Almost six months ago we said farewell to tomatoes and began to welcome Autumn's rich bounty. Although I enjoy what the colder months have to offer I really do miss my tomatoes. During the winter months I improvise here and......
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......
The Modern Vegetarian
A couple of weeks ago on twitter I asked Anissa if she could recommend some cook books as I was about to splurge on AbeBooks. One of the books Anissa suggested was The Modern Vegetarian by Maria Elia. The book......
The blush of Spring
Over breakfast this morning we were all chatting about how exciting it was that spring is finally here. I love spring and would much prefer if we could have six months of glorious spring and do away with summer altogether,......
Revelation & Comfort
Last Friday night a dear friend of ours, who has recently split up with his long standing girlfriend came over for dinner. This was the first time we had seen Marco since the break-up and I thought that 'comfort food' ......
Fragrant Nut Rice
As a child I went to school with Maltese, Italian, Polish, Croatian, Greek and Australian kids. Lunch time was a kind of smorgasbord as we would pull all sorts of stuff out of our brown paper lunch bags that would......
Chocolate & Pear Clafoutis
I tend to be one of those people who seek refuge in rich, dark, decadent, chocolate dessert. Hence, Saturday marked the joyous return of Huxley but also the culmination of ten long days of flying solo with the kids while......
Cittadella
The Cittadella is a small fortified Medieval town situated in Victoria, the capital town of Gozo. This natural occurring fortified hill was chosen because of it's obvious vantage point for it provided visual control of the coastal areas. The cl...
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......
Life in the Fast Lane
I stumbled across these two in Qala's piazza last summer. No doubt they're at that table most days solving the world's problems as they drink their morning espresso whilst playing Briscola. When I return to Gozo late September, I hope to......
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......
Fantastique!
Children are Miraculous
Most days I feel like banging my head against a hard wall in sheer frustration as the often repetitive nature of parenting can be downright tiresome at best. And then there are times when I am quite overwhelmed by the......
Ta' Pinu Sanctuary
The Basilica of the Blessed Virgin of Ta' Pinu is located near the village of Gharb in Gozo. Construction on the new minor basilica in Romanesque style began in May of 1920. In August 1932, the new church was opened......
Bizzilla
Bizzilla or lace making is an old tradition amongst the Maltese islands, moreso on the island of Gozo. Hand made lace making with bobbins is derived from Genoese lace and was mastered in both Malta and Gozo by the mid......
Walnut Pesto & Orecchiette
We always have a constant supply of almonds, pistachios and walnuts in the pantry as I prefer the kids to munch on a handful of nuts if they're feeling peckish rather than fill up on crackers and crisps that are......
Helping Hands
I love how my girl runs to go get her apron when she sees me in the kitchen.'What can I do Mama' she asks 'How about you wash the dirt off some potatoes'? I reply'That sounds like a good idea'......
Chocolate, Walnut & Cranberry Slice
Savoiardi biscuits are most often used in tiramisu, trifle or charlottes, as their crisp sponge like texture soaks up coffee, liquor and syrup perfectly. I grew up on Savoiardi and Pavesini biscuits as they were the perfect dunking partner to......
Cooking Schools in Melbourne
I get a lot of inquires about Cooking Schools in Melbourne. The list below is by no means exhaustive. If you know of a cooking school in Melbourne that should be added to this list, please contact me and I......
Make me the 'other' soup instead
I haven't made split pea soup in years and I suspect it has something to do with an overkill of 'pea and ham soup' in the eighties. Everywhere you turned and on every café menu there starring right back at......
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......
Orange Blossom & Cinnamon Semolina Dumplings
We're not elaborate breakfast people. Actually I should rephrase that and say on weekdays we tend to steer clear from elaborate breakfasts and generally do what is fast and easy and what can get us all out the door by......
Simplicity
Some days my fridge is heaving with all manner of possibilities. And then other days it's just a barren wasteland. Today is one of those wasteland kind of days. But thankfully there was a bunch of flat leaf parsley and......
Free Reign
This is generally what happens when you leave a couple of four year olds alone for five minutes with a bowl of chocolate frosting and some chocolate flakes while you attempt to have a quiet cup of tea.........
