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Hi, here's the first episode of foodie.tv "NEWS". In this episode: * Food Allergies * Blog Reviews * Recipe: Jewish Challah (pronounced "Hallah") Enjoy!

Spoke with my London sis last night... and she informs me that the whole gang is watching foodie.tv from there. So I thought she might like to watch crash test tv, seeing as it's now officially local entertainment hehe.. "check it out":http://www.crashtestkitchen.com/?p=36

Yesterday..Ohhh...yesterday!  Well, it was my mom's 60th birthday party which we turned into an all day shopping jaunt, starting with hot Chinese style breakfast at Glen Waverley, and flowing into a 4 hour tour of Springvale's many delights, followed by a further 2-3 hours at Cheltenham DFO (direct factory outlet - fashion, gifts etc) then the big birthday dinner at a Chinese restaurant.   Not a bad way to spend a birthday really :-)

Foodie highlights - hmm...

1. Has anyone had Taiwanese savoury pancakes?  That's a new one for my gastronomic dictionary.  Worth trying if you meet it although not something to go hunting for. 
2. Also had a good version of crunchy pig's ear.   (That's right.. and hands up who likes pig's ear!!  Check out Dumpling King's version too!)
3. Jackfruit smoothie (can of ripe jackfruit, ice, water...blend until smooth, enjoy!  Use as sorbet stand-in between courses, or dessert, or party drink, or snack on the run, or just because.  Yum!)
4. Dinner at East Empress in Ringwood (Eastland Shopping Centre)

Foodie lowlights - hmm..

I thought I'd share the challah recipe I was doing on Saturday...As most of you will know, it's the braided sweet loaf of Jewish origin.  The nice thing here is that either it's a ridiculously easy bread to make anyway, or that Charmaine Solomon has managed yet again to find the easiest way to make any given thing (As me about her beef rendang recipe!)

For the interested, her recipe comes from "The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook":http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002Z0HRO/qid=1130727885/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/104-0580310-8167111?v=glance&s=books and goes roughly as follows: 

Meaning, this blog entry has come about due to the Omnivoribus which is itself a monthly compilation of the top foodie blog posts as submitted by fans of thefoodpalate.com :-) Sheesh. Must find originality. *grin* Went on an exploring trip yesterday following the "Omnivoribus":http://www.thefoodpalate.com/2005/10/blog-in-dont-wait.html links and found lots of amazing stuff. Which leads to the real thing I wanted to say - Euge and I had an exciting session creating a new vision for foodie.tv... this is huge and I can't wait to unveil it :-) *happy sigh*

This is scary. Like many Melbournian foodies, The Age's Epicure liftout is a must-read - my life would be incomplete without it!

But this week I was out all day on Tuesday to Thursday and missed the usual work paper.  So it was only today that I checked it out online and found this article.  Amazing - they're talking about food blogging!  And the Australian Food Bloggers Ring.  Check it out guys!!

Ahh..so many more good blogs to see!

And mine, of course *grin*

 

Man... One hour and 21 minutes edited down to about 18 minutes... Editing is hard yakka. No titling (had to sleep). This episode is all about cooking "Moroccan-inspired-inspired chicken". Enjoy! BTW, make sure to watch the bloopers during the credits :-)

Whoaa...do you think that maybe we're long lost cousins? Don't miss out on the amazing adventures of Len & Wazza, Aussie foodies making foodie-fame in Canada..

PS also entered this site into the "Australian foodie ring" from finding the link on their site - you might want to check it out! (I've come home) (hint - look at bottom rhs of this page...click either "list" or "random"..) This site makes my mouth water too: http://sashimimimi.blogspot.com/

haha..well I guess Euge might get a little worried so I should clarify that we found some cool foodie blogs and I am SO EXCITED! Check it all out...*Satisfied sigh*

(Oh, and they know rice paper rolls! Didn't I tell you that Vietnamese food is awesome?!)

After months of talk, here's the walk! I have to admit though that this is the alternate version of what we intended to bring - the first version was the night before, when I made a "Moroccan inspired" -inspired chicken recipe (*grin*). Every foodie worth their salt probably has Stephanie Alexander's book (yes, *that* one) or aspires to own it someday.. so check out her recipe and you'll see what I mean hehe..