JUST when you thought it was time to pack away your canary yellow Speedos, the summer has a sting in its tail. It’s been nuclear hot this week and it has created some interesting culinary dilemmas. Is salad weather over and should you blow the dust off the slow cooker and the crock-pot? On Wednesday…

On a warm sunny day, the scent of fresh Vietnamese cuisine from High On 55 drew me in.  Local laksa lovers monopolised the outdoor seating, in committed relationships with their beloved meal.  The bustling Fremantle lunch spot offers a wide variety of traditional Asian meals, specialising in Vietnamese.  Inside, an array of black and white…

IT’S been a nail-biting week. I’m not talking about the re-count at the Fremantle state election, but wondering what version of The Dockers are going to turn up on Saturday. After last season’s collapse, who knows. Hmm, at least we have a better mascot than Geelong and their song is rubbish. To help sooth my…

WHAT have the Romans ever done for us? Well apparently they might have invented the beef burger in 1 AD. I know, it sounds as fanciful as a movie studio at Victoria Quay (other election pledges are available), but it may well be true. In the ancient Roman cookbook Apicius, it describes a beef patty…

WE’VE all been there. Guts churning, face red, bloated and sweaty. No, I’m not talking about sitting through a Fremantle election debate, but the feeling you get after eating a poorly made pizza. I tend to go for the super thin Italian bases as they agree with me more, but I’d heard good things about…

THE world has gone mad – Trump elected, Musk in the White House, and now hundreds of people queuing in Joondalup to meet Rick Ardon and Susannah Carr.  To be fair, they are the world’s longest-serving TV news anchor duo and were celebrating being on the air together for 40 years. As part of the…

THERE’S a new player on the food scene in Palmyra – Power Pizzeria. When I first heard the name, I thought the business might be backed the WA Greens – “Please donate your leftover pizza crusts to Western Power. They can be used to generate clean energy for millions of households across Western Australia.” Or…

I LOVE my kids, but it was time for them to go back to school. After eight weeks of Mr Beast, Timezone and Minecraft, I was ready to be sectioned under the mental health act. However, we did enjoy one last end-of-camp hurrah – an afternoon out in Freo. We kicked off with lunch at…

I’ve been a fan of Nishi in Myaree for a long time. It has a great teppanyaki bar and serves some lovely à la carte meals at affordable prices.  But because it’s in the modest Hulme Court (behind all the car garages on Leach Highway) it probably doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. On a…

WHO’S on a post-Christmas diet? Channeling Donald Trump, I’ve decided to alter reality and have passed an executive order to extend the festive period until the kids go back to school. That way I can keep drinking every night and eat unhealthy food for another week. It all makes sense in some JG Ballard novel…