About: maryellenbelleville
January 2, 2019
Time for the summer daze now that the silly season is behind us
Well that went in a flash! I have to confess, I didn’t really attend to mailing any real Christmas cards for 2018. Yep, I opted...
December 19, 2018
ON THE PLATE A really cool yule treat
There’s never enough time is there? No matter the resolutions we all make to be more organised - oh well, at least we had...
November 7, 2018
Give this vegan kimchi a try
Korean cuisine is regarded as an especially healthy one given it uses a lot of vegetables, seafood, small amounts of meat – offered more...
October 25, 2018
Being ready for an agrumato doesn’t mean I’m in a bad mood
A recent trip to one of the expansive olive farms in the Grampians introduced a new culinary term to me. As luck would have it,...
October 18, 2018
ON THE PLATE: EIGHT YEARS ON AND the food journey continues
It is almost impossible to believe I have been writing this column for eight years. In that time businesses, including mine, have come and gone....
October 11, 2018
ON THE PLATE: UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE DESERVES an outing
Seems it’s been quite a while since I’ve written about the pleasures of partaking in cake. How remiss of me especially as I do confess...
September 12, 2018
Is there honey still for tea?
There are times when I’m sure that you’ve described yourself as being busy as a bee. The hectic pace of life - not enough hours...
August 1, 2018
Go ahead and Chai it, you’d be nuts not to
My latest craving is for chai, not just any chai, but one to which you can cha cha all day (night) long as in...
July 18, 2018
Devilish breakfast talk leads to kidneys, KEDGEREE AND KIPPERS
Nothing like offering a little bit of devilish food to start the day I say. It was James Boswell, (1740 – 1795) fondly known...
July 4, 2018
On The Plate Pistachio’s beat AT KYALITE’S HEART
On my most recent road trip in the camper we explored areas we’d never visited previously. Kyalite? Sounds like it could be where Superman lives,...
June 20, 2018
ON THE PLATE Passing through citrus ON THE WAY TO RHUBARB
Lucky me to be on the road on another camping road trip and this time I’m truly in the land of oranges. The Sunraysia district...
June 6, 2018
A serve of NOSTALGIA ON THE MENU
Seems I was all overcome with nostalgia when I craved for some good old-fashioned comfort food in the form of lamb cutlets. The chilly nights...
May 23, 2018
Just CRACKERS
It was in the film A Fish Called Wanda that I seem to recall Archie Leach (John Cleese) wooing the gorgeous Wanda (Jamie Lee...
May 9, 2018
Cute as a cucamelon
Not for the first time I found myself the recipient of the bountiful produce of a friend’s green thumbs. “But my, oh my, what...
April 27, 2018
Make your Cheeseboard Match Heaven
If I had a match for you? “...I could…” yeah, you know the line, multiple variations to complete this sentence. It’s a classic line, and...
April 11, 2018
Honing up on the matter of the raddish
I am ravishing the radishes. If you happened to read my last article, you’d know that I’ve been having a lovely road trip, in the...
March 28, 2018
Scuttled by the cuttle, but cooking settles the score
It’s a tough life, staring out at the ocean, trying to decide if you have enough energy to saunter out to the jetty and...
March 14, 2018
Hard shell but soft heart: hemp seeds in the kitchen
Seems like I’m just jumping from one vice to another. Last time I was encouraging you to smoke more in the kitchen, and now I’ve...
February 28, 2018
Having a smoke
I have been experimenting with smoking. Not with those terrible lung-busters, but rather with various types of food. A regular pasta dish we enjoy is one...
February 19, 2018
Truth and tarts – a summery tale involving tomatoes
How does the saying go... “never let the truth spoil a good story”? The recipe I want to share with you this week has evolved...
February 2, 2018
Samosas wrapped in sweet and savoury history
From at least the 10th century and probably much earlier, portable food wrapped in an edible casing has been a part of human existence....
January 22, 2018
Be a tourist at home
As I am planning a trip overseas, I thought I’d apply the same research to my home town of Geelong. Being tourists in our own...
January 9, 2018
Sizzling summer means it’s time to rub the roo
Slip slop slap; we all know only too well that summer is the time to rub plenty of 30+ on. I rub the 30+ on...
December 12, 2017
Cardamom, let’s be friends
Dare I say it, but it is the countdown to Christmas time already! For me, the memories of a Christmas past are triggered by the...
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