RECIPE: Bircher Muesli

Muesli was invented by a Swiss physician at the end of the 19th century named Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner. It was a recipe (now known as Bircher muesli) designed as a healthy meal for his patients to eat in his sanitarium. But it was very different to the muesli we eat today. For starters he insisted

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RECIPE: Beetroot, Fennel & Goat Cheese Entrée

I was sitting at a romantic little Sicilian restaurant in North Melbourne perusing the menu figuring what to order next: Caponata (a kind of eggplant/pine nut ratatouille), Spaghetti alla Siracusana (fresh anchovies, peperoncini, cherry tomato spaghetti topped with bread crumbs) or Polpette all’Agrodolce (sweet/sour meatballs). This was when my entrée came out to the table

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