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21.08.2011 2

Columns: A girl from Oz finding her feet with cordon bleu culture

This month: Generations of socca and sisterhood

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In what I took at first as a huge compliment, and evidence of having successfully fooled everyone into believing I am a proper grown up, I was bequeathed my delinquent 16-year old sister for the summer. Her failing grades and daily threats that she would quit school before graduation were severe enough to panic our father and convince him to put her on a flight to Europe. As I write this she is currently MIA, having ‘runaway’.Read more …

17.06.2011 2

Columns: A girl from Oz finding her feet with cordon bleu culture

This month: all that glitters

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In my first year living on the Riviera, strapped for cash and linguistically challenged, I worked a season in an ostentatious privately owned villa. By the second week it was hard to see the sun rising through tears of exhaustion. Read more …

28.03.2011 0

Columns: A girl from Oz finding her feet with cordon bleu culture

This month: interview with a Mediterranean maestro

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Theo Randall, former head chef at London’s famous River Café has been heavily influenced by his holidays as a child in Italy and his frequent visits to the French Riviera. Read more …