Category Archives: Food

Some Game of Thrones Season 8 speculation

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Paul Frijters

Let me indulge, purely for entertainment value, in some fan-speculation on what we will see on-screen after the Long Night is over and the final 6 episodes Of Game of Thrones are run in 2019. Let me first talk about … Continue reading →

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Australia

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Nicholas Gruen

As an aficionado of DOC, someone sent me this article on young Italian immigration, which I’ve celebrated before. Anyway enjoy the vid. It makes you feel grateful to live in such a great place.

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George H W Bush & The Broccoli Wars

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Paul Bamford (aka Gummo T)

George H W Bush (father of George W, who had one less initial and a lot fewer functioning cortical neurons) divided US public opinion with this famous declaration in March 1990: I do not like broccoli and I haven’t liked … Continue reading →

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Filipino Restaurants: Another Data Point

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Richard Tsukamasa Green

Nearly two years I speculated on reasons why there are so few Filipino restaurants in Australia relative to the large number Filipino migrants. A secondary purpose was to discuss the uselessness of preference based explanations – not because they could … Continue reading →

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Australia is Part of Asia

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Richard Tsukamasa Green

It is, of course, the season for holiday fun times making worthless definitions. Last week my wife and I were making a rare trip into Namba, a popular entertainment and shopping district in Osaka. We happened to see a restaurant … Continue reading →

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Do Walmart Supercenters make you fat (hint – a bit!)

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Nicholas Gruen

From Supersizing supercenters? The impact of Walmart Supercenters on body mass index and obesity, by Charles Courtemanche and Art Carden, Journal of Urban Economics 69 (2011) 165–181 Researchers have linked the rise in obesity to technological progress reducing the opportunity … Continue reading →

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Two updates – Real time bus maps and Filipino restaurants

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Richard Tsukamasa Green

This post is merely two additions to previous posts, neither of which warranted a post on their own. The first relates to this post from September where I talked about the idea of realtime mapping of bus services using GPS … Continue reading →

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