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Let the snobs simmer over slow food

Heckler I USED to think that slow food referred to food that was actually slow. Like snails, or weary cows. No longer! I have recently become aware of the slow food movement and the immense importance...

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Hoping to hear silent night this Christmas

Heckler CHRISTMAS has a distinct resonance in our house. In other homes, the festive season might be accompanied by the sound of Jingle Bells or the comforting noise of cooking from the kitchen.

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It's hip hip puree for the sauce code cabal

Heckler WHILE I can ignore TV cooking shows and newspaper articles on the latest food trends, this obsession with all things food is turning workplaces into nine-to-five versions of MasterChef, and some of...

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50 shades of excuses to avoid reading

Heckler THE inaugural Bad Mothers Book Club was held last week, the first selected text being Fifty Shades of Grey.

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Infinite uses, but still just useless

Heckler Like most of you, I have a collection of computer and printer bits such as cables, cable ties, adaptors and instructional DVDs, stored in a box, in case they're ever needed again.

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Going gaga in a galaxy not so wah wah away

Heckler I DON'T get babies. Well, in a certain sense I do. From a mechanical point of view they're pretty simple; you put milk in one end and clean the other and cuddle the in-between - it's not that complex.

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Slow down, you move too fast …

Heckler I SUFFER from a debilitating condition: slowness. I'm just not fast in any sense. Unfortunately, in modern high-speed society slowness essentially amounts to a crime.

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Navigating the maze of mothers

Heckler For those interested, the minutes of the last Bad Mothers meeting follow.

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Crockery is all white and wrong

Heckler Am I the only person on this planet who does not want white crockery?

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Pests need to be shown the door

Heckler NOBODY likes a door-to-door salesperson knocking on their door, so what's with the increase in this irritating activity? Door-to-door selling is illegal on Sundays, yet they still knock, catching...

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From vego to meat in the sandwich

Heckler ''WHY are you a vegetarian?'' I hate that question. Somehow my answers - and over the years I have tried out a few - always seem to infuriate people.

Benefit of BBQ not so clean-cut

Heckler BACKYARD bliss? Enough is enough. Next time you are groping around for a metaphor for materialism, conspicuous consumption and inappropriate over-design, grope no more: just use the modern gas-fired,...

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MasterChef monsters

Heckler Junior MasterChef is taking all the fun out of cooking with my daughters. Making fairy bread doesn't cut it any more. They want serious training for future auditions.

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Those kilos that kill conversation

Heckler ARE people on diets the most boring people in the world?

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Elephant baby joy takes a wrong turn

Heckler ON THE day when Sydney softened a little with news of the miracle elephant birth at Taronga Zoo, I discovered the tough, nasty side of the city was still lurking about in abundance.

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Easter Show fee does not compute

Heckler THIS is ridiculous. For some years now I've been entering the Easter Show Arts and Crafts sections, as, for even longer, have my forebears.