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Greetings to Australia and New Zealand



And a recipe for the traditional Anzac Biscuit?
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on bananas and sugar. Cyclone Yasi took out a good portion of Australia's crops.

While it is still too early for solid forecasts, businesses are expecting more than $41 billion in damage from Cyclone Yasi.

Almost all Australia's bananas are grown in the path of the storm, and about one third of the country's sugar cane. - ABC News Australia

Sugar Cane is used in Australia as ethenol, so fuel prices are going to skyrocket, too.

Our hearts and thoughts go out to Australia, for they are getting whomped by Mother Nature in all directions.

Labels: Australia, banana, cyclone, Sugar

...Fair Trading Minister Peter Lawlor says shoppers in Ipswich and Rockhampton, in central Queensland, have reported that some traders are charging $10 for bread or milk.

"The department discusses the issues with them, and if they want to lodge an official complaint - which six people have done - then they're fully investigated," he said.

"But I think traders who attempt to profit from the misery of others during the floods should keep in mind that people have long memories. - ABC News

Labels: Australia, disaster, Food

Want a taste of Melbourne?
How long have you got?!

This is a city where there are as many styles as there are chefs, with a culinary diversity as rich as anywhere around the globe.

Many of Melbourne’s precincts have a culinary character all of their own, from the Greek atmosphere of Lonsdale Street or Carlton’s ‘Little Italy’, to the wide choice of Chinatown around Little Bourke Street. - That's Me!bourne

Fill your glasses ... with the Yarra River. Melbourne could soon be drinking Yarra River water from the heart of the city as the State Government scrambles to boost the city's dwindling water supplies. Melbourne Age.

Labels: Australia, Curtis Stone, Melbourne, Take Home Chef, TLC