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I know, I know it’s a month late and most people have already caved in on their resolutions but here are some food resolutions that aren’t about denial or unsustainable life changes just a few things to try as you go about your merry way in 2011.

This year I want you to break some new ground, don’t be so fucking squeamish, lets have some fun and adventure with our food. In the coming months I demand that you free yourselves from your mother’s apron and partake of some of the following:

1. Cook naked for your partner/date. Remember to wear an apron when removing stuff from the oven; you don’t want to accidentally burn the dessert.

2. Eat your steak rare and try something other than fillet.

3. Have a vegetarian meal.

4. Try wine from estates you haven’t heard of.

5. Order the hottest curry in the place (vindaloo or phal).

6. Buy free-range chicken.

7. Go to a top-notch restaurant & push the boat out – drink some fabulous wine, eat the most expensive gear on the menu, spend between R800 –R1000 and appreciate it for what it is.

8. Eat fish on the day that it was caught and never buy frozen shite again.

9. Have a glass of dessert wine with your pudding.

10. Seek out organic produce; ask for it in your supermarket.

11. Taste your food before putting salt on it.

12. Eat anchovies

13. Try something on the menu you’ve never eaten before.

14. Send food back if it’s crap.

15. Try unsalted butter.

16. Eat some good, ripe (preferably local) cheese.

17. Tip at least 10%, more if the service warrants it.

18. Try tuna rare, you won’t be disappointed.

19. Buy the chef a beer if you’ve had a good meal.

Come on it’s not too much to ask, give it a whirl and let me know how it turns out – who dares, wins.

May the sauce be with you