For the love of food
A few months ago I wrote a review of Sourced Grocer for On the Menu. It’s a gorgeous little cafe/grocer that opened recently in New Farm. The food is fabulous and I already have a favourite – smashed avocado on sourdough toast with labne. It’s absolutely delicious. The only thing that could make it any [...]
Don’t ask me why but I always thought rosewater was some exotic liquid used in beauty treatments. It doesn’t really sound like something that you would use to make delicious sweet treats. A while ago I decided I would give it a try and made rosewater pound cake. I was a convert. It’s a subtle [...]
Yesterday I was out running for the first time this year when I ran across and overturned scratch-it discarded on the ground. I kept running but as I ran a little voice crept into my head ‘what if it was a winner and you just passed $100,000?’ I turned back. It wasn’t a winner but [...]
Just 10 more sleeps until we hear the jingle of Santa’s bells and the clatter of reindeer hooves on our roof tops. I don’t know about you but I’m rather like a kid at Christmas despite my 26 years. I still wake up at the crack of dawn eager to see what Santa has brought. [...]
I am very very grateful that somehow my mother brought me up to have self-control when it comes to things like chocolate. I think, having access to treats whenever we wanted them, make us a lot less likely to scoff a whole packet of biscuits should they present themselves to us. So it is my [...]
I’ve always been a bit of a craft nerd. I love love love making things. Sort of like baking, there’s nothing more satisfying than starting out with a pile of ‘raw ingredients’ and seeing it turn into something fabulous. I’m not very good at following instructions when it comes to creative activities. What I love [...]
Typing with one hand is a very tricky exercise. I would know because that’s how I’m typing today’s post. It seems my capsicum bush has turned against me. I chopped up my first capsicum of the season about an hour ago and added it to my tomato pasta sauce. A few minutes later, my fingers [...]
I seem to be reminiscing about my primary school days a lot lately. Another fond memory I have is of giving and receiving candy canes at Christmas time. There were all sorts of colours and flavours around but to me you can’t go past the traditional red and white striped peppermint candy cane. It’s oh-so [...]
I am about to marry a the man who wins the title for ‘hardest person to buy a gift for.’ He doesn’t think so but getting him the perfect gift or surprise requires quite a bit of brainstorming. Birthdays and Christmas are always a challenge but my greatest challenge so far was thinking of something [...]
Can you believe Christmas is only 9 weeks away? I swear it was 12 weeks then I blinked and 3 weeks had disappeared. Every year I say I’ll be organised and not even have to think about presents cause they’ll all be planned out, wrapped and ready before the sleigh bells start to jingle in [...]
There seems to be a bit of a trend at the moment towards putting things on sticks. Cake Pops, lolly-pop like cakes are ‘popping’ up everywhere and so I decided to jump on board with a cookie on a stick. They’re so much more fun to eat than a regular cookie and make a great [...]
I haven’t reported on the status of my vegetable garden in at least a month but it is going very well. Unfortunately the zucchini and squash haven’t fared too well but they are the only casualties of the cold. Above are the first of the Roma tomatoes coming through. I can’t wait until they’re ready [...]
