For the love of food
Cheese cheese as far as the eye can see. I was in a little bit of sensory overload walking into this room. I’ll admit, when I received an invitation to the Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show’s Cheese and Dairy Produce awards (what a mouthful!) I wasn’t going to go. I thought it would just be [...]
Cute little cupcakes for a friend’s friend’s bridal shower. A little edible gift from my garden. A pretty flower on my morning walk. My sister’s creative bread presentation on Mother’s Day. See that bowl beneath? Mum and dad bought it on their honeymoon and it still looks like new 30 years later! A double-yolker quail [...]
It’s that time again… In my kitchen this month is a hamper full of saffron goodies from Capertee Valley Saffron. Call me naive but I never knew we grew saffron here in Australia. Capertee Valley Saffron is owned and operated by husband and wife team Greg and Katrin Dixon and you can see some beautiful [...]
Have I told you that I have the best parents in the world? I may have mentioned it but probably not often enough. Just one of the reasons or maybe more an example of how generous and kind they are is their charity work. For quite a few years now, mum and dad have been [...]
I baked with saffron for the first time ever. I had my first Pat and Stick’s ice-cream. I want another one right now! This was a little harvest from my garden. It smelled like a Thai kitchen. I thought that building on the right was something strange floating in the air but it was just [...]
You might have noticed a little something different on the side around here recently. I have added a few ad units. Please don’t think I’m selling out. While I love writing here every day and sharing my recipes there are a lot of behind-the-scenes costs as well as bills to pay as you all know. [...]
I can’t quite believe it but on this day ONE YEAR ago, I married my best friend in the whole world. I’m going to turn mushy on you for a minute (I can do that today!) and say just when I think it can’t get any better it does, every day. To my darling husband, [...]
Yesterday, Katy Potaty aka my wedding buddy (we got married on the same day), posted a list of 10 random facts about herself. I’ve been meaning to do something similar for a while but she gave me the push so without further ado… 10 random things you didn’t know about me (because I’m a bit [...]
I love listening to passionate people. It helps if I’m interested in their subject matter but listening to someone talk about something they love and are so knowledgable about gets me on the edge of my seat. Last weekend I had the pleasure of hearing from Elisabeth Fekonia aka the fermented food lady (well that’s [...]
I don’t usually write about the atrocities we sadly see too often. It’s not that I don’t feel anything when tragedies happen. It’s more that I just can’t transfer those feelings into words well enough so here I don’t say anything at all. Yesterday’s events in Boston really shook me though. I could picture the whole scene [...]
I am Claire & I love food. Here you'll find my favourite recipes, tips, tricks, restaurants & plates full of frivolity with the odd crafty post. New inspiration posted daily.
