For the love of food
On Saturday morning the wedding festivities truly began when my Auntie and Uncle (or Tia and Tio as we call them) arrived all the way from Madrid, Spain. Of course we had a family dinner in honor of the occasion and mum asked me to bring dessert. I thought something a little bit Australian would [...]
Did you know Maggie Beer has her own pear orchard? Oh how I’d love to have my own orchard and be able to go fruit picking whenever I like. At the moment I’m struggling to keep my little garden going (I blame the wedding) though so it’s probably best that I leave the fruit growing [...]
My sister bought us tickets to the Brisbane Comedy Festival for Christmas and last Thursday night was our night. I love going to shows during the week but I often face the dinner dilemma. The show was at 7.15pm. To eat before, which would be about 6pm (we normally eat between 7.30 and or eat [...]
I love Twitter. I still find it so cool that I can write a message to anyone anywhere in the world and get a reply. On the day of the baby shower I tweeted Garry Younberry (the channel 9 weather man up here in Queensland) to ask if I should set a table outside. He [...]
There are only so many series of D-grade celebrities going head-to-head, people starving themselves on deserted islands, racing around the world, dancing their feet off and belting out songs that I can take. I think I have finally reached my reality TV threshold. Big Brother had the idea. They saw that their time was up [...]
I moved to Brisbane from Sydney when I was five years old. I don’t remember much from back then but I do remember the first music lesson that I ever went to. It was in a big house, not far from home and we all sat around on an over-sized, maroon classic rug. You know [...]
I had a fantastic time in South America but one thing I did miss about home was cooking. I know, some people might think I’m crazy. Don’t get me wrong, having other people cook for you is great but I like to get in the kitchen. I love finding recipes and testing them out and [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day! Whatever you’re doing today I hope you’re feeling the love. I don’t know about you but I’m pretty good at leaving things until the last minute. I didn’t plan my Valentine’s dinner menu until last night (but it’s going to be fantastic!) and have some serious cooking to do today. If [...]
I was (an secretly still am) a serious Spice Girls fan. Seriously, what’s not to love? When they announced their comeback tour a few years ago I was almost dancing around the house to ‘Spice up your life’ in joy. Sadly, they couldn’t stay together long enough to make it to Australia. Not to worry [...]
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 [...]
I have to say, I am very empathetic towards people with coeliac disease or gluten allergies. If I had to I could live without it but it would be so very hard. It’s in so many delicious treats and a lot of the gluten-free versions just don’t compare the original. A few people on my [...]
