For the love of food
Togs. It’s a strange word isn’t it? For those of you who live anywhere other than Queensland, Australia, it’s what we call our bathing suits or swimmers. Yes we’re a strange lot we Queenslanders. I have no idea where the word came from. It’s not like it gives you even the tiniest hint of what [...]
Knock knock. Who’s there? Claire Claire who? Claire K lack of creations! Yes that’s how creative I am today I can’t even think of an exciting way to open my post! What I can tell you is that today’s recipe is delicious. It’s what I would call a Thai take on the Chinese sang choi [...]
Pinch and a punch for the first of the month! Happy autumn everyone! I’m not sure if you remember, but at the end of autumn last year I said that I was going to challenge myself to take a photo for a year. Fast forward a month or two and somebody (me!) got engaged and [...]
It wasn’t until about two years ago that mushrooms and I were properly introduced. Before then I thought of them as the slightly ugly vegetable that I didn’t really know what to do with. As you know I’ve come a long way in my food exploring and now I love them. They’re one of my [...]
I have my second wedding dress fitting today. I ate way too much over Christmas. Yes those two statements are connected. Since I got back to Brisbane on Tuesday I’ve restrained myself with iron strength so I don’t embarrass myself trying on my dress. I don’t think there are many brides who get bigger close [...]
It’s one of those questions that seems to come up every now and again – ‘if you were stranded on a deserted island and could only have one type of food what would it be?’ My answer is always potatoes. I think if you choose something like that you get the full spectrum of the [...]
This Friday, I have my first fitting for my wedding dress. It’s starting to all feel very real and so exciting! The dressmaker had two openings for my appointment; 2pm & 3pm. My preference – 3pm so that gives us time to go out to lunch before. He was a little shocked. I don’t think [...]
There’s no doubt the sleigh bells have begun to jingle in the distance. There’s just one month until Christmas and I have been getting into the spirit all week. I’ve also had ‘it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas’ (the Bing Crosby version) in my head for nearly two weeks. Naturally when I saw [...]
I love broccoli. It’s one vegetable that I have eaten since I was little and don’t think I’ll ever stop. I even tried my hand at growing it a few months ago and managed to harvest a few little heads. I’ve also discovered that if you shave off the outer skin of the stalk, the [...]
When I don’t have a side dish planned for dinner I nearly always fall back on what I’ve been eating my whole life – plain broccoli, beans, carrot or corn (or a combination) steamed or some sort of potato. I had to spice up my sides, literally, for Thanksgiving on the weekend and decided it [...]
Did you have a win on the Melbourne Cup yesterday? I didn’t. I thought that between all the sweeps and $1 bets I had that I might have won something but sadly no. I did see a lady who might have had too big a celebration yesterday. She was walking down Racecourse Road (next to [...]
Reading The Sunday Mail on the weekend I noticed an alarming trend. I counted at least 5 different advertisements for quick-fix weight loss products. One says that exercise won’t make you thin, another claims if you drink it for a few weeks you’ll look like a supermodel (I might exaggerate a little). The other one [...]
