For the love of food
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A few months ago I stumbled across Inquiring Chef. Jessica blogs about her food adventures in Thailand and all her wonderful little trips around Asia. Her photography is amazing (maybe one day I’ll get that good) and recipes delicious. Today I’m lucky enough to have her here to share a recipe that she developed herself. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I was seriously proud of myself when I presented a golden-cooked turkey at Thanksgiving dinner this time last week. It was my first turkey and definitely not my last. It wasn’t without fear, a little jumping around squirming and the odd harsh word as I burnt my hand on the oven for the nth time [...]
A turkey just isn’t a turkey without the stuffing. In fact my grandma tells stories of when my uncle was little and at Christmas he would always say ‘none turkey plenty tuffin!’ As this was the first time I’d ever cooked a whole turkey I thought I’d keep the stuffing reasonably simple. Mushroom and walnut [...]
Happy Monday everyone. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. As I mentioned on Saturday, I hosted my very first Thanksgiving dinner and successfully cooked my first turkey. I was rather squirmish prepping it for the oven but I braved it out and was very proud of myself. I have lots of leftovers in the [...]
The other day I mentioned that I’m not really big on sleeping in anymore. Since I wrote that, my body has decided to prove the point and has woken me up at 5am nearly every morning this week. I really see why everyone wants daylight saving here so badly. At 5am the sun is [...]
