For the love of food
I’m a little bit cranky this morning. Will’s been trying to convince me to put a no-junk-mail sticker on our letterbox for weeks but my response is always ‘how will I know about the good deals?’ He even tried to use the environmental argument with me – imagine how many trees go into making all [...]
I mentioned last week that I had gotten over my Thai food aversion after our Thailand honeymoon. In the past week, I have cooked it twice and on Sunday we had dinner at our local Thai restaurant. I have sampled the full rainbow of Thai curries – red, yellow and green. Yellow is my colour [...]
Do you ever stop to think about where a word might have come from? I’d love to know who first looked at a tree and decided to call it a tree. What if they’d called it a chair instead? Would we be sitting on trees? Have I confused you enough yet? If you’ve seen The [...]
I’m usually not a fan of light versions of baked goods. They just never seem to have the same flavour, sweetness or texture as their naughty counterparts. The week before last I made a low-fat brownie. Yes I know, the two words are mutually exclusive (how’s that for some uni lingo) which I learned. The [...]
I’m hesitant to say it in case I jinx us but the last week has been the most beautiful weather in Brisbane. Yes it’s a bit cool in the mornings and in the shade but the sky has been a crystal clear blue and a gently breeze has been blowing. It’s been so beautiful that [...]
I think one of the reasons we put on weight over winter, sorry I’m generalising to make myself feel better. I mean one of the reasons I put on weight over winter is because all the delicious summer snacks like berries and yoghurt and all those healthy, low-calorie foods don’t seem nearly as appealing when [...]
After starting yesterday’s post with a little bit of karma it seemed the whole day was full of it. It wasn’t too far away but far enough for it to be annoying. I’m talking about the distance between my car and the trolley return bay. There was an older gentleman waiting for my car park. [...]
You know when you have a great idea and it seems so perfect in your head and then when you actually bring the idea to life it’s nothing like it was in your imagination? That’s what happened when I decided to make individual apple pies. I contemplated not sharing them but despite their rather rustic [...]
You can have your cake and eat it too. I’ve never really understood that saying. I understand what it means but I can’t understand its literal meaning. Why would anyone have cake but not eat it?! It’s a crazy thought to me. I very rarely say no to a little bit of something sweet but [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
