For the love of food
‘Is there a champagne reference?’ ‘Yep – will look forward to having a glass of bubbles with you over Easter to celebrate.’ They all laughed. The joke? Well apparently 90% of mum’s Birthday presents had some sort of reference to champagne. Her friends know her too well. Then it occurred to me that 90% of [...]
On Saturday I shared the secret as to why I’m not the size of a house. It’s not really a secret, it’s just that I don’t eat quite as much as it looks like I do. There is one secret I can attest to though. Tasty food. That means only eating food that you really enjoy. [...]
Ok so I’ve gotten a little bit obsessed with Jamie Oliver recently. Not in a mad stalker way just in an I love his enthusiasm and vigour in the kitchen and his presentation way. He manages to make the simplest things into flavour explosions and somehow piles things onto boards like a work of art. [...]
In 2013 I’m going to continue to expand my eating repertoire. This year I’m going to find at least 10 salads that I like and make them every now and then. I’ve established that traditional salads with lots of lettuce are not my cup of tea. For me, a salad has to have a bit of oomph and [...]
I’m one of those people who yells at the TV and gets quite involved in discussions even if they can’t hear me and never speak back. Can of Worms the other night had me even more active than usual. The question to the panel was ‘should there be a tax on fast food?’ The responses [...]
Sometimes I spend ages thinking of pretty ways to style my food and then photograph it from every angle until I get the ‘perfect’ shot. Other times I get distracted by things like my very cute little niece and I totally forget to take any decent photos. This was one of those times. On occasion [...]
Monday marked four months since I became Mrs Cameron. I can’t believe a third of the year has passed so fast. It also meant it had been 30% of the year since I’d seen my bridesmaid Kristin who lives in Sydney. Saturday was her first visit to Brisbane since the wedding which also meant she [...]
This morning while I was powering away on the treadmill I was hit with such a strong pang of illness it brought tears to my eyes. Oh don’t worry, I will be ok, for I was suffering from a case of Green and Gold Malaria or ‘good old Aussie pride.’ As I watched Sally Pearson [...]
When I was at school (I hope I haven’t told this story before), I went to a friends house to play after school. We arrived at her house to a table laid with baked goodies and all sorts of treats. I’d never seen anything like it. As soon as I got home I told mum [...]
I got a rather enthusiastic response to my recipe for Afghan biscuits last week. As I said, they are New Zealand’s famous biscuits. This week I thought I would balance it out with Australia’s famous biscuit, the ANZAC biscuit. We cannot let April 25th, ANZAC Day pass without a batch of these delicious treats. Edmonds [...]
Whenever I think of party food my brain always goes straight to sausage rolls. It’s really not a party here in Australia unless you have them. Years ago, party sausage rolls used to mean the frozen variety that come in a box and have little indents down the log so you can snap off however [...]
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 [...]
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.
