Occasional stories, food and travel inspiration
I recently met up with friends for our regular Cookbook Club lunch where we share dishes we've cooked from a selected cookbook. If you're anything like most people, you'll have a number of cookb
My baby recently turned six so to celebrate we had some family and friends over for a relaxed lunch. Deciding what kind of birthday cake to make J was easy as he is mad about chocolate. So I cam
I have such happy memories of boisterous house parties when I was a child. There was always plenty of food and drink and laughter, everyone pitched in to help and we kids had the run of the house and
Last year, my lovely friend Sky asked me if I'd be interested in doing a shoot with Aspire, the excellent lifestyle magazine that she edits. "What did you have in mind?" I asked. "How about you
A month ago my ex husband had a vasectomy. When it was over and he was half the man he used to be -- his words, not mine -- I picked him up from the hospital and drove him home, teasing him onl
I lied to my son the other day. I don't usually advocate lying to small and innocent children but in this case I felt it was justified. You be the judge. My son is four and a half. I've blog
Happy Birthday to The Hungry Australian! It was three years ago that I tentatively hit publish on my first ever post, my dad's Chinese Sausage Omelette. For any aspiring bloggers or photographe
Some things don't make sense to me. Home laser hair removal kits. Hipster beards. Trying to give new parents advice when you've never had kids yourself. Caring what people do in the privacy of thei
J is my three year old son. He makes my heart fill to overflowing with his sunny nature, cheeky grin, outrageous demands and obsession with cars and helicopters. So you can imagine how concerned I wa
Two words: Salted. Caramel. Be still my beating heart. Salted Caramel is the taste sensation that shows no sight of ending. Quite rightly so, for the combination of butter, sugar, syrup, salt an
There are times when a little restraint is called for. After all, too much of a good thing can get you into all kinds of trouble. Happily, this is not one of those times. For too much of a very g
I've been meaning to make chocolate bark ever since I saw Chocome's deluxe version at the Adelaide Good Food & Wine Show back in October. Then Amy from Amy's Town made some lovely 'Chose Your O
