Mum did almost all the cooking in our house when I was growing up. Dad was (is) a self-employed building contractor who generally came home from long days on site to spend evenings doing paperwork in his home office. Dad did have a few specialties… Read More
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One year on: Party + cake
I‘ve just had to remind myself that blogging is not always or only about photos: it’s about telling a story. Last Saturday night Colin and I had a party to celebrate one year of living in Australia. On 8th July 2011 we flew into Gold… Read More
Green lentil and roasted beetroot salad
Sometimes, all I need is lentils, but it wasn’t always this way. I first ate lentils in my early 20s and heavily into my experimental-vegetarian phase – experimental in the sense of sampling a whole host of new foods, such as tofu, tempeh, miso, soy… Read More
Autumn in Brisbane, and Spiced Pear Cake
While it’s officially winter already, I’m having a difficult time associating these coolish, dry Brisbane days with what I know and remember winter to be. Back in Auckland, winter was about hunkering down, staying warm and fighting the damp that would inevitably seep its way… Read More