Carrots rock! The family and I have spent the past few Saturday mornings exploring the local farmers markets around Perth. [...]
Company and comfort food….. With B away for the weekend, fighting the good fight and sleeping in a puddle, plus [...]
A night alone….. After Easter brunch was finished for another year, B headed off to the barracks to spend an [...]
“Healthy” option? Do muffins ever count as a healthy option? Absolutely! The Bean and I have been making cupcakes recently. [...]
Waiting for winter….. Well that’s a total lie. I actually love summer and the 9 or so months of the [...]
Hold that feeling… We have just returned from a fabulous, albeit brief, trip to the east coast. B’s grad ball at Duntroon coincided nicely (there’s a first time for everything) with a must-do trip for a family wedding in Sydneytwon which gave us time in between for a week watching the waves at Manly Beach. [...]
Secret desires… I’ve been enjoying a bit of food-pornography of late. Purple Citrus and Sweet Perfume (I mean even the title is intriguing and sensual) has been hanging out under my bed for a while now, and each night I have been sliding it out from amongst the dust and discarded dummies for a quick [...]
As Aussie as… …whatever really. I can’t say that I’m overly enthralled with Australia Day. On the one hand I think that I’m so incredibly lucky to live in this country and that, for all her faults, the Australian way of life is, for many, a pretty easy existence compared with the challenges that come [...]
I’ll bake your pardon… This is what the Bean says when she doesn’t understand something and wants you to repeat it…and it’s also what I am considering calling the family recipe calendar for 2012. These Chocolate and Hazelnut cookies are on the list. In fact they should be on everyone’s list – a hassle free, [...]
A simple pleasure… As much as I know I can’t stand in the way of progress and, for the most part, I’m happy being an onwards and upwards kinda gal, household change always leaves me mourning for the equilibrium I have lost. Jazzamatazz is down to one sleep a day which I can see will [...]
I’m not sure what it is about kids….. They’re perverse. Like cats. Our feline friends turn their noses up and snub attempts at intimacy, remaining cool and aloof..that is until you want to read a newspaper and then they’re there, in your face, sitting on the front page, demanding your affection. So too with The [...]
Secrets and lies….. One of the problems when you write a food blog that you don’t tell anyone about is that it can lead to awkward pauses when people ask for recipes… still not sure what to do about this…probably should just start telling people that this thing exists when they ask about the zingy [...]
Family Affair….. This recipe is from my cousin Sacha. We have agreed that any recipe that starts with half a cup of olive oil and finishes with masses of Gruyere is going to be hard to fault. My cousins from across the Nullarbor and I have decided to put together a recipe calendar for next [...]
The Sound of One Hand Clapping It was Marlborough Street Book Group-litestyle tonight to discuss the rather meaty Sound of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanagan. Only three of the lovely ladies of the MSBG were able to attend with house guests, gastro, holidays and hangovers conspiring to reduce us to rather a petite meeting. [...]
Flat….. I’m, hopefully, at the tail end of my worst episode of back pain since 2009. Pain where I can’t walk any distance and need help to dress. Pain where I can’t take the park brake off the car let alone carry my girls. Pain that is barely skimmed by pills, pills and red wine. [...]
