Archive for the ‘cooking’ Category
TweetWhen a public holiday appears on our calendar, there are always many ideas bandied about as to what we could do. Today (a public holiday in honour of a HORSE RACE – can you detect my disbelief – a HORSE RACE!) amongst the suggestions were kite flying at the beach, a drive through Mt. Dandenong [...]
TweetHalloween is approaching yet again. Mmmhmm. Every year it arrives. Same time. And every year – well, for the last four – I have pulled out Abby’s Halloween quilt and decided “Yep, this will be the year. I will FINISH THIS QUILT for my dear girl.” Now there’s no doubting my love for Abby – [...]
Tweetwe have a book at work about Sunday’s Kitchen – about Sunday Reed that is, her beautiful kitchen and garden at Heide and the meals she concocted for her husband John and their artist friends. Lovely book – fascinating life – not quite as glamorous here in Bootville :-) But lovely nonetheless. The blue sky [...]
TweetBefore we get stuck into today’s programme, you must watch this – it’s bewitching! I’ve put my order in already and I cannot wait to have it in my hands. Please Mr. Book Depository, send it by your speediest owl, my heart is racing with anticipation! Doesn’t that tickle your fancy! Yes, run away, run [...]
TweetMum left this morning – her lovely holiday over, she had to fly onto Canberra for a boarding school conference before back home to work. We were sad. It was so wonderful having her here with us – Abby especially loves it. She and her Nan get up to so much mischief and giggling and [...]
TweetI really do love our neighbourhood. It’s very Jewish – there are many synagogues, schools, community groups, bakeries, restaurants … and several communities within the one – Holocaust survivors who sought refuge here from Europe after World War II, different orthodox groups, immigrants from Israel and South Africa … and surely many more I am [...]
TweetOkay – they were great warm, and after waiting 12 hours I can now advise they are great cold too! And don’t need extra cinnamon. Isn’t it funny the yumminess of spices can be somehow lost in the warmth of a freshly baked goodie, yet when cold, shines? So here’s the recipe for all those [...]
TweetI’m waiting up this evening. When we arrived home from work (abby comes to the bookstore most afternoons that I work, and curls up with her homework, drawing pad, pens and … books), I really wanted to go straight to bed ’cause I’ve got a cold. You know, sore throat, wonky head, achy body. Just [...]
Tweet … markets have been plundered, rodents fed and played with, and the new school week looms large. What next? Hmmm … accept that it’s that time of a wintery weekend and settle into an afternoon at the kitchen table. We baked hammy cupcakes for lunch (recipe below) … Concluded that two heads were better [...]
Tweet This winter Sunday put on quite a show this morning … blue sky, no wind, a touch of warmth to the winter sun. My goodness! What a lovely day to be outside. We visited the Camberwell Trash and Treasure Market – I haven’t been for 8 years and it was such a thrill to [...]
Tweet … when the hustle and bustle of breakfast, preparations for the school and work days are over; the girl and the husband depart and I am left sitting here. The house is silent. The clock ticks. The wind yawns, lashing the remaining leaves on the oak. The old wooden windows rattle. The sun teases [...]
Tweet Today has been yet another cold, grey and drizzly day and early morning mass left me chiled to the bone. Yet now, as the night and cold deepen, our bellies are deliciously warm with the best winter soup I have ever made. So, whilst the quantities are still fresh in my mind, I thought [...]
