Food. Wine. Melbourne.
And so it is February. Yikes. January pretty much passed in a wave of study and work with a couple of short trips to see real waves along the way. Summer seems to pass so quickly in Melbourne, as if our complaints about the heat scare the weather gods into submission and before long we […] Read more…
Christmas in Australia doesn’t obey any of the rules. We grow up watching American and English classic Christmas films filled with snow, open fires, and magic enhanced by a chilly winter eve. Dinner tables are filled with plump roasted birds, hot plum puddings and mugs filled with egg nog. This is what we learn that […] Read more…
It was a disaster. I had quickly etched out a shopping list as I ran out of the house but forgot to note the quantities. As I stood in front of the cream cheese, I couldn’t remember how many blocks the recipe called for. At $4 a block I decided that $12 worth of cream […] Read more…
I have been inspired by the two Nigella’s. The first needs no introduction, the second, well, probably also needs no introduction. But for the handful of you that have not stumbled across Not Quite Nigella, an absolutely drool-worthy Sydney food blog written by Lorraine, you can thank me later for this introduction 🙂 Christmas in […] Read more…