A Bowlful of Happiness
"I think we bought too many cherries" says the Figman, looking over the benchtop to the giant red bowl of dark ones in the sink, the half bag on the counter and the big plastic container full of Bing...
View ArticleA Little Lunch By Myself
photo from http://www2.visitvictoria.com/On Friday, I found myself unexpectedly in town, pretending to work. I don't work much and what I do, tends to be done from home. But occasionally I have to come...
View ArticleSlow Roasted Shoulder of Lamb
Well half a shoulder of lamb actually. This is a prime example of the way I use cookbooks - often I enjoy flicking through and absorbing ideas and techniques, but I don't often follow a recipe...
View ArticleMenu for Hope III
The prizes for Menu for Hope III are up now. It's all very exciting - I can't believe how many there are and the variety. I had actually intended to donate a prize myself but have been offline for this...
View ArticleMecca Bah Restaurant Review
I'd never actually visited the Docklands area before, so when Figman needed to check out a venue I suggested we all head out for an early lunch at Mecca Bah. We mostly skipped breakfast and therefore...
View ArticleChristmas Eve 2006
I remember last Christmas Eve well. Sitting up making insane Peppermint Bark that I'd picked up from Heidi's 101 Cookbooks. A confection that I cannot bear the taste of now, given that I became very...
View ArticleMerry Little Christmas
Hope you had a lovely Christmas time with your beloveds. My sister hosted the family lunch this year, so all I had to do was turn up and indulge. Well, I did bring some chocolate macadamias and...
View ArticleHoliday Traipsing About: Healesville, Silvan & Olinda
Or this could be known as "In Which I Blame Neil". Certainly Figman would if he knew ... heheheAustralia tends to shut down between Christmas and New Year. Even then, a lot of manufacturing industries...
View ArticleCulinary Resolutions 2006
I was in a flap about not having achieved all of my culinary resolutions for last year when I realised that, being the procrastinator that I am, I only made the list in March 2006. So I figure that...
View ArticleCutlery Redux
"Some of the Villeroy & Boch cutlery is beautiful but it's obscenely expensive and really, does this kind of thing belong in the hands of someone who loses a teaspoon a month? I think not."Looking...
View ArticleLovely Lettuce
It's been a wild and woolly summer here in Melbourne. From hail to the hottest day on record to snow all in a couple of months, it hasn't exactly been your average pleasant summer, weather-wise. Add to...
View ArticleThe First Tomatoes of Summer
The Figman loves birdsong. Me, I'm pretty indifferent and at times, downright irritated with birds. But he has books scattered around the house from a childhood passion as a birdwatcher and when...
View ArticleChocolate and Raspberry Truffles: SHF 27 Chocolate By Brand
Sometimes I am finicky, so much so that I drive people like the Figman mad. And at others, I am slapdash, which leads to incidents like this. I don't often enter foodblogging events these days but when...
View ArticleFirst Cake: Plum and Vanilla Cake
So I eventually got around to breaking out the Kitchen Aid. (This was back in January by the way, I don't know quite where February went, but I must have done something ... ). I went through a pile of...
View ArticlePlum Blossom
This autumn, a little plum blossom has come into our lives. You may have noticed that my blogging became sporadic last year. Weeks, occasionally months went between posts. Niki knew, Barbara...
View ArticleStocking Up
We had a pair of helping hands for the first few weeks after the baby was born. My cousin came to stay with us, to help out with the Little One and see that Figman was sufficient nourished to attend to...
View Article(My Favourite Plum) Jam
I love good jam. Long gone are the days when I spread the sticky sugary supermarket stuff on my sourdough. Amongst my dozens of jars in the fridge can usually be found something from the excellent...
View ArticleOuch!
I type this with fingernails caked with blood.My cousin has returned to help us out for a few weeks. Last night she mentioned how she had cut herself on our Furi knives and that she had to be careful...
View ArticleAstoundingly Easy Lentil Tomato Soup
You know, there are those gorgeous recipes that I bookmark from the internet. I have files full of them but I never ever get around to making them. (Heidi Swanson's Triple Chocolate Cake with Chocolate...
View ArticleTo Market (Again)
Interesting to see this article about farmer's markets in today's Age.The whole family toddled along to the Boroondara one on Paterson Reserve on Saturday morning. It isn't anywhere near as attractive...
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