The freezer can be a scary place. It’s cold and dark. There are skeletons down there (literally- though mine are fowl, not foul). It’s purgatory for dinner- a place of half made meals. And now it’s time to shine a light into ours. In three days time our freezer must be empty. The fridge must […]
Archive for May, 2014
Change is not something I’m good at. Growing up, my sister would rearrange the furniture in her bedroom up to three times a year, relishing the new spaces and angles it opened up. I never once willingly elected to move my bed from its nook against the far right wall. I take comfort in […]
Is there a better smell than that of nut-brown butter? Sure, there are great scents around. The ocean skipping over sand on a crisp autumn morning is one. I’m also pretty mad about the aroma of the top of this one’s head after a bath. Then there’s the tropical fug of a perfectly ripe […]
I could probably meter the adult chapter of my life in fish pies. The first is a famed one from Sydney. So much so that it’s become somewhat of a culinary cautionary tale.It’s a stern yoke for any chef that tends the burners at The Boathouse at Blackwattle Bay. The Boathouse is a spot with […]