This is in praise to things that are slow. Slow carbohydrates- sure. Lazy afternoons pottering by the stove- absolutely (nb, if that’s what you’re most interested in- and a nifty and sustaining refined sugar free crumble, then click straight for the bottom). If you’ve got time on your side for a little natter, pull up […]
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I’ve had a hankering for comfort food again. Comfort food to me is largely about chicken pie. It’s chicken pie because it’s what we used to pick up from the bakery after ego schooling netball games on chilblain cold Saturday mornings. It’s chicken pie because it’s duvet food. Not because you want to eat it […]
There are lots of sly jokes about what people want for Mother’s Day. Most of them don’t involve an electric foot bath, limp bunch of gerberas or a scented candle. This was one of my favourites. It captures it all. I’d possibly accent it with; put me on an plane with a gin and tonic […]
There are brownie days. Days when a meek muffin leaden with flax just won’t cut it. Last week we had quite a few of them. There must have been a glitch in the universe, because somehow, David Bowie, circa 1986 as the Goblin King came and stole my child. He replaced him with a screeching, […]
I want to tell you about my favourite place in Sydney. It’s possibly my favourite place in the world. The shortlist is quite long (Cliff bars of Dubrovnik, Yountville in the Napa Valley, Avoca Beach, Ammoudi in Santorini and Wailea in Maui all make cameos). But Freshwater Beach, or more specifically, Pilu at Freshwater, is […]