I had grand plans for this dish. I had visions of placing the lion’s share of it into methodically labelled tupperware and embarking on the ‘Winter is coming’ process of stocking of the freezer. A nesting woman and a label maker is a dangerous combination. I present to you exhibit a) And yet, it never […]
In the kitchen
There are skills I must gain in the next five weeks. I could be wrong on these, but my instincts are telling me the following: I need to learn how to maintain sufficient sanity on minimal sleep (def: sufficient sanity; enough that at the end of the day everyone is alive). I need to […]
It’s that time of year again. Each year, in honour of his birthday The Hungry One comes with a simple request. ‘Black Forest please’. It’s a simple devotion to a flavour profile that most people who know him, know about. Black Forest is a taste (and a place) that’s close to his heart. It was […]
I should practice a bit more of what I preach. I’ve been doing a swathe of radio interviews in Australia in the last week or so for the release of ‘A Suitcase and a Spatula‘. It’s been pretty entertaining trying to enact what I used to spend a lot of my previous life in PR […]
Who knew it was possible to have this many feelings? This many emotions, bundled up, all of the time. They’re like a loose tumble of sticks, flimsily tethered together. Most of the time I can keep them all in check, but on occasion a stray one or two slips out and clatters to the floor. […]