Easy Vegetarian Recipes for the Whole Family
Winter has well and truly arrived in Melbournetown, and fingers and toes are frosted at any given moment. We had the coldest morning so far this week, school dropoff was 4 degrees but the sky was blue and clear and the golden sun lit up the remaining crispy foliage like it was on fire. I…
Trooping the Colour was our main theme this episode, what with carriage rides and marching and fly pasts and Charlotte taking a tumble on the royal balcony. It’s always a spectacle every year, and one you know you’re going to see all the little royal kiddies at, which is even funner when they do unexpected things…
Ah, Tony. A man who travelled around the world doing whatever the fuck he wanted and taking us along for the ride has gone and left a real hole. He was, among many things, a fantastic writer – a real lyrical storyteller – and that’s why I’ve chosen A Cook’s Tour for the book club’s…
Well now, who had a nice big cry over our intrepid but weary dad and his keenly observant and silently sad son? Fortunately, not me – but I’m told post-apocalyptic The Road burns your internal organs and has you sobbing on planes, trains and automobiles all over the world. I admit, I did wobble a…
Straight out the gate, we must a) apologise for the radio silence (we were both out of the country – more on that later!) and b) celebrate little bebeh Louis! What a (hefty) cutie he is and how stoked Our Cath must be that he’s finally out. Nothing like those lonnnnnnng last days where you’re…
Some of you may know I had a synchronicitious moment a year ago after reading Stephanie’s Journal by Stephanie Alexander, and Annie’s Farmhouse Kitchen, by former Stephanie colleague Annie Smithers. After flicking through both and coming to the realisation I’d finally figured out the book I wanted to write that had been swirling around in…
Hello, this is your stomach speaking. I demand scones. Big, chunky beauties that rise like a dream in an oven hotter than the fires of Mordor, with crispy tops and bottoms and feather-like insides. Hello, this is your Veggie Mama speaking. I have some scone tricks I’d like to share with you to ensure your…
I found myself in Fiji a week or so ago, to attend a family wedding (and sit around reading books in the sun at every opportunity). I took the Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and spent a great deal of my time going “what?” “what is happening?” “I’m sorry, what?”. Good times. I did enjoy it, actually. I…
