Where friendly veg recipes and the 90s combine.
Sooo I just realised I didn’t blog my preserving efforts from my annual sauce and jam day (usually done to coincide with Triple J’s Hottest 100) – more about what I make and why I make it here. It was just me solo this year but I still put up enough tomato, barbecue, and chilli…
I’m a bit of a latecomer to Mexican rice, I am afraid I must have just had boring versions whenever I’ve eaten it. They seemed bland and tasteless and fairly useless. Fortunately through trial and error, I’ve found a rice that kicks actual arse. I keep it fairly mild in the hopes that my children…
It turns out I’m going back to university to study my first love of English Literature (Cue soaring success feelgood hero music). I enjoyed studying psychology, enjoyed studying teaching for the five seconds I studied it, loved studying creative writing only when I wasn’t actually having to write anything (that university didn’t offer an English…
it’s the weekend, so it must be time for a sit down with some good things to read. lord knows its been blowing an arctic gale around here lately so there’s not much better than a pot of tea and interesting tales while I ignore the washing piling up. Enjoy. Everything Happens So Much |…
Last week I was invited on a community radio show by my friend (and fellow school parent) Tas. He is the host of Still Hip and Relevant every Monday on 98.9 North West FM and kindly let me guest program all the songs for the hour even though most of them gave him angina. I…
Hello. Hi there. Here are some interesting things. Why Emotional Excess is Essential to Writing and Creativity / Brainpickings I found this both helpful and confronting – I’ve spent a lifetime trying not to feel things because they are uncomfortable (I prefer to practice the buddhist detachment), but have tried recently to be more present…
Excuse us, this is going to be LARGE. There has just been so much going on that we need to break it right down, so for episode 20, it’s the H & M show. Further Cambridge coverage will commence next week, and a bite-size snapshot of other royal news is below. But firkst, the news….
Well, I have to say I’m a bit taken aback by the response to yesterday’s post! I just feel so happy and very humbled that people like what I do even if it isn’t the prettiest or fanciest. Can’t believe it took me so long to get it together. If you’ve missed my food posts,…
