There is nothing in the world that means more to me than my two children. Lil’ E turned three last Thursday and with a 4 month old in tow, I felt bad enough not throwing a birthday bash for him. My parents held a BBQ for him (thank you Grandma & Grandpa!!) with close family…
So this happened. Our son was with my in-laws, our three month-old was her usual perfect self, and my husband was off work. So we seized the moment and went into the city for lunch. Afternoon tea followed lunch.. & lo and behold.. afternoon tea led to dinner. My husband and I felt young, we…
I’ll be honest – over the past week I’ve had way too many lemons sitting on my kitchen bench. And I think that now with two children and the fact that Mother’s Day is approaching – it made me reflect back to my childhood. Growing up, my mother rarely made cupcakes; she made pound cakes…
I’m a little late in writing this post because, I’m currently 39 weeks pregnant and despite having scheduled in blog posts for publishing, I’ve been truly and utterly exhausted over the past 10 days. But that’s not going to stop me from wishing you all a Happy Chinese New Year!!! Fortunately for me, CNY lasts…
My parents bought me a styrofoam macaron tower base in June when I thought I would attempt one for my son’s second birthday. I attempted it with toothpicks (the way the professionals do it) but found that whenever I pushed my macarons into the toothpicks, they would somehow crumble and crush under the weight of…
I’d heard so many rave reviews about Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi before I actually purchased their cookbook – Ottolenghi The Cookbook. And currently being on the low side of normal as far as iron stores go, this red meat recipe seemed like the perfect place to start. My husband and toddler absolutely love this…
I love Michel Roux. In the media he seems like such an adorable gentleman and his Pastry cookbook never fails to entice – although fortunately for my waistline, they often seem too time consuming and complex so are simply ooh’d and aah’d at in my spare time instead. Last weekend heralded my Dad’s *ahem* 60+…
A couple of weeks ago, we had my parents over for an impromptu dinner. We’d bought a duck from Costco over the weekend and it got me reminiscing over the second time my husband impressed me in the kitchen (the first was when he made me sushi on his own birthday!!).. He hadn’t cooked the…
Coda is a one hatted restaurant, tucked away along Flinders Lane on the corner of Oliver Lane. Its food is known as French-Vietnamese or ‘Modern Australian’. We stopped there for lunch a couple of weeks ago and were impressed by their fun, flirtatious basement vibe, spacious interiors and fresh flavour combinations. Here’s what we had……
My husband is absolutely obsessed with chicken; so last week I attempted Jamie Oliver’s chicken in milk dish. It’s from his Happy Days with the Naked Chef book and it was not only easy to make but exquisitely juicy & tender – so I have no doubt that it will be repeated in due time……
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