Last night Hannah and I put together a little party to welcome her back to Australia, to introduce her to my friends, and to introduce my friends to hers.
The food went down well. We made rice paper rolls, baba ganoush, hummous and a carrot dip, served with with grilled Turkish bread and crudités.
Carrot [...]
It’s one week exactly until Hannah arrives home.
I spent last weekend in Townsville, partly to see Dad, and partly so that I’d make it to Althea’s 21st. It’d been raining for quite a few days before I got there, but on my last day, just before I was due at the airport, we drove to [...]
I arrived home in Brisbane to find myself waist-deep in a few varieties of basil. They’re all potted in water-storing pots, which means they survived a month with no watering at all, until the rain started after Christmas. A surplus of basil means only one thing:
Almond Pesto
1½ cups raw almond kernels
1 cup virgin olive oil
150g [...]
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