Spring is well and truly here, although, being Brisbane, perhaps it is unfair to label it such. The season calls to mind mild days, the sound of trickling meltwater, lambs frolicking… No, this is Brisbane. September is a time for hailstorms, dive-bombing magpie attacks and a return to heat and humidity. The three-month Cold season [...]
This is my favourite breakfast ever. It’s it’s a bit like Mexican huevos rancheros or Berber omelette. If you wanted, you could add a drizzle of chilli oil at the end to really spice it up, but the pinch of cumin already in the recipe does it for me. Moroccan poached eggs. Serves two. 1½ [...]
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 [...]
Hannah is moving to Australia tonight. We’re probably having ramen for tea, and I’ve been making some of the ingredients in advance. The stock is on the simmer, and the tea eggs have just come out of their broth. These eggs are beautifully marbled and delicately infused with the taste of tea and spices. They’re [...]
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 [...]
With typically good timing I came down with a fever just as I reached Galway, Ireland’s party capital. I soldiered through yesterday, with a daytrip through The Burren and the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare (photos to come), but today has been all about bed rest. Oh, and scones. There’s only so many hours [...]
Dinner party a moderate success. Noted high correlation between vegetarianism and absenteeism. Just about to jump on a plane!
First, a quick catch-up from where I left off: I’ve been home, in Brisbane, for nigh on ten months. I’ve completed a year of a nursing degree without killing anyone – and promisingly, I’m convinced that I’m doing the right thing, and that I’ll actually stick around long enough to graduate, this time. Along with [...]