So last year for his 29th birthday I bought Mr B a voucher to go skydiving. Not because I wanted to kill my boyfriend necessarily but he wanted to do it, and it seemed like a good present. Guys, don’t do this. Don’t buy a really good present for your partner’s 29th birthday, because it … Continue reading
Would you like to know how to make a cake that is all of the following? moist citrussy sweet – kids will like it …but with a bitter edge that takes it into grown-up territory high in protein (shrug… some people are into that) friggin’ easy – pretty much all you do is stir it … Continue reading
Pizza Heart gets a lot of love in the Blackburn-Box Hill area. “Oh, you’ve moved in around the corner? You have to try Pizza Heart in the Kerrimuir shops.” “The best pizza around here has to be Pizza Heart.” Big calls, all… can it stack up to the other contenders? Mr B and I had … Continue reading
Whew! It’s been a while but I’m finally up to part 2 of our high country trip. If you’d like to read part 1, it’s here. Our first night in Beechworth, Mum and I dined at The Green Shed, housed in a former printery on Camp Street in central Beechworth. The Green Shed was pretty empty … Continue reading
Mum and I had a mother-daughter trip up to Beechworth and Bright last weekend (well, Thursday to Monday) and I had so much fun I’m already blogging about it! All of my draft posts that have been sitting there for ages just got offended, but it can’t be helped. We set off relatively bright and early … Continue reading
Continuing the Americana theme from my last post on Bowery to Williamsburg: it’s only a month ago that I had my aunty’s birthday celebration over at my house. Given that she had just come back from a holiday in the USA – Noo Yawk to be more precise – and her birthday falls in a … Continue reading
At work we like to think we’re on top of the laneway openings and closings near us – after all we work in property! But I must confess that Bowery to Williamsburg snuck up on us unawares. By that, I mean it was at least a week after the initial blog posts went up on … Continue reading
For a special occasion Mr B sought out some tips from his workmates and booked us in at Josie Bones, in Smith Street Collingwood. Josie is the brainchild of Chris and Julia who met on Masterchef, hooked up and opened a restaurant focused around Chris’s good meat and good beer philosophy – that’s probably not … Continue reading
Red Spice Road 27 McKillop Street Melbourne CBD http://www.redspiceroad.com/ I credit Red Spice Road for turning me on to pork belly. Having never had it before, I went to a friend’s birthday party there some years ago now and couldn’t believe how delicious their famous crispy pork belly with apple slaw and chilli caramel was. I … Continue reading
I’m trying to cook as many recipes from my Nigella cookbooks as possible, and started a series to cook through How To Be a Domestic Goddess some time ago. Well, it’s been on the back burner but here’s a review of her Salty Sweet Peanut Cookies. Nigella says that there’s “something about the contrast between … Continue reading
Fresh Bread 