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The other Sunday morning breakfast
Posted on August 30, 2011 | 2 CommentsAnd in case you are wondering, the SO is not terribly keen on Tamago kake gohan (卵かけご飯), so I made... -
Massive lychee love from Tomarata
Posted on August 29, 2011 | 1 CommentLychees are grown here in Queensland! John and Kerry Pool run Tomarata, a lychee farm almost two hours drive from Brisbane city. And my absolute favorite product from their range is their lychee liqueur. -
Sunday morning breakfast
Posted on August 28, 2011 | 1 CommentAs much as I love homemade crumpets, pancakes and the like, this Sunday morning called for something wholesome and comforting, and dead simple: tamago kake gohan (卵かけご飯). -
A rainy afternoon sewing project: tablecloths
Posted on August 27, 2011 | 2 CommentsOur breakfast table of unfinished pine has gotten a little stained and worn over the last three years, so I took a couple of measurements and sewed a couple of tablecloths for it. -
Been taking it easy
Posted on August 26, 2011 | No CommentsIt's been a rough week. -
Buying flowers at Woolworths
Posted on August 22, 2011 | 4 CommentsI usually don't buy flowers for the home. But I might as well have something pretty to look at while I recuperate in bed over the next few days. -
Strawberry sponge cake
Posted on August 22, 2011 | 2 CommentsBaking 2 sponges, whipped some cream and chopped up one of our three large punnets of strawberries to make this cake as a little welcome to a visiting girlfriend. -
A weekend in the kitchen
Posted on August 21, 2011 | 2 CommentsIt's been raining and a little chilly this weekend, so I made my mother's tomato sauce chicken stew, baked a sponge cake and made some pomelo and ginger jam. -
Comic inspired fashions sets on Polyvore
Posted on August 18, 2011 | No CommentsTammie of Fad Hamburger and I have been creating comic character inspired fashion sets on Polyvore. It is so much fun! -
RSPCA Cupcake Day
Posted on August 16, 2011 | No CommentsRSPCA Cupcake Day was Monday 15 August. Registered RSPCA Cupcake Cooks across Australia preheated their ovens and wielded their whisks to bake a storm to hit up schools, workplaces and social groups with scrumptious homemade cupcakes for donations to the RSPCA.