How cool was the Jamie at Home series? I loved everything about it – the styling, the kitchen garden and the foodie step by step cartoons at the end. Not to mention the kitschy styling – most of the time I was looking at the kitchen around Jamie, instead of him cooking. I have [...]
Just last week, we did a whirlwind trip to Melbourne… the sole purpose of which was to surprise my sister and gate crash her life for 4 days. It was a blast! Melbourne put on her best face possible – of course there was a little rain, but what’s Melbourne without dressing for four [...]
The revamped City Farm Growers Markets are a welcome sight on Saturday mornings. The new outdoor setting is like a walk in a park, complete with an onsite cafe and stalls of organic produce. A medium sized market, the stallholders at City Farm have been carefully curated to a farmers’ market charter. This is [...]
(If you aren’t interested in baking macarons from scratch, there’s a list of places to buy them at the end of this post.) There’s a reason why Laduree and Pierre Herme are legends for this confection – they need to be perfect to be appreciated. Otherwise they are at best, an over priced filled [...]
We had lunch at Leeuwin Estate quite some time ago but I vividly remember it was wonderfully quiet. The lack of crowds and the foggy winter vineyards made pleasurable travelling in the dead of winter, even with the cold and rain. Inside the estate, a log fire was roaring and the generous wine tastings [...]
