Snowed in, in Seattle

January 26, 2012

There’s an old song by Perry Como called “Seattle”, where he sings of the the bluest skies he’s ever seen as being in Seattle.  I’m not sure if Perry “did” irony, because Seattle is famous for being very wet and rainy, but there was certainly no hint of blue skies in the four days we [...]

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Vancouver – my new favourite city!

January 19, 2012

Well – we finally made it to Vancouver after travelling for 34 hours and through three international airport stops thanks to Qantas, who seem to resent one actually trying to use their hard-earned Frequent Flying points.  I’m really loving Vancouver and it is so easy to see why it consistently makes it onto the lists [...]

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A double whammy – A Q & A with Marion Grasby & the chance to win a trip to Thailand!

January 17, 2012

A few years ago I made the decision to go back to study and embarked on the Le Cordon Bleu Masters of Gastronomy course at the University of Adelaide.  Because of all my family commitments (you know – kids, dogs, cattle, blokes) I elected to study online, but I attended a few of the orientation [...]

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Vancouver – Here I Come!

January 9, 2012

  Full moon over Vancouver – Image by Thom Quine (Wikimedia Commons) Excitement levels and blood pressure are rising in our house as it is only three more sleeps until I take off with my eldest daughter, the Cupcake Queen, for Vancouver to pick up the youngest from her student exchange.  After spending a few [...]

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In My (post-Christmas) Kitchen

January 5, 2012

I’m lifting this idea for a post from my friend Celia, over at Fig Jam and Lime Cordial. She’s far more organised than me and does a monthly post on interesting happenings in her kitchen.  I’m not sure that I can promise to have a fascinating kitchen on a monthly basis, but there are one [...]

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Meet Adelaide’s Salvatore Pepe – a regional food champion

January 2, 2012

To be perfectly honest, I felt a little uncomfortable.  I was sitting with Salvatore Pepe, one of the founders of and the chef behind Adelaide’s hugely successful chain of coffee shops, Cibo Espresso, and had just been offered a coffee.  I knew this moment was coming and would be unavoidable but that fore-knowledge did very [...]

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