Cauliflower Steak Recipe with lemon and capers I am a great cauliflower lover these days, even though when I was younger I did not really care for it. Cauliflower is such an awesomely versatile veg and home cooks are so creative with ways to use it. As part of my own mission to find new […]
I recently had the opportunity to visit the Lady Lavender’s Tea Room in Bunyip. I have driven past this timber house set on the hillside so many times on my way to Gippsland. Surrounded by a lovely lavender garden and with rolling hills as the backdrop, the Lady Lavender Tea Rooms serve simple devonshire tea […]
Why a good cup of tea is better than your best friend. I hate to be judgemental or anything, but sometimes a good cup of tea really is better than a best friend. I’m not saying that if it came down to it Survivor style, I would choose to vote my bestie off the Island […]
There is no nicer way to spend a morning than enjoying a tea party with friends. Little tasty morsels of food accompanied by an endless supply of freshly brewed tea. I have been making great efforts to drink more tea, in a bid to overcome my caffeine addiction. Tea does contain caffeine but it also […]
Homestead Cafe at the Old Cheese Factory Berwick Isn’t it exciting that after nearly three years of living here in Berwick I can still stumble across something new and surprising? Well a couple of weeks ago I did just that when circumstance found me enjoying lunch at the Homestead Cafe at the Old Cheese Factory […]
I have started a new love affair, with tea. This partly started because my old love affair, with coffee, was complicated and slightly too intense. Â That moment where you realise you have just overdosed on caffeine, is not a happy one. Eyes darting, body jumping, the jitters and then that awful crash. Coffee and I, […]
Where did that come from? January seemed to rush by in a haze of books, beach visits, hot nights and walks with friends. Here we are in February already and if we are ready of not, time has moved on. I am back at work and as you may have noticed, I am writing again. […]
2022 was the year we finally ventured back out. It was tentative and most of us got sick at some point in the year, but wasn’t it intoxicating to experience all those simple activities with renewed gratitude? I had some fabulous meals, some of them straightforward, some of them sophisticated. Here is a list of […]
So, Kanye has been spotted out and about in Melbourne? At Fountain Gate to be precise. I can’t say that Fountain Gate would be my number one location recommendation for overseas visitors but who am I to judge? They do have a great Rebel sport and Delta Goodrum once sang there so…. I have been […]
I have however now made it back to dine at Ryne Restaurant Fitzroy North. We started with the lamb croquettes and the mushroom Autumn risoni with 60 degree egg. Both were delicious and different seasonal variations of these dishes seem to frequently occur on the Ryne menu. The croquettes tasted like little crunchy morsels of […]
Naught Distillery and Gin Bar opened mid 2021. Official word is that the idea for the distillery and cocktail bar was first conceived in 2016. By 2021 it was already winning awards for the Naught Australian Dry Gin, with many accolades to follow. Rumour has it that the brain behind the whole operation is a […]