I am sitting here looking at my books on gastronomy. Not cookery books or recipes books - all gastronomic literature. Authors like Ruth Reichl, Jeffery Steingarten, M.F.K Fisher and Barbara Santich. Now, back in the early ’80’s when I was frantically trying to find something to read there was nothing. Well, there was Elizabeth David [...]
My husband knows I have a love of Japanese woodcut paintings and started to do a series as a gift to me. This is the first:
I also adore this painting. It’s a work in progress and I think he is capturing the fabrics of the kimono so beautifully.
monty comes from a family of very talented [...]
We have 2 birthdays in May - Myf’s and then montys the next week.
My husband, among other things is a beautiful artist. He is doing a series of Japanese geisha at the moment (I’ll take some photos to share with you) Anyway, my gift to him this year was new French box easel. Myf bought [...]
A t-bone steak remains our favourite steak. These were beauties! Much too big of course it’s lucky we only enjoy these every couple of months.
There’s only one steak on the grill in the photo - everyone likes their meat cooked differently, so they all go on at different time. Nothing fancy about the preparation; [...]
My cute little baby grew into a naughty gorgeous 18 year-old before I knew what had happened! Myf had her birthday party on Saturday and I wanted to do some special cupcakes.
She decided she didn’t want a traditional style of birthday cake ( I was so hoping she would still want me to make her a [...]
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It feels like it’s been soooo long since I had the chance to sit down and just enjoy myself at the computer. Uni has been consuming all of my spare time lately. I’d love to share my beautiful Mother’s Day gifts with you though, and some cakes I made for my daughter’s birthday, so [...]
Happy Mother’s Day to our dear Mums. Wishing you a wonderful day.
Also, a big Happy Mother’s Day to ALL the Mums out there - have a wonderful day.
