I recently became that woman who looks like an idiot walking in high heels. The one I usually roll my eyes at while muttering under my breath about how people really should learn to walk in heels, or alter their footwear choices. But I used to wear towering shoes of every description, so how ever did this happen?! Well it turns out that walking in heels is not at all like riding a bike. Huh. You see, back in my corporate days, heels were a regular part of my wardrobe. There is, even … [Read more...]
Amaretto Peaches
Dear Sydney summer, you suck. You've been blisteringly hot or rainy and cold all season, with barely enough decent beach days to count on two hands since you began. And lately? Well it seems you think we all enjoy the frizzy hair and sweaty faces that accompany 80%+ humidity. Well guess what, we don't. Yes, yes, I sound all first world problems and all but seriously, what's the point of living here -- with the over-priced fomo food fads and heart breakingly expensive real-estate … [Read more...]
Summer Mango Salsa
For so long I took photos only for myself. And then I got better at taking photos and started shooting for other people. And somewhere along the line I kind of stopped shooting for myself. Then last weekend RJ requested fish tacos with mango salsa for dinner and there was something so very perfect about the pile of fresh, brightly coloured produce we brought home from the shop that it simply had to be photographed. Of course not just made and shot but chopped and dropped and spread … [Read more...]
Garlic Rainbow Chard & Chipotle Spiced Seeds
There's been a lot of cake around here lately. A lot. But there's only so much cake one girl can eat (or so the waistband of my pants tells me). So I figured it was high time for something veggie based... No, not veggie based like all those cakes, but simple sautéed green veggies. Wait, don't go! It's not all green veggies, I used rainbow ones, that must count for something. And they are brilliantly garlic-y. And I put spiced seeds on top. And an egg, a … [Read more...]
Quick-Pickle Marinated Mushrooms
Ah summer, a time of relaxation and recharge, of taking it easy and.... *insert movie-esque sound of screeching brakes* Ok, let's try that again. Ah summer, a time that should be all about relaxation and recharge but it seems life pays little attention to the seasons or the temperature or the shade of blue blanketing the sky, and simply keeps heaping on the demands. Summer, at least here in Australia, is nearly more manic than the rest of the year. While we should be swapping indoor … [Read more...]
Parmesan Roasted Asparagus
For as much as I've been cooking and photographing food lately it's all been for other people. The mojo to create new things had gone a bit walk-about... but as is the case with life the most simple of things can open the flood gates. If you follow along on Instagram you would have seen the gorgeous delivery of new season asparagus that landed on my doorstep a few weeks back. To say they provided the spark of inspiration I needed would be an understatement. Both RJ and I love … [Read more...]
Green Papaya & Quinoa Salad
Some posts here are planned. Recipes dreamt up, sometimes over days or weeks, inspired by a weekend brunch outing or an overseas trip or a rainbow memory. Primped and polished and put on show as if there were a method to the madness. Others however are a result of a hazy vision -- a quick fix driven by a craving and combined with whatever happens to be languishing the fridge at the very moment I want lunch. This is one of those. You see, at some point back in March I had a papaya … [Read more...]
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