Happy Chinese New Year! As most of you’ll be aware, today marks the start a new lunar calendar – the Year of the Wooden Horse. To celebrate the occasion, I thought I’d try my hand at a traditional Chinese dish to share with you all today. I should confess that while I’m quite partial to […]
A couple of weeks back now, while my sister was visiting from LA, she made a special request that I make a potato salad. I was more than happy to oblige, given it involves this recipe… The salad in question is one that I was originally introduced to by a good friend of mine, Sarah. […]
It’s a particularly grey and gloomy view from my window today. It’s also Wednesday, hump day, and I seem to have a case of the mid-week blues. So to make a somewhat grey Wednesday a little brighter… well, at least for the berry lovers amongst us, I thought I’d share this quick berry tart with […]
Here’s an idea for a quick and refreshing mid-week treat for those of you feeling the heat! Icy cold, freshly crushed watermelon juice. So simple. So good! You don’t really need a recipe for this one, as all it involves is putting some diced seedless watermelon (I had plenty left over after making watermelon granita […]
Watermelon holds a special place in my heart. So juicy, sweet and refreshing. One of life’s simple pleasures, especially on a swelteringly hot day. When I was a child, my mother used to tell me that my love for watermelon had to do with it being one of the things she craved most during those […]
Before I sign off for the remainder of the festive season, I just wanted to wish everyone out there celebrating Christmas a very Merry Christmas and to the rest of my readers, Happy Holidays to you! I hope you and your loved ones all have a wonderful time over the coming days. Here’s another little […]
With just over a week to go, it’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! Here in Australia, I always associate Christmas with cherries. This might sound a little strange to all our friends in the Northern Hemisphere, but December is the time of year when cherry season comes into full swing here. While the […]
When I was living in the UK, I joined a book club with a great bunch of people who quickly became good friends. We’d pick a book. Meet every six weeks or so. Talk about the book. Our likes and dislikes. And when we were finished, we’d rate the book out of five. The evenings […]