Do you remember what you ate on your first date? It all came back to me in a flash the other day. The first trigger was care of one of my new favourite podcasts ‘Burnt Toast‘ from the delightful women at Food52, as they unpacked the complexities of dating and dining. And the second was […]
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If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. So long as one of the things they’re busy with isn’t minding small people. Last Monday I had the first solid, solo day of work in 17 and a half months, thanks to Will’s debut at daycare. Every Monday he will now pass […]
We’re back. For the first time in 12 months The Hungry One was able to escape. We shut down our computers. We celebrated Christmas properly (in multiple ways and on multiple days). We got in the car and drove down to Berry for some green grass and blue sky R and R. We’re now gearing […]
New is addictive. Something shiny, something novel. But it can also be exhausting. Sometimes, staples are staples for a reason. They’re comforting. They work (she says after being bitterly disappointed with an experiment in triple coconut cakes yesterday, made with coconut flour and sunny with nuggets of mango. They were supposed to be the post […]
Send help. There is every chance I am going to be trapped by an avalanche of cake. It all started innocuously enough. A stitched together photo collage of Will through the months texted to close family. ‘Come for coffee and cake- Will is one!’ And then I lost my head a bit. I could […]