Over the recent Queen's Birthday weekend several of us journeyed from Melbourne to Canberra to stay with Margaret and Tony and to celebr...

Having a few days off work before and after Easter means that I have time to do a few things during the week - such as cooking and blogging ...

Today was the hottest day in Melbourne's history. I think weather started being recorded in about 1855. The temperature rose to 46.4 c...

I came home on the Friday night before the long weekend with about 10 kilos of blood plums that a colleague had harvested off her tree. Thi...

Inevitably Christmas Day ends and there is food over! We divide the spoils and head home with ham, turkey, chicken, spanakopitta, roast veg...

I love preserved lemons and always have some on the go, usually from Maggie Beer but also from resourceful friends. But I had never actuall...

This afternoon was Christmas with family and friends in Edinburgh Gardens. Despite a week of wet, solid rain (which we love to have in a dro...