It takes a lot to get me to the GP, but when my seal-like cough lured a pod of Orcas so close, that they beached themselves in the Sandy Straits, I found the required motivation. When I fronted to ...
recipes
school holidays, scientific discoveries and squid
Remember when I wrote a food blog? Me neither. Casa de Cooker is currently experiencing a spate of bed wetting, persistent coughs and two-year-old molars. Yet again, I’m failing at school ...
pumpkin barley risotto + a little help from the little sister
It was so wet this weekend that Bearhands bucked the status quo and didn't disappear into the paddock or the shed. I spent some time experimenting in the kitchen while he watched documentaries about ...
okonomiyaki, (almost) banged up abroad + a recipe for what you want
I was very nearly locked up in the early hours of my third day in Japan. It was about 4am when the cops pounded on our door and I was groggy from jet lag and learning to sleep on a futon. I opened ...
fat rascals, purple leopard skin + a time-share cardigan
During our uni years, my mate Chantal and I had a Friday night ritual. When we weren't working for a functions company, we’d get tarted up and head into town. We’d start the night with one drink at ...
spicy soup + loaded lyrics
You can’t help but be influenced by your parents taste in music. I sing along whenever Anne Murray tells sleepy Jean to cheer up, and there’s no stopping me if Billy Joel gets in a New York state of ...