Today is Valentine’s day. There will be no candlelit dinner (unless there’s a power outage). No dancing (unless the Big Sister takes up Dora’s persistent invitations). No fancy fish pie (partly because the new oven is in the shed awaiting an electrician to install it). Regular readers will not be surprised – they’re familiar with our two roadblocks on the road to romance. Thanks to my Brother ...
time-worn tucker
thai turkey meatballs
And so commences week two of my attempt to clean up my act (food wise) and mitigate the muffin top. There were a few transgressions on the weekend but, all in all, I’m sticking to the plan. This morning I climbed Mt Coolum with my mate Susan. It's true that I neglected to tell her that I would be photographing meatballs when we got the top. In hindsight, I shouldn’t have worried – she stood ...
beef stroganoff and my eightieth birthday
When people gather to toast my health and roast my character at my eightieth birthday gala, they'll say many kind things about me. They'll joke that my years of tertiary study were well spent in my eventual career mowing lawns as a turf farmer. They'll laugh at the unfortunate haircut that I sported in Japan after something was lost in the translation at the hairdresser. They may even remember ...
a letter to my twelve year old self
Last weekend ex-Cyclone Oswald dumped on Queensland and parts of New South Wales. Our farm was merely inconvenienced - we were cut-off overnight when the roads came up, but power was restored within eight hours, the phone and internet a few days later. Half a dozen trees were uprooted and mobile service disrupted, but we were grateful. On Sunday, Bearhands and I stood in our flooded paddock ...
Australia Day Party
G'day! This post is a little different than normal: in preparation for Australia Day, I've invited a bunch of blogger mates around for a party. They'll be sharing a post from their blog that fits our Australian theme. I hope you enjoy their offerings. I've been cooking up a little something too - the very first Cooker and a Looker ebook! Too excited to wait? You can download it here - How to ...
how to host an Aussie BBQ
I'm hosting my first ever link party for Australia Day and I wanted to come up with something special to share. So I enlisted the help of my Brothers-in-law, and put together the first ever Cooker and a Looker ebook. You can view it here in the gallery or download it from this link -> How to Host an Aussie Barbeque eBook - Cooker and a Looker. I hope you have as much fun reading it as we ...