I ended up experimenting again for the second Hikes for the Soul day out. The back catalogue of recipes didn't inspire me and I wanted something rich, dense and non-chocolate …
My inaugural Hikes for the Soul hike last weekend called for a brand, new hiking snack. I ignored the sound left-brain voice telling me to bake a sure thing for …
The first decent hike I went on was in secondary school, during Year 10 camp. I know it was Year 10 because of a photo I still possess – me …
Years ago I started a recipe blog. It was 2011 and I was living in a beautiful, cave-like dwelling surrounded by trees at the fringe of the Melbourne suburbs and …
There was a period in my life when I seriously considered a move to rural England. It was 2012 and I had been living in Sweden, my time there interrupted …
I've hesitated posting this one, not because I don't want to share, but because writing up a recipe for risotto is risky. Firstly, because there are many ways to risotto. …
I have had the good fortune to find something of a second home in Milan. It’s not a place I would ever have imagined I would become familiar with or …
On Tuesday, I had the lovely opportunity to see friends I hadn't seen since before covid times. I don't know about you, but there are still a few people in …
Ascending from the deep underground of the metro and popping up right in the heart of the Quartieri Spagnoli, the once infamous Spanish Quarter, was one of those thrilling travel …
A visit to my dear friend Tanya's on the weekend was a welcome reprieve from unexpected and fairly dramatic flooding in Melbourne last Friday, in which my own neighbourhood was …