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Happiness Engineer at Automattic, lover of knitting, crochet, sci-fi and more
I adore Salvage Specialty Coffee! It’s my favourite place to drink coffee, eat breakfast, eat lunch, read, catch up with friends, and meet new friends and their dogs… and drink more coffee. I could barely contain my excitement last year when Dan Yee told me that he and a couple of friends were opening up […]
I baked these yesterday and they were great! The recipe is adapted from recipes on Proud Italian Cook and Masterchef Australia. Ingredients 2 sheets shortcrust pastry 1 cup ricotta cheese 1/3 cup cream cheese 3/4 cup sugar 1 tbs vanilla extract 2 eggs 1 punnet strawberries 1-2 tsp berry jam Directions Preheat oven to 180ºC […]
No, this is not my first WordPress post with the default title, but I’ve been mostly away from the internet for so long, that I feel like I need to say HI! Where was I? Towards the end of last year I was overwhelmed by work, and then I was sick for some time. I […]
I was offered some POM Wonderful to try and review here. Of course, I said yes, because who doesn’t want to try new things? Free stuff for a review is cool too. So, from the top… The packaging is nice. I like the shape, the labelling is quite minimalistic and a bit funky.
This week I tried Mat’s Satay Chicken and lasagne. The first thing I have to say is “Yum!” Watch out for the tumeric in the chicken marinade. My fingernails went a little bit yellow after threading the chicken on the skewers! Also, milk that satay sauce for all it’s worth ’cause it’s goooood! Sadly I […]
Went out to James Squire Brewhouse on Friday night. I had thought a quiet night at home would be in order since I’d gotten up at 5:30am (very out of character for me), but I was a bit buzzed after handing in my essay and wanted to do something different. So, I met hubby at […]