Last week was a great week. How often do you get to meet your literary and culinary heroes in the space of seven days? On Sunday March 6 I finally met author Armistead Maupin, creator of the Tales of the City series. I own all of his books and have been lucky enough to interview [...]
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Cooking up a storm
Posted in Books, Family, Food, Perth & WA, Uncategorized on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The inclement weather in Perth over the weekend and general malaise of the week offered the perfect excuse to not leave the house all day Sunday and instead, spend it in the kitchen. First meal of the day, crispy bacon and scrambled eggs with fresh chives. Surprisingly, my son didn’t try to pick out the [...]
Julie Australia’s first MasterChef
Posted in Books, Food, Television on July 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From more than 7500 applicants, Julie Goodwin was tonight named Australia’s first MasterChef. The mother in me felt Julie’s was a well deserved win; I don’t know if I could spend three months away from my husband and children (although my husband seems to think I could and wants me to apply for series 2!?). [...]
Suite Francaise
Posted in Books, tagged book club, France, Irene Nermirovsky on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have just finished reading Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. I chose it as part of my induction/initiation into a new book club. Everyone seemed to enjoy it (as much as you can given it is set during the German occupation of France during WWII and the author died at Auschwitz) so I guess I [...]
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