A small selection of our pickles in their Fowlers jars. I think they look gorgeous! I'm really enjoying the simplicity and of pickling. ...

One of my buddies from undergrad had her first child back in late November. I had originally planned to make a blanket, and thought I had th...

We created the ultimate Taste Sensation at a friend's housewarming recently. The marriage of two delicious comfort foods: Nachos and Piz...

I'm thrilled! A feature on eggplants in today's Epicure (The Age) . I'm just making a note here so I know where to find it later...

It all started when a friend sent us this picture... It turned out that there was some sort of awesome competition going on around the time ...

One of Gib's best high school buddies left for Canada last year with his awesome Canadian girlfriend (and they are now engaged too... lo...

Our engagement party: a beautiful day, shared with beautiful people, eati ng delicious food and vegging out. I can't think of a better w...

I was so relieved and excited to discover that another friend of ours (incidentally, the one I made sausages with) is also into pickling and...

Ok, so this morning I was awake at 6am. I hadn't slept well... I was too excited about making chutneys and relishes. The colours, the fl...

Gib is working tomorrow morning, so I think I'll get stuck into the kitchen and do some preserving. I have made red onion relish before,...

Last weekend I got together with some friends for a sausage making day. The meat eaters made real sausage with real intestines, while the ve...

I'm still catching up after my holiday, so I'm kind of a week behind on everything! But this is what I've been up to... Listenin...

Found at the nursery, side by side. Clearly I have a very primitive sense of humour...

I'm back and sewing again, mostly because I have a new purpose to do so. It's Christmas time, my friend has just given birth to a lo...

So there hasn't been much gardening, sewing or cooking around here. The garden is under threat (see below) and I've been sewing the ...