Dear Ma, I love you. Happy Mother’s Day. I know I can’t sing in front of people yet but I hope you like this recording. I know you want to hear me sing so that is my gift to you. I hope you get my message and just how much I appreciate everything you do, … Continue reading »
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Getting Back Into It
So, after a long haul of dragging my butt to the library, writing countless pages and walking around my house like some sort of noob, repeating facts over and over again, I am finally back to enjoy cooking and blogging and eating! Ohhh boy, especially eating! Weird Fact: Did you know that while I study, … Continue reading »
Guest Post #5: Brown Butter Pound Cake
Bonjour mes cheris, get excited for me! After I finish these exams I am wading through right now, half of year 12 will be forever finished and over with! YAY! Mais non, focus, FOCUS! It certainly is not over yet no matter how much I dream about year 12 formal. Ah, c’est la vie! Anyhow, … Continue reading »
Happy Early Easter!
’tis the season to eat chocolate falalalalalalalalalalalala’ – never did know how many ‘lala’s there were at the end but hey does it really matter? Aaaah, Easter… cutesy bunnies, gorgeous hyper-coloured chickens and enough chocolate available to have you so high that you can see that unicorn riding a rainbow… not that I would know … Continue reading »
Supercalafragalisticexpialadoshus-ism
As if this ‘word’ needed to be made any longer! But like ‘cubism’ or ‘realism’ or ‘impressionism’ or any of the ‘-isms’ which my English teacher seems to believe applies to every English word in the dictionary (humanism, beliefism, train-trackism – whatever, the context, believe you me there will be an –ism in there!), I … Continue reading »
Driving Baby!
Ok, so sweeties, I suppose I should have told you before but it has been two weeks since I can OFFICIALLY DRIVE MYSELF! Yeah… that’s right… me on the open road, my hair flipping in the wind and my drive-through takeaway in the seat beside me. Oh yeah… “Oh mum… you want me to grab … Continue reading »
World Nutella Day 2013
Agreeably, the day to commemorate the gooiest, chocolatiest, hazelnuttiest and most decadent breakfast spread in the world was actually a whole 5 days ago but better late than never right? Oh who am I kidding, I celebrate Nutella just about everyday – or I would if the whole ‘fat’ thing was not an issue (people … Continue reading »
Ma’s Birthday 2012 + CCU Undercover: Castle Taj
CCU had taken quite a break, but it was all in preparation for a mega event considering her dear mother’s birthday was on the horizon. She wasn’t choosing the location, obviously that was her mum’s choice, but she knew she had to be prepared to get her swami on and sift through a couple dozen … Continue reading »
Quick & Easy
Just before I begin, here is a little good news for all you US residents! Mike from The Culinary Lens is hosting an incredible giveaway based around pasta! Yum much? Go check it out to enter now Which also reminds me, last chance to enter my own Amazon giveaway, winner to be announced this coming Sunday … Continue reading »
CCU Undercover: Trip To Bowral
Just a reminder before beginning this post to go and enter my international giveaway in my last post ***************************************************************************** CCU yawned, all relaxed and invigorated after her much-too-long…. I suppose you could call it a holiday…. slightly Her stomach rumbled and she thought to herself, ‘how long had it been since she had visited a … Continue reading »