Archive for November, 2006
There is something about certain words and the mouthfeel that they give which will make me develop either a like or dislike of them, almost in spite of what the words themselves mean. For example, I find I can’t feel much for the word ‘fluctuate‘ – saying it makes my mouth feel awkward, almost as [...]
Sometimes I get into a mindset where I cannot be bothered doing anything – forget cooking, forget washing the dishes, you can even forget about me changing out of my jam-jams! All I want to do is read/watch movies, or if the weather is fine, swing in my hammock and watch the clouds roll over [...]
Making Nigella’s ‘Jam Doughnut Muffins’ is something kids will love – as will you! Nigella claims that these ‘Jam Doughnut Muffins’ are something easy enough that her kids could help out with in the kitchen, and that’s definetely true as the batter took me all of about 5 minutes to put together. However, she also [...]
“Urrrgh” I grunted as I carried the multiple shopping bags back into the house. My mother had been pestering me to try making Okonomiyaki for a few days, and I thought that today, with it’s 39 degree C heat would be the perfect day to stand over a hot stove and fry up one after [...]
I’m afraid this has nothing to do with the Creedence Clearwater Revival, but rather, is about one of my favourite summertime dishes, rice paper rolls When you’ve got a family with 5 adults all doing their own thing with their own schedules to follow, it ultimately means that you don’t get a lot of ‘sit [...]
