This month I have a theme. Travel. I’ve travelled quite a lot within Australia this year and worked out that I visited all but one of the capital cities for business, pleasure or a bit of both. Sorry Hobart, you missed out!In my December kitchen……are lots of indulgent goodies from Perth. I went to the… Read more
Ping Pong. You read those words and were transported to your parents’ rumpus room under the house weren’t you? Or your neighbour’s garage. You were in the longest running tournament ever with your younger brother. It went all Summer long. The handles of the bats were just a little bit sticky because you both gripped… Read more
I have a confession to make. Something that most of you will think is odd.I like Indian desserts.There, I’ve said it.Still with me? Maybe you like Indian desserts too. Well, let me tell you, we’re in the minority. When I say ‘in the minority’, there are around 1 billion people who do like them but… Read more
Welcome to my 300th post. I think it’s fitting that it happens to be about blogging. A few weeks after I attended the Eat. Drink. Blog. Conference in Perth, I’ve been writing furiously. Not about the conference but about all the other things I did during my week in Western Australia. I needed time to… Read more
In November I visited Perth, capital of Western Australia, to attend a food blogging conference, ‘Eat. Drink. Blog.’ After the conference, we toured for a week, visiting the south-west of WA. As we had arrived in Perth on a Friday afternoon, we were able to visit the Twilight Hawkers Market. If there’s one thing I enjoy more… Read more
In November I visited Perth, capital of Western Australia, to attend a food blogging conference, ‘Eat. Drink. Blog.’ After the conference, we toured for a week, visiting some of south-west of WA. As part of the #tiffingoeswest extravaganza, I spent a day in Fremantle, a seaside city that’s a 20 minute train ride from Perth… Read more
Local &/or General is the title of a song by The Models. Not when they were in their chart topping phase but earlier on, in their edgy, urban grit phase, prior to James Freud joining. It’s a song that’s always stuck in my mind and it seemed like an appropriate title for this occasional series of… Read more



