Category Archives: food

avocado with fruit salsa and sweet corn cake.

i’m sticking with my new sunday tradition, though this post is nearly a week late. last weekend, i tried out two new recipes, grilled avocado with strawberry-mango salsa and sweet corn cake. the corn cake was a little off in consistency, though tasty enough that i’ll give it another try. these sides accompanied a tasty […]

sunday dinner.

in an effort to expand my culinary horizons, i’ve begun a tradition of trying a new recipe every sunday evening. this sunday’s explorations included a delightful apple onion cheese tart, a pear and chevre salad [of my own divine inspiration] and brownies with pumpkin icecream.

how a designer eats her jelly bellies.

how do you eat your jelly bellies?

colour and pattern and eggs.

it’s been at least a decade since i last coloured eggs, and, i must admit, those ten years did wonders for my egg-decorating skills. so these are the masterpieces created by hans and me. dye, wax and permanent marker on eggshell. nfs.

more than flavour.

some people like their wine dry. some people like their wine oaky. some people like their wine earthy with moderate tannins.
i like my wine to be well-labelled. and if the producing winery has a nice website, bonus points.
so here are ten favourites.

ten: mad housewife
flavours: merlot, chardonnay, white zinfandel and cabernet sauvignon
easy to come by and […]