nic cooks

He’s done it again. Every October Jamie Oliver writes me a book for my birthday. I now have 13 beautiful cook books lined up in order of publication from first to most recent, with a slight blip for Jamie’s Kitchen, (it’s bigger than all the rest and doesn’t fit neatly in the row). I have [...]

Work closes between Christmas and New Year which is my cue to do as little as possible. This years little as possible activity is joining friends at their weekender on the river at Wisemans Ferry (it’s all about who you know, not what you know…) It’s a great place to watch the world go by, [...]

This Christmas will be my fifth hot Christmas of the thirty something Christmas’ I’ve celebrated in my life. Christmas is one of the hardest times of year to be away from family. I know it’s my choice to be here and I love it for 364 days of the year but for one day of [...]

On a recent trip to Melbourne I was lucky enough to score a table for two for lunch at Movida.  Movida is an awesome little Tapas bar tucked away down a graffiti adorned laneway.  I’m a little partial to good Tapas. I have a soft spot for those little tasting plates that were made to [...]

I’m not usually one for showing off, but this month I want to shout it from the rooftops “I’VE MADE SOME AWESOME MEAT THIS YEAR!” All thanks to an incredible idea bloggers Mrs. Wheelbarrow and The Yummy Mummy dreamed up a year ago. Charcutepalooza gave me the chance to learn how to make some of [...]