nic cooks

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 [...]

Spring has sprung here, so before it gets too hot to put the oven on I need to get all my winter, comfort food out of the way to make room for my hot weather cooking.  Now I’m afraid you’re going to have stick with it for a minute while I explain the story behind [...]

On paper Australia has four seasons, but when you do a little more research the Australian seasons were imposed by the British when they arrived in 1788 without prior knowledge to the real weather patterns this vast country actually has.  Along with many other British ideas they randomly assigned dates for the start of each [...]