Perth & Margaret River

Yes, I realize, I promised this post a week ago. I apologize. I’ve been entirely too wrapped up in *what to do with my life* (now that I don’t have a job lined up for next year for the first time in my adult life) to think about things like posts and food and, oh, [...]

Matteo’s on Brunswick Street

I didn’t plan on writing this one up, so here’s the sole picture, in all it’s cell phone-quality glory:

Thanks for sending it along, PG.  You’re looking at tempura-wrapped squash blossoms stuffed with goat cheese from Matteo’s, in Melbourne’s North Fitzroy neighborhood, which I had as a starter (or entree, as they called the first course).  [...]

The Great Ocean Road

This post is for those of you who have never driven down a stomach-wrenchingly windy road just to have a look.  You really should know what you’re missing.  It’s one of those things you should do as often as possible, if only because the crazier and more indirect the route is, the more insanely gorgeous [...]

Pavlova, Take 2

Apologies for the single blurry photo in this post.  I made a pavlova for an Australia day potluck we attended on Saturday night, and were in a bit of a hurry to get there, so the pictures suffered a little.   But take my word for it: if you’ve never had pavlova before, this is how [...]

An update (finally)

No, I am not yet organized enough to give you markets in Paris or adventures in Germany. In fact, I’m still stuck in Australia here, mostly because the backlog of pictures is so large that it’s going to take me all week to get things sorted for you all. If you must, visit my flickr [...]