Tiny Pleasures #318: Unintentional Beans
One crop of broad beans means broad beans in perpetuity. This year’s crop I put zero effort into, except for harvesting a big box this morning. Thank you for feeding me, mother nature.
Tiny Pleasures #317: Vine Tomatoes
Another Spring culinary joy is when the vine tomatoes arrive in the fruit and vegie shop, looking red and plump, like they’ve enjoyed some sunshine. The total lack of flavour in those terrible pale tomatoes that sit miserably on the shelf all throughout winter just make me sad. But the red of properly
Tiny Pleasures #315: Big Banana
Is it a sand bag? No, it’s a big black banana. The kind that sits forgotten in the bottom of a giant’s fruit basket and eventually will be made into an enormous banana cake.
Tiny Pleasures #313: Saturday Night Bread
I don’t know what all the cool people do on a Saturday night, but I’ve been home baking. All by hand – it doesn’t take long and I enjoy the feel of the dough in my fingers. Now my whole house smells delicious and comforting.
Tiny Pleasures #307: Chocolate
The beans are piled high behind me in the Ratio roastery, exuding a most delicious aroma. On the table in front there was a moment ago a perfect brownie and a dark, dark hot chocolate. They have been slowly savoured and now all that remain are brown crumbs, like soil from a table
TIny Pleasures #305: Neighbourhood Gifts
The nature strip is a wonderful place for finding things you didn’t know you needed. This week the next block down gifted me a BBQ smoker and a bag of lemons. Thank you neighbours, there’ll be things a-cooking soon.
Tiny Pleasures #301: Delicious Drizzles
I love veggies and I love them even more with a drizzle of something delicious. The Phoenix Olive Oil and Springmount Black Garlic Drizzle took my dinner to a whole new level. I’m not hungry anymore, but I want to eat another bowl just for the flavour. Thanks to the Kingston Food and
Tiny Pleasures #300: Patisserie
Pain chocolat, croissant, pain au raisin, croissant aux amandes … The buttery goodness of French patisseries is an excellent way to make Sunday afternoon better. After singing beaucoup de French songs at the Le Festival Français in Geelong today, my tastebuds were happy to stroll through the grounds tasting beaucoup de delicious
Tiny Pleasures #299: Tasty Stage
Is this not a heavenly combination? A stage full of music and fine food and drinks. The Kingston Food & Wine Festival had all the right ingredients today, including sunshine, and I got to do two of my favourite things – play music and talk about great produce.
Tiny Pleasures #298: ANZAC Biscuits
The ANZAC is my default biscuit when I’m short on baking creativity. It feels like the workhorse of bikkies when I’m making the batch, but when they come out of the oven I am always delightfully surprised at just how delicious they are. Crunchy on the outside, chewy inside, sweet, buttery, and oaty.