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Seared Kangaroo Salad
Australians are oddly proud that they eat their national symbol. I’d say that Canadians can relate to this–beaver certainly isn’t available in your local grocery store as kangaroo is here, but how many...
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Homemade Hummus
Hummus is awesome. Pure and simple. I first learned how to make it at my old summer job at Jus Juiced Cafe back in Revelstoke, and have tried to make my hummus from scratch ever since! I did a bit of...
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Roast Potatoes + The Art of Feast Cooking
I thought I’d offer up some tips on cooking a big Christmas feast (or Thanksgiving, or Easter, or birthday, or any other holiday you celebrate). I’m not an expert, but I’ve pulled off a few 10+ or 20+...
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Spicy Yam Soup
The weather is slowly struggling and fighting its way towards summer, here in Australia. Some days are glorious—sitting on the balcony with a book requires an iced tea instead of a hot coffee, and you...
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Baked Beef Stew
Right now is probably one of the few times of the year when weather in the northern and southern hemispheres is roughly the same. Cool, but with the occasional gloriously sunny day. And the occasional...
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Spinach Cheese Tart
I really wish that life had more recipes like this in it. Or rather, that I could eat more recipes like this in my life. It’s awesome and horrible sometimes having an athlete boyfriend—he can eat...
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Dathipa’s Sweet & Sour Chicken
At my previous job in Sydney, I had the extreme good fortune of working in a multi-cultural store, and every day something new would come up about someone’s home—I guess standing around at the...
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Eggplant Tomato Soup
Maybe my favourite thing ever is when cold weather mixes with gorgeous early summer produce. Australia is in the middle of one of its wettest and coolest summers on record (it’s only 25 C! woe,...
View ArticleBeautiful Roast Rosemary Chicken
We’re deep into Australian “winter” right now, which means time for plenty of baking, roasting, and Christmas in July celebrations (which we’re celebrating this weekend—I’m already making cookies!)....
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Laksa, Delicious Laksa
When I get sick, I don’t crave chicken soup. I crave one of two things — tomato soup from a can with grilled cheese and dill pickles (hat tip to Kate and our dining hall days — I also crave this when...
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Chinese-style Lemon Chicken
Sometimes when the hubby goes out, I like to lock myself (figuratively!) in the kitchen with a bottle of wine, a good TV show, and putter away at making something awesome. It’s one of my favourite “me...
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