Category Archives: Food & Wine

‘Where would we be without water?’

Posted on 30 September 2020 by sheg4184

I grew up in the driest state on the driest continent in the world. My childhood was full of drought warnings, water restrictions and murky brown bath water pumped all the way from the River Murray.Anyone with a television in … Continue reading →

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Pad Thai, Penang & a Proton Wira

Posted on 7 September 2020 by sheg4184

Last night, I dined with our lovely new friends next door, who served up a fabulous Phad Thai and an equally delicious pear crumble. This was accompanied by hours of armchair travel, as we reminisced about various trips to Asia. … Continue reading →

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‘Conspicuous Consumption’

Posted on 23 August 2020 by sheg4184

Ayers House, now run as a museum by the National Trust, illustrates one of the early success stories in the history of South Australia. Situated on North Terrace, a tree-lined boulevard in the city of Adelaide, Ayers House is an … Continue reading →

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Heading North

Posted on 11 August 2020 by sheg4184

This time last year I was in London, in a city full of covid free people and lush green parks, strolling through Borough Market on a bright summer’s day. Today I am in Burra, South Australia. I am surrounded by … Continue reading →

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A Sweet Escape

Posted on 21 July 2020 by sheg4184

While current news reports still place covid at the top of the list, in South Australia we have been – dare I say it? – corona free for many weeks. Although we are currently keeping the Victorians at bay, visitors … Continue reading →

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‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’

Posted on 29 June 2020 by sheg4184

While the beaches in England are chock-a-block with holiday makers – for let’s face it who can believe in the myth of a killer virus on a toasty summer day? – here in the southern hemisphere, winter has set in. … Continue reading →

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Once Upon a Time in Fiji

Posted on 16 June 2020 by sheg4184

Earlier this year there was a plan afoot to join a friend in Fiji for a significant birthday in June. Then life got in the way: hunting for a new home; moving in; Covid 19 – and like so many … Continue reading →

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Foraging for Mushrooms

Posted on 30 May 2020 by sheg4184

Caterpillar: … One side will make you grow taller… Alice: One side of what? Caterpillar: …and the other side will make you grow shorter. Alice: The other side of what? Caterpillar: The mushroom, of course! ~Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland … Continue reading →

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‘You’re the avocado to my toast!’

Posted on 7 March 2020 by sheg4184

“Truthfully this is one ‘recipe’ … I make and eat most often! … It’s the holy trinity of Vegenaise, avocado and salt that makes this like a favorite pair of jeans — so reliable and easy and always just what … Continue reading →

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Let Them Eat Pie!

Posted on 16 February 2020 by sheg4184

‘Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie…‘ ~ traditional nursery rhyme Back in the fourteenth century, long before fridges and freezers came into existence, there was pie. Pie crusts … Continue reading →

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