Scuderia

A restaurant I want to try. Info here

More Ina Recipes

I love Ina/Barefoot Contessa. Food always looks great. Four great recipes here: A mustard roasted fish, roasted broccoli, fingerling potatoes and a honey vanilla fromage blanc for puds.

All here

Another Chicken in A Pot

This is from Jamie Oliver's website. Found it on The Kitchn. Interestingly, it's cooked in milk, The picture alone makes me want to try. Shall report back pronto...

Recipe here

If we had a weekend house in the country, i would love this quilt. So pretty. From the new Pottery Barn catalog. The picture is great, isn't it. Just sets the scene - like fancy camping. Could be great for Wendy, a bed for each of the kiddies.

Food.com

This is a new site. Basically allows you to save all your recipes in one spot. Good idea me thinks. I put them all over. Some on the blog, some on my computer, so hopefully this will be of some use.

Instructions here

Comfy Pants

I like the look of these. From Nonchalantmom.com

Phoebe and Ash

Ash Larter

Was born yesterday (my sister's 3rd baby). What a cutie pie. Can't believe we aren't going home this year. May have to try and get a trip in. What a pretty family.

Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake

I don't really do much baking, but this could be yum.
Recipe here

Beautiful Baby Crib/Moses Basket

This would be nice for your baby Wendy. How lovely.

Confessions of A Pilgrim Shopaholic

Something else from The New Yorker. I thought it was very funny, so if you have a moment, have a read of this article. Only a page.

Article here

Kid's Birthday Cakes

How I love a kid's birthday cake, and didn't mum make us the very best cakes with the help of the glorious Women's Weekly Birthday Cake book . How Wendy and I poured over that book with our greedy eyes whenever a birthday was approaching. Well, here are some more ideas for you mothers. 31 different kid's cakes and shows you how easy it is to make them too. I might just make one myself. If I do a dinner or a lunch. Now that would be unexpected wouldn't it?

Saw it on the kitchn.com but link is here

This is a cartoon from the New Yorker, I love their cartoons. Anyway, I have been cleaning out my desk area and I found this card that I had kept from way back. Nick got me this card for my birthday a few years back. So cute (New Yorker sells their cartoons in books, as prints, on cards etc)

Oil Spill

I can't believe this, so sad. And right in Caloundra too. Such a disaster. I was saying to Nick that it is literally unimaginable that stuff like this can happen. And somewhere you know so well. Just Awful!

Good Idea

Should be one of Martha's 'Good Ideas'. just a chinagraph pen from a craft shop. Good for parties when people always forget which drink they are drinking. Going to get one today.

I wish I had legs like her.

Serena and Lily

This is a great new(ish) kids catalog/site. Started getting the catalog a while back, not sure why or how. From the look of it, it looks like it could be part of the anthroplogie family. Anyway, all very pretty.

site here

Uptown

I never venture uptown anymore, especially not the east side. Last week I had a meeting near 59th street and this was the view from their reception. Not bad is it? Definitely NY winter-scape. Can you imagine how pretty it would be in the summer?

Birdie

Isn't he lovely. Nick got him for me for xmas. And I was lucky enough to get roses this week. Aren't i spoilt!

Chilled Cucumber Soup

I think I am going to make this sometime this week.
Recipe here - from Martha Stewart

Matsugen

Last night we went to Matsugen, which is a new-ish restaurant in the hood. We had their $35 prix fixe dinner. Absolutely delicious, 6 courses and everything was amazing. Space is pretty impressive too. Very Asian minimalist. A great place just for a cocktail too. We've been feeling guilty for eating in the neighborhood so much - it's not very adventurous, but i think it's the thing to do in the recession. Want to support the local businesses.

Pot Roast

Too hot for Oz, but this was easy and delicious and perfect for winter.
It's from Ina, the 'Barefoot Contessa' , a new favorite of mine.
Recipe here

Differences: i didn't have leeks or celery or rosemary and i didn't add brandy, i didn't have home-made chicken stock so used 3 stock cubes instead. Also added a bay leaf.

Also, you need your Le Creuset, it's stove cooking and then in the oven.
Sorry, couldn't find a great picture to accompany this.

Live Art

I love the look of this, I've seen it a few times, but perfect for a courtyard. Caroline, this could be nice on the neighbors wall outside your kitchen window.

Will and Lolita's Wedding

We went to Will and Lolita's wedding in Miami on the 21st February. So much fun and I took lots of photos which I will post soon, but they had a photo booth at the reception. Fun idea.

Roasted Tomato Caprese Salad

Yum. I've never made it with roasted tomatoes. Looks delicious.
From Ina. Here

Kitchen

This set of shelving looks pretty for a kitchen/dining area. Wouldn't work in our place, but I like it.

Toby Wallace

Another beauty. This is Philly and Jimmy's new boy. Born about two weeks back. Perfect looking isn't he?

Raoul's

Just saw this reviewed on Tasting Table. Love it, haven't been for ages, so it's here to remind me

Menu etc here