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Is your inbox chocablock at the moment? Mine's bursting at the seams. Not just with the various projects I'm trying to balance, and receipts for toddler...

Whenever I make stock, I’m reminded of 'Stone Soup' - the tale of a stranger who gets an unwitting cook to make him dinner by pretending he has a magical...

A Spike in Interest

The world is in the grips of hack-o-mania, as social media goes bananas for ananas. On face value, it may just feel like a bit of a joke between friends, on...

A Rolling Start

January 2, 2019

Happy 2019, fellow person who checks their emails on holidays! If you’d resolved to stay away for another week, click off now! This WC will still be here...

Seven Days of Sunday

December 29, 2018

It's a funny old week, the one between the Eves of Christmas and New Year's - or, as I like to call it: "Seven Days of Sunday" - the dichotomy of having...

If You're That Way Inclined vol 1.

December 18, 2018

Gosh, it's been a while! I recall having a conversation, just before I clicked 'send' on the first WC, with my good friend and fellow e-newsletter enthusiast...

Something like a Phenomenom!

The last time I sent a WC your way, 'twas to reminisce upon my trudge to Base Camp a decade ago, which you’ve now no doubt guessed was a memory triggered by...

In my early twenties, I trekked to Everest Base Camp. It was a pretty whirlwind decision in the end - I’d stumbled on an Intrepid brochure with pictures of...

Butter Bing Butter Boom

I had a moment of clarity (ha!) this week that I just had to share with y'all... BUTTER is the CHOCOLATE of savoury cooking! It adds dimension to dishes, can...

January 30, 2018

Last week, Nigella popped in to visit me and 2000-odd of my Melbourne m8s. Kinda like this, but in Melbourne, with Hugh MacKay. She crooned about comfort...

Oils ain’t Oils

January 24, 2018

If, like me, your childhood of the 80s and 90s included a lot of Aussie afternoon TV, this week's With Condiments subject line will have conjured up...

January 16, 2018

Having just snapped closed the covers of Alice Waters' autobiography Coming to my Senses, I'm feeling veritably vindicated! I've always thought we'd have a...

January 8, 2018

I’m in a state of distress. Granted, it doesn’t help that I’ve just had an iced long black and the caffeine is coursing through me like one of those Power-Up...