1. I dunno, there’s something about the illustration above that makes me very happy. It’s by Naomi Wilkinson.
2.Who’s looking forward to the Stella Prize longlist announcement next week? *me*
3. I very much enjoyed this post about long-term blogging from Sneh at Cook Republic.
4. Sneh mentioned the Paprika app – I’m tempted. Do I need this in my life?
5. Went to a welcome morning tea at my son’s new school. Met another mum there. We were chatting for ages, getting along famously. Fab. Obviously feeling that our sons should be BFFs. Then I discovered that I dated her husband (when we were in high school). I think ‘awkward’ is an understatement.
6. Bought something from a German website yesterday. Good to know I can shop bilingually.
7. If this wasn’t actually true of the Melbourne dining scene, you’d laugh.
8. My ten-year-old showed me this clip about a typewriter artist – it’s amazing.
9. Not buying books isn’t as hard as I thought it was going to be.
10. I’m not normally into pie but the fact that this one is described as “a salty and citrusy staple” makes me think I should reconsider my position on pie.
As always, Bookish Thoughts is hosted by the lovely Christine.
Oh, those pesky exes. They pop up everywhere! Lovely to chat today!
They certainly do 😉
Speak again soon.
4 – You definitely need this. It’s amazing.
Given that I have eleventy-million recipes pinned on Pinterest, I probably ought to take it to the next level.
Thank you for the love Kate! Thank you also for sharing some cool links 🙂 x
Thanks for stopping by Sneh, and again, LOVE your blog.
Wow, it seems like yesterday you were talking about the shortlist for the Stella Prize! Looking forward to reading your thoughts on the longlist when it’s released 🙂
IKR?! The fun comes around again so quickly! Because of my book-buying-ban exception (six books allowed, giving me the opportunity to buy the entire Stella shortlist if needed), I’m particularly keen to see what’s on it this year.
The typewriter artist is incredible! The pie sounds yum – now I just need to find out what a saltine is and how much one and a half sleeves of them are 🙂
I don’t know what a ‘sleeve’ is but I think Saltines are plain dry biscuits with a little salt on the outside – our Australian equivalent is a Salada or a Sao. I have a friend who lived in the US for a few years and I’m constantly asking her questions like “How much in grams is a ‘stick of butter’?”
Just soda crackers with a bit of salt sprinkled on top….
Sleeve is just how crackers are packaged. Like maybe 25 crackers per “sleeve” and usually four sleeves in each box.
Thank you! There’s no stopping me now 🙂
Happy to answer or clarify in USA terms any ?’s if I know the answer. I know what a stick of butter is, but haven’t a clue on grams and measurements metric.
This recipes that looks and sounds fabulous!
Oh, the run in with the Exes wife…definitely awkward. what was her reaction to that discovery?
Thankfully she was laughing about it!
No. 10 pie, copied, pasted and printed out. Will report back once cooked. YUM
Excellent – will await your efforts/ verdict (I’m exceedingly good at bookmarking recipes but takes me a while to actually make…).
I have collected so many recipes in hard copy. Not just cook books but printed out, handwritten etc. As part of my kondomari attack of the house, I will be culling my recipes. !!!
Same, on my list to cull. I shove them in a big folder that I call my ‘cookery iceberg’ because I only use the 5% of recipes that are on the top of the stack! I was diligent for a while and made myself try one or two new things a week (and then either file the recipe or chuck it) but fell out of the habit. I’m not studying this semester so should really make it a project again.
I use Pepperplate as a recipe manager, it sounds very similar 🙂
Love the waiting for a table article…good thing about Melbourne is there’s always somewhere else good to go! I hate waiting for tables with no bookings…I’d rather wait until the hype dies down…