Category Archives: Home life
It just arose …
… last week, in our garden. I guess that’s how our warm, dry autumn looks through rose-coloured glasses!
In digest: week ending 13 March 2016
It’s been another week in which we have cooked mostly outdoors and, with just one exception, all the dishes have been established favourites. The only departure from our regular fare was whole prawns chargrilled on the Weber Q. (I am … Continue reading
In digest: week ending 7 February 2016
It was a rare week in our kitchen – all the main-meal dishes of food we prepared were tried and true favourites. No recipe discoveries. No experiments. No radical departures. Just a series of palate-pleasing, reliable regulars. Think barbecued beef … Continue reading
Into the closet: folio 2
Last August, I wrote about the fact that we had modernised ‘the little room’ in our home and then decided to decorate it with a rolling series of photos from our overseas travels. The first series, selected from our visit … Continue reading
In-digest: week ending 13 December 2015
In common with my late mother, I particularly enjoy the festive season for the opportunity it brings to prepare special items of delicious food, and share them with friends and family. This year, I will have the bonus of spending … Continue reading
mwlpc.org.au
Welcome to the home page of the Mount Waverley Lemon Preservation Co-operative. Our humble organisation is dedicated to the preservation of lemons, all lemons, irrespective of variety, colour, size or shape. All fresh lemons, that is. Members of the MWLPC … Continue reading
Into the closet: folio 1
I was going to say No. 1 but, as you will soon discover, that would have been an unfortunate pun; ditto for No. 2. We recently renovated one of the rooms in our home. It is the smallest room, known … Continue reading
In-digest, week ending 31 May 2015
This is the first in a series of occasional posts devoted to brief stories about what Maggie and I cooked at home during the preceding week, including tidbits of associated events and activities. Waistline alert: you’ll find a lot of protein … Continue reading
Delicious lemons, fresh from the tree
Many of you will be too young to remember the song with the chorus line “Lemon tree, very pretty, but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat”, written in the 1950s and recorded by several well-known artists, … Continue reading
Rick and Maggie's food and travel adventures 