on picnics, balsamic strawberries + honey ricotta

Let’s talk about picnics. They have long been one of my favourite types of gatherings – ever-lovely and ever-beautiful (but also ever-dependent on the weather!). As the days grow warmer in these early weeks of springtime and we, in Sydney, slowly emerge from a lengthy pandemic-induced lockdown, picnics have become a symbol of quiet freedom […]

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dark chocolate, roasted pistachio + cardamom biscotti

Italy was one of the first European countries that I ever set foot in, at nineteen years old. I wrote so many stories in those streets – memories layered upon memories – and collected so many moments (a few of which are immortalised in the archives of my blog). Those moments are still with me […]

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cinnamon-spiced + sugared apple pie

It’s autumn. Autumn twirled across the ocean slowly this year, her pirouettes light with a caution that left summer to spin on and on for just a little longer, well into March and April. Never late, she hummed languidly upon her arrival, as her lilting tune eventually reached a crescendo and banished summer beyond the horizon […]

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