I am a rice pudding lover. It just epitomizes comfort food, especially when laden with aromatic nutmeg and cinnamon and served warm. I could eat it 3 meals a day but the risk of me becoming the pudding would loom larger than ever. The rice pudding I made at the weekend was made with arborio rice and then cooked apple and spices stirred through. Maybe Mary Jane did not try this version !!
February 2010
02/15/2010
02/14/2010
Happy Chinese New Year
The snow bunny in Japan, now working at Club Med, Sohoro in Japan is celebrating Chinese New Year today. The resort is full to overflowing with Chinese families who take a long holiday at this time of year especially to enjoy the festivities . Red envelopes full of money, special dumplings and fire crackers herald the onset of the Year of the Tiger. I don't know about the money but I am sure my daughter will partake of lots of dumplings ! Lucky, lucky her !! I may just go down to Aunties Dumplings in Carnegie for take away tonight in honour of the Tiger. 
Happy Valentines Day !!
To those that celebrate, I hope you have a lovely day. I am not a big fan of such commercialism and think it is a day where Mr Hallmark must rub his hands in glee. I, myself, would prefer to share love and gifts on as many days of the year as possible.
02/13/2010
Last Night was Lovely
I went over and had a couple of glasses of really lovely wine with my friend Fran. We work together and ebay together. She has a new apartment and it was fantastic. Yes, it is compact but light and open and pristine and perfectly decorated. I could move in tomorrow !! It was picture perfect, straight from House and Garden. And no dust which is what I battle with here on a daily basis !! We sat under the evening skies on her new deck with some gorgeous flickering candles and enjoyed a great antipasto platter and dip. It was just what we needed after yet another the hectic week in the clinic. And my phone only rang 3 times with the patient asking about feeding the dog - quite hysterical really as the dog is 8 and I have fed it every day of every one of those years without phoning anyone !! Thank you Fran for your generous hospitality and the chance to be inspired by gorgeous and dust free decor. It was a divine little interlude.
02/12/2010
Look at My Brownies !!
Finally yesterday it got cool enough to cook . I had something in my crockpot, something on the stovetop and brownies in my oven. So there's food here if you want to come over. During the heat there is no food and that makes life incredibly boring for the eaters who all just wait longingly and hungrily for the heat to abate and for the replenishments to appear in the fridge.
02/11/2010
Living Vicariously
Just in from Sapporo, Japan are these photos from the Snow Festival. What amazing and clever ice creations these are !!! How brilliant to be able to carve/construct these. I am lucky to get an ice cube into a glass of water from a plastic ice tray !!! No way could I consider whipping up a polar bear cub. Where do you start and what tools do you need ? What if you make a mistake and there is no more ice ?? Is it a calling or is there an apprencticeship ? I wonder the same things when I see sand carvings and those incredible butter creations at buffets. Even fancy radishes are beyond me!!
02/10/2010
Look at the Map on my Desk !!
It nearly is a straight line from me here in Melbourne, Australia to where the snow bunny is in Hokkaido, Japan. Time difference is only 2 hours which makes skype a dream come true. She started a new job yesterday just for a month at Club Med. It will be like old home week for her as previously she has done an 8 month stint at Club Med Lindeman Island here in Australia and they all run on a similar format with lots of fun and partying and consequent exhaustion and tears. April marks the start of a new job contract in Cornwall, England for her. It will an extreme change of pace after Japan and a change in weather, language and diet. Less sushi, I would imagine!! How lucky to be in the bloom of youth and be employable around the world. Happy travels, my darling, The world is your oyster, you are the pearl !
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