Author: Kris

  • Used book JACKPOT

    I’ve put a fair number of old books in our local “Street Library” box over the past few months, but this is the first time I’ve fished one out! #sunny

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  • Thanksgiving

    It’s 35C/95F out; all of Sydney is under extreme heat warning; and all I want is a goddamn can of pumpkin so I can make pumpkin pie ice cream. But alas, none to be found, not even for ready money. I will be roasting butternut this evening once the sun goes down… Oh, and I…

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  • Time to try the other two 7-11 onigiri flavours! First up I went with the Teriyaki Chicken, which I think illustrates just how “ungenerous” the filling is in these. It also didn’t really taste of much. Definitely my least favourite of the three. Lastly, we have the Sweet Chilli Cooked Salmon. I definitely wasn’t expecting…

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  • Peer Gynt Quilts

    If you like classical music, patchwork quilting, or in-depth explanations of creative design process, you will absolutely love this blog series about 4 Peer Gynt-inspired quilts. The artist Deborah Pickett was inspired by this painting based on Ravel’s Boléro. Doesn’t that just make you want to make some art?

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  • Dinner

    Korean Chili-Braised Brisket with Kimchi Coleslaw! I accidentally bought an extra tub of gochujang so this was a great way of using it up. 😍 The recipe is here. It’s technically for an Instant Pot, but I did it in a traditional pressure cooker and therefore reduced the time a bit. (I think the traditional…

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  • 7-11 Onigiri 🍙

    Rodd told me recently that 7-11 Australia has been bought out by the Japanese version, and that as a result we were likely to finally get some of their awesome food here in NSW. Yesterday I popped into the one at the corner of Pitt and Bathurst in the Sydney CBD and happily found all…

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  • Dinner

    My turn to cook! Fusilli with sausage, kale, and tomato. The recipe used to be on Serious Eats, but looks like they’ve taken it down. 😒

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  • I recently went through the process of setting up custom handles/aliases for myself using my domain name on Bluesky and Mastodon. I figure I’ll share the steps here in case anybody else with a similar setup (WordPress on Amazon Lightsail) wants to do the same. Bluesky Simply follow the instructions that Bluesky have provided here.…

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  • Greek-inspired dinner

    Lamb meatballs with feta and lemon (from Smitten Kitchen) and orzo salad (from Recipe Tin Eats), all cooked by the Snook. Very tasty!

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  • New web-goddess theme!

    I’ve been feeling like the site needed a new lick of paint, so I spent some time today installing and customising a new theme. I used the Björk theme from Anders Norén, who made my previous theme. My logo remains the awesome one that my friend Matt Hinrichs drew for me many years ago. I…

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