o frabjous day!

Author: Celia

  • Deformed Severed Finger Cookies

    Well, these were a bit of a failure. If you take a look at Domestic Goddess (where I found the recipe), you’ll see what I was aiming for. Unfortunately, I decided not to bother with all that waiting around for butter to soften, and used a soft butter spread instead. Whoops. I think this was…

  • Imam Bayildi

    It’s a pity that I can’t photograph cooked eggplant and make it look pretty, because this is one gorgeous tasting dish. I’ve always wanted to try imam bayildi – that description of the imam fainting when he ate it made it sound pretty fabulous. And so it is, probably because of all the oil –…

  • Vampire Cupcakes

    I saw these cupcakes at Baking Bites, and couldn’t resist them – the fabulous bleeding vampire bites in the soft white icing. They were rather fiddly (as you might guess from the long list of instructions), especially making a big batch, and the icing takes quite some time. Admittedly, it’s all time spent standing still…

  • Nigella's Meatballs

    I’m not a big fan of pork, so I was a bit suspicious about these meatballs from a recipe in Nigella Lawson’s How to Eat. However, the husband’s sister had raved about the recipe, and I thought I could probably bear the taste of pork if mixed in with the beef mince. I’m glad I…

  • Pub band

  • Lead guitar

    We went to see a friend play lead guitar for a gig at the pub – a bit of a difficult venue for taking photos (I feel rather self conscious whipping out the SLR and snapping away), but the stage lights provided an interesting atmosphere.

  • Verve Cafe

    I love the atmosphere at Verve Cafe.  Set underground, beneath the Metro Arts building, it’s a dark little venue, frequently noisy, with a bar towards the back, and a congregation of smokers out near the back stairs. I generally go there for weekday lunches (it’s much more crowded in the evening), and always for the…

  • Wombat Pool

  • Chani in b&w

  • Hazards Beach

    This was the view from our guesthouse near Coles Bay, one of the many spots in Tasmania where we stayed during our honeymoon.