The (Near) Perfect Banana Cake

by Anna on March 29, 2012

You have to let people see what you wrote. It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring. — Tina Fey, Bossypants (2011) I tend to agree with Tina Fey. What’s the point of carrying on if perfection (…)

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Friday Night

by Anna on March 24, 2012

Peanut butter and jelly sandwich gelato (!!) at Gelato Messina with a great friend. Made even better by the perfect autumn weather we’ve been having in Sydney. Best way to start the weekend. Hope you’re having a good one xo

Whistles

by Anna on March 21, 2012

Where do you stand when it comes to online shopping? I have to admit I’m well and truly a convert. With the exception of shoes (like these!), the majority of my clothes I buy online. Not to mention books and gifts. (…)

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Rum Balls

by Anna on March 18, 2012

So many of my memories are intertwined with food, such that they can’t be separated: my mum’s poppy seed cake and dinner parties, my dad’s fish and chips on the weekend, a chocolate cherry coconut tart the first time I (…)

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Link Love

by Anna on March 14, 2012

I took this photo in Sapa, Vietnam a few months ago. Before we left, my boyfriend and I were embarrassingly into Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam and even stole a few travel tips from him. We’ve just started watching his program on the (…)

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A Cure For The Sunday Night Blues

by Anna on March 11, 2012

Via dooce.com 

Caramelised Pork Banh Mi

by Anna on March 11, 2012

When I start a post here I like to have a story and a recipe in mind. I want this blog to be a combination journal/recipe book. But today I’m breaking my own rules and bringing you a recipe only. (…)

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Berta

by Anna on March 9, 2012

This week has been crazy busy. My boyfriend and I graduated on Monday night and so both of our families have been in Sydney. Besides work and seeing family, it seems that all my friends who have been travelling for (…)

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Coconut Muffins

by Anna on March 3, 2012

I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that I still worry about what people think of me. Certainly, I am much, much more comfortable in my own skin than I was five years ago (late teens – early twenties is not (…)

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A Little Sole

by Anna on March 1, 2012

Mimco is really hitting the mark with its shoes right now. When Mimco branched out from bags to shoes a few years ago I felt like they’d really missed the mark. The shoes were trying so hard to be different (…)

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