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Happy Thanksgiving- but not in Australia…
So as you probably know by now, Thanksgiving is my favourite holiday. For me, it’s a holiday that cuts across everything that can divide us- religion, region, race, nationality- and all the other thousand things that people find to fight about and wage wars over. At the heart of Thanksgiving is food, friends, family, abundance,…
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How to Win Friends And Influence People…
Bake. People love baked goods. And I’ve been baking. Brownies. Weekly. Every week for the last 6 weeks. Different Types. Every Week. And bringing them to work on a Monday. I’m not sure whether my work mates are just being polite and humoring me or if they actually like the brownies I’ve been bringing in. What…
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Sunday baking…salted caramel brownies
Really, there’s not a lot to say except that I baked brownies for the second Sunday in a row…. In a row! Let’s not make this a habit….although I’ve worked out that I can bribe one of my work colleagues with brownies, so I may be baking more and more. This week’s edition…. Donna Hay’s…
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Happy birthday!
He Runs, I Cook is three today! No celebrations are planned but thanks for reading and keeping in touch! Here’s to an exciting and delicious year ahead!
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BBQs and Anniversary Brews…
For our 1st anniversary, I gave The Runner a BBQ and Beer Cooking Class at the BBQ School in Willougby. It was a 2 part class led by two chefs, Ben, an Aussie Chef who previously worked with Marco Pierre White in London, and Seamus, an Irish Chef who we later learned makes chocolate goodies…
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Doing the Double
This weekend we managed to pull off not one but two dinner parties- Friday night and Sunday night. I’m not going to lie, I was a little tired on Monday morning. I couldn’t have done it without the Smitten Kitchen Cookbook. More specifically, I couldn’t have done it without the Kale salad and the Strawberry…
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Oh Vienna, This Means Nothing to Me….Our Austrian Adventure Part 2
aka When I sing Ultravox for two days straight…. So we packed up from Zell Am See and headed East past Salzburg (where we had been the day before) towards Vienna. And I swear, I cannot even hear the word Vienna without thinking of this… The 1981 hit by Ultravox. To be honest, it’s not…
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Our Austrian Adventure- Part 1
Sadly, I still haven’t found my camera but I still had loads of fun on our trip and I thought it was worth sharing a few things with you! You can see what pictures I do have on my flickr account here. Austria is a beautiful country and even though it was never high on…
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An Apology…
To myself and to you my dear readers but mostly to myself. So, I owe you a long blog post about the amazing trip to Austria and Germany that we’ve just returned from. A post full of pictures and stories and video of all the highlights of the trip. There were loads- the race itself,…
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It’s Race Day!
Still 5 hours to swim start but if you want to track Gary’s race progress today…. Here you go and if you want his real time, GPS location, you can track him here (it only works for the race not all the time!) On the second map, you will need to put his bib number in…
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