About

Ever since I was a young girl I have loved cooking and making up recipes. I started cooking in the 1970s, when complexity was king – think prawn coctails, chocolate orange mousse cups, beef Wellington etc. etc. As an adult I have traversed pretty much all the cooking trends – nouvelle cuisine, Asian fusion, weird things on pizza, and more –  but all the while, what I cooked day to day at home was a much pared back, simpler style that better suited me and my family – food that concentrated on flavour, local ingredients in season, and was easy to prepare and cook. This is the type of food that is most like me, and what I want to share.

I live in Brisbane with my husband Andrew, who this year, after 5 long years of study, has fulfilled a life long dream and become a doctor, and I have three amazing kids who are 23, 21 and 17. I’m a librarian by day (please don’t think glasses, shushing finger and pursed lips – I have the best job and it’s nothing like what most people imagine a librarian does) and cook, domestic manager, listening ear, driving instructor, help line and chauffeur by night.

Here’s me and my crew, love them to bits.

I love to cook and my husband loves photography, so a passion for both of us was born in this blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Margaret