Valentine’s Day meal ideas – our easy dinner planner to max out the romance

Valentine's Day meal ideas

Thinking of easy Valentine’s Day meal ideas can be quite tough. But cooking your loved one dinner for Valentine’s Day is very romantic and worth the effort. To help, here are our Valentine’s Day meal ideas for 2. There’s also a free downloadable shopping list to help you with your romantic ‘dinspiration!’ A romantic dinner is a … Read more

Say it with chocolate – 5 choc tips for Valentine’s Day

I have a great deal of faith in the virtues of chocolate. So if you’re looking for a way to say happy Valentine’s to your loved one, our 5 chocolate ideas will score some serious brownie points! Have you ever met anyone who doesn’t like chocolate? Anyone that you’re still talking to I mean? No, … Read more

A Nat Geo expedition, an edible biography and an afternoon with the Hardys

And there goes the first week of February! It’s not the first time (and it probably won’t be the last) that I’ve wondered where the start of this year’s gone – or how fast the rest will go either. I suppose the lesson we’re going to have to learn pretty quickly is to enjoy 2016 … Read more

The cruise that’s not a cruise – our voyage on the National Geographic Orion

Ever since our trip aboard the National Geographic Orion so many people have asked us about what it’s really like on a cruise and if we enjoyed it. The short answer is yes, we loved it. But you can’t really call the Orion a cruise. It’s a more like an expedition. Here’s what it’s really … Read more

5 Aussie Foodie Finds: buying craft gin, a raw vegan dinner and real hot chocolate

Every time we find something foodie, new and exciting in Australia, we get very excited. And it seems there’s always something going on here in Oz. Recently we’ve discovered the delicious virtues of raw vegan chocolate, a new way to know when your wine’s at the right temperature, an amazing hand-made hot choc and chai … Read more