Three months absent from my website signifies some dramatic events in our lives. That short space of time, though, has ensured that things for husband Olivier and myself are going to be vastly different from how we imagined our retirement life together would be. There’s a good reason for the adage that moving is as […]
On Style: A new home is like a blank canvas waiting for the first brush of the artist’s stroke – it’s a unique opportunity to express one’s personal interior style. I have never been minimalist – a nice way of saying I have always lived with clutter and Olivier has been the same, so creating […]
Method Olivier’s claim to fame in the kitchen is home-made pork rillettes, which is easy to make, keeps well and can be made in big quantities for a crowd. For 1 kg of boneless pork belly (with plenty of fat) you will need ½ kg of back pork fat. Most butchers will remove the rind […]
What a wonderful, peaceful, joyful Christmas we have shared with our two families in our new home. Love flowed around our celebrations like sparkling rose and we have survived the mayhem of three generations together with good cheer and red wine. However, the “peace” of Christmas is yet to befall me because I have cooked […]
We have escaped to delightful Stanley Cottage for the weekend in Stanley Street North Adelaide to celebrate the pivotal moment when Olivier first invited me to Belair for dinner eight years ago. In my memoir From France with Love I described that night, the first Saturday in December, 2003. Olivier was a new widower, having […]
Our brief to Rodney and Regina Twiss of North Adelaide Heritage Group was that we wanted a weekend escape in an intimate memorable environment to celebrate a special anniversary. And here we are ensconced in Stanley Cottage, a unique, historic row cottage in leafy Stanley Street, North Adelaide. It’s one of 20 apartments, cottages and […]
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