What’s up Cats and Kittens? If you’ll allow me to indulge you all momentarily, i’d like to share a brief story about how I helped Erinwiko to have a most excellent birthday this past Saturday. In the weeks leading up to her birthday, I had been making sure I reminded her frequently about how she [...]

I’ve always had an insatiable need to buy books, to devour them like the church book burning-mobile is right around the corner and coming to incinerate the words forever. Our bookshelf is overflowing with battered, well-read and pristine, yet-to-be-read titles alike. When I began cooking, I approached my cookbook collection in the same manner. And, [...]

There was a terrifying moment here over the weekend. Growing increasingly bored of unpacking things and cleaning, I chose to distract myself by familiarising myself with my new kitchen. The most important task, of course, was investigating my new oven. I placed a shiny new oven thermometer inside and was momentarily self-congratulatory- I was part [...]

Happy 2011 all, and apologies for the online absence. It’s been a very busy last few weeks here in the Wiko household, and our online lives have had to take a backseat to the real world. I know, I know. So 90s of us. Shortly before Christmas, we jetted back to Adelaide for the holidays. [...]