Holiday Wrap-Up

Michael as well as I finished 2006 as well as began 2007 amongst a whirlwind tour of Queensland, amongst much eating as well as a piffling cooking to live had. I prepared ii trays of spanakopita, as well as my friend as well as host Justine as well as I gradually ate our agency through them, inwards minor microwaved episodes, every bit nosotros finished our final calendar week of work. I baked the really American butter pecan turtle bars for a really Australian Christmas party, a beery barbeque on the verandah of a Queenslander-style home. For our Cairns Christmas, nosotros passed circular eastern vegetarian burgers amongst raita, as well as I had a consummate home-made mayo failure. The spud salad survived, but was a pale faux of the Soulmama version. H5N1 few days after at Redcliffe, nosotros wowed my dad amongst our fried brownish rice as well as mightiness to give the recipe to him inwards seconds from my USB retentiveness stick.

Christmas arrived a piffling early on amongst a surprise bundle from Michael's mother, Robyn. Inside was a bunch of Oxfam goodies! Indian Chai, Za'atar, Hot Chilli Sauce, Swazi Fire Chilli Sauce, Hot Mango Chutney, as well as a box of v fragrant spices. I'm looking forwards to blogging near our uses of these inwards the coming months. Some of my solid unit of measurement members gave us an Oxfam goat, which nosotros promise volition render nutrient as well as income for a solid unit of measurement that needs it to a greater extent than than nosotros do. Michael's brother, Matt, presented us amongst a mass that got me to a greater extent than excited than Michael - tempted: 150 really wicked desserts. This saw me retreating from the grouping for at to the lowest degree one-half an hour, absorbing page after page of luscious, chocolately photos. Watch this infinite every bit I recreate them!

I visited roughly former favourite restaurants (most notably Punjabi Palace, my local Indian takeaway amongst the killer korma; as well as Babylon Restaurant, amongst the largest Turkish banquets you lot volition e'er encounter), discovered roughly novel eating (the Green Ant Cantina inwards Cairns) as well as adventuring (the incredible novel Gallery of Modern Art inwards Brisbane). Many of our favourite folks took us out on the town, prepared fabulous nutrient as well as society at home, or gave us a bed for the night. We're grateful that nosotros know then many generous people.