The first time I ever made tomato sauce, I bottled the skins and discarded the sauce. I know. The recipe said to boil for three hours then strain. I looked at the stuff in the strainer. It was thick like homemade sauce. I looked at the stuff that came through the strainer. It was runny, flavoursome … Continue reading Counting down the days til Christmas
Happy birthday to The Bear & The Whale
It was this time last year that it all began. Our website went live, we started taking our things to markets and announced we were open for business. Any excuse for baking and a party. The candle is blown out, everyone claps (that's Elsie, Maeve and me) and the lights go back on. And another thing to … Continue reading Happy birthday to The Bear & The Whale
Mother’s guilt
I'm not the first mother to blog about mother's guilt. Its in blogs from other crafty work-at-home-mums (or WAHMs as they're called in endless websites, support groups and forums), books about parenting, and conversations amongst girlfriends. Germaine Greer said that women are capable of feeling guilty no matter what. If we're juggling work, home and family, we're guilty. … Continue reading Mother’s guilt
Woman overdoses on cookie dough
It wasn't worth leaving on the oven to cook just four of Bill Granger's Double choc chip cookies on a final tray. So I ate them. All four lumps of cookie dough. And now I look at the cooked trays of biscuits and think I would never eat four of those in a row. Or … Continue reading Woman overdoses on cookie dough
Sneak peek at my stall at The Square
Have you heard about the new handmade market event in Bendigo? It's called The Square: Bendigo's Handmade Market and the launch is a huge Christmas market on Saturday 18 December. Three local makers have organised the event as the first of a regular market to 'showcase fabulous crafters and makers from the region'. I'm one such crafter … Continue reading Sneak peek at my stall at The Square
Writing by Larissa Patton 