Happy Chinese New Year! Every year, we celebrate by making these simple decorative lanterns. They’re made with “ang pow” wrappers – small red packets that are traditionally filled with money and presented to children for good luck. If you can’t find these, red envelopes should work just as well. They’re very easy to make, with [...]
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Happy Chinese New Year!
Posted in Cool Things, Food & Friends, tagged ang pow crafts, ang pow lantern, Chinese lanterns, Chinese New Year decorations, hong bao lantern on February 14, 2010 | 25 Comments »
Chefs’ Warehouse
Posted in Cool Things, Food & Friends, tagged bulk vanilla beans, Callebaut chocolate, Chef's Warehouse Surry Hills, cookware Sydney, copper pots, paella pans on February 12, 2010 | 28 Comments »
Chefs’ Warehouse, in the inner-city suburb of Surry Hills, is one of my favourite places to shop in the whole world. Last time I was there, they kindly let me take photos to share with you. They’re only open Monday to Friday, and if you live in Sydney and you’ve never been there, take a [...]
Ceramics
Posted in Cool Things on February 2, 2010 | 15 Comments »
Sharing some of the gorgeous coloured ceramics my eyes have been blessed with recently! I spotted these handpainted Turkish bowls at the Orange Grove Organic Markets. Edit 17/02: I picked up a card from the stall-owner last Saturday. If you’re interested in these bowls, you can contact Metin on tel. 0413 638 591 or email: [...]
Cool Thing #11: The Somerville Collection
Posted in Cool Things, tagged amber, amber with inclusions, amethyst quartz, Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum, Bathurst Museum, crinoid fossil, crocoite, Green River shale, lizard in amber, malachite, petrified tree trunk, scolecite, Somerville Collection, t-rex skeleton, Warren Somerville on January 6, 2010 | 15 Comments »
The Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum, in Bathurst NSW, is home to the Somerville Collection. We made the three hour trip from Sydney last week with high expectations, and we certainly weren’t disappointed. The quality of specimens on display was absolutely astounding. As Pete astutely commented, “there was no padding”. Every single piece was magnificent, [...]

