Kerri's Awesome 'BlogThe rantings of an Aussie on the verge of insanity.

I have never done a restaurant review before, but decided that this one deserved a mention. Last night we popped into the Rajin’ Cajun Piano Bar in Alton, Illinois,  to check out one of our local places and to get a bight to eat. The place oozes atmosphere. Awesome. We are not fussy people.  We [...]

Funyuns Crispy little mouthwatering morsels of oniony goodness.  Yeah Baby!  I love me some Funyuns.  When I get off my diet, I’m going to try the Wasabi variety.  *drools* Fried Green Tomatoes These sound really gross, right?  Oh no…. they’re completely awesome!  I can’t describe them as it would make them sound worse, but trust [...]

I’m not sure if any of you are aware, but I have stopped smoking. There were several deciding factors, but the main one was receiving the results of a chest x-ray, which was completely clear.  After smoking for 35 years, I was utterly floored. I decided that this was my second chance. Brad and I [...]

For Brad’s first Thanksgiving in Australia, I had to find a good Pumpkin Pie recipe.  That was not as easy as you might think as, at the time, the vast majority of recipes included a ‘can of pumpkin pie filling’.  I have never really been a ‘can of’ kind of girl, and have always made [...]

1 heaped tablespoon rock salt 4 small chicken breasts a generous handful of flat leaf parsley leaves 12 large mint leaves zest from 2 lemons left to sit in 1 tsp rock salt 2 large ripe tomatoes, finely chopped 4 tablespoons  extra virgin olive oil 300g green beans, trimmed Put the heaped tablespoon of salt [...]

…with my new cookbook.  Yeah, yeah, yeah, gimme a break! Normally I’m one of those people who gets distracted by the shiny, colourful cover of the cookbook and  purchases it never to make anything from it, because ultimately, the damned thing sucks.  But hey, they look fab on my bookshelf! Last week I bought another [...]