Food for Thought

I spend alot of my day at my office desk. And while I’m not being super productive with my thesis work, I’m checking blog updates, catching up on Twitter, and reading any cookery-related site I come across. I have a folder of bookmarked recipes that is increasing at a rate too fast to keep up [...]

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I ♡ IKEA

Don’t you just love IKEA? I made (yet another) trip to IKEA Dublin last weekend. I truly love that place, though it does bring out the wistful part of me that wants a big empty house to decorate (using someone else’s credit card!). Their marketing is really something. I always arrive thinking I only need [...]

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Things I Want III

Here are some of the gorgeous things I’ve come across in the last few weeks as I procrastinate at my desk. Firstly, I have come to realise that I spend far too much time looking at pretty kitchens. It’s not as though I have any real input to the design of any kitchen at the [...]

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Things I Want II

I love this clock. It’s so red and fabulous and it has a cute little timer built in. It would look great in my kitchen. I need a Chaise Longue in my life. Somewhere to lie back fashionably and ponder. This striped delight would look great in a bright airy kitchen or, maybe more appropriately, [...]

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Things I Want

Today I have been mostly dreaming about this kitchen: One of three kitchens by designer Jessica Helgerson featured today on thekitchn.com. I love the shelves under the table/island with storage for cookbooks and bowls. I also want a window over my kitchen sink. I also want that kitchen sink. I want this quirky herb growing [...]

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Tea Cosy Envy

So this is slightly off the usual topic of recipes but I thought this item deserved a mention because I want it so much. Just look at it – isn’t it perfect?? It’s like a cable-knit poloneck jumper for your teapot. With woolly flowers on it. Perfection indeed. I have been gazing at it longingly [...]

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