Society, my dear, is like salt water, good to swim in but hard to swallow.

pics from Smitten Kitchen, Cup of Jo, Cooking Books and Fern and Feather (yum)

So I've just started reading some cooking blogs and though I get easily overwhelmed by them all - I am obsessed with one idea - salt! Yes I know this may sound simple but whether it be essential minerals or just a taste sensation I am craving I want to make all these salty sweet treats. Here are some essential links for all you salty/sweet lovers like me out there - choc-salt cookies, choc-oatmeal-salt-cookies, salty krispy treat, sea salt brownies, semolina salty cookies, salty icecream sandwhiches, oh and some more cookies.

TRIVIA - The combination of salt, fat and sugar releases endorphins in the brain which is why we get the happy buzz from peanut butter and jam sandwhiches and all other salty/sweet/fat treats. Also they taste awesome.

AND in other news - 'WHO IS SALT?'

Just some random awesomeness via YouTube

(via Cup of Jo)

The Cupcake Cannon! Delicious, Colourful and Violent - i probably need one.

Breakfast by Jacques Prévert

“He poured the coffee
Into the cup
He poured the milk
Into the cup of coffee
He added the sugar
To the coffee and milk
He stirred it
With a teaspoon
He drank the coffee
And put back the cup
Without speaking to me
He lit a cigarette
He blew some rings
With the smoke
He flicked the ashes
Into the ashtray
Without speaking to me
Without looking at me
He got up
He put his hat
On his head
He put on
His raincoat
Because it was raining
He went out
Into the rain
Without a word
Without looking at me
And I
I took my head
In my hands
And I wept”

— Breakfast by Jacques Prévert

I like how long and skinny this poem is - also that its called Breakfast and there's no food mentioned, which is kind of fitting if somebody you love is going to leave you - there really shouldn't be much on your mind except coffee, cigarettes and raincoats.

On a sidenote Prevert also wrote 'Les Enfants du paradis' - which I really need to see now more than ever.

Happiness -- Raymond Carver

So early it’s still almost dark out.
I’m near the window with coffee,
and the usual early morning stuff
that passes for thought.

When I see the boy and his friend
walking up the road
to deliver the newspaper.

They wear caps and sweaters,
and one boy has a bag over his shoulder.
They are so happy
they aren’t saying anything, these boys.

I think if they could, they would take
each other’s arm.
It’s early in the morning,
and they are doing this thing together.

They come on, slowly.
The sky is taking on light,
though the moon still hangs pale over the water.

Such beauty that for a minute
death and ambition, even love,
doesn’t enter into this.

Happiness. It comes on
unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really,
any early morning talk about it.

"Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast."

Breakfast is my favourite meal of the day - this morning I wanted the above for breakfast x all 3 meals.

Its called the Flapjack Fiasco!

Layers from bottom to top: pancake; cookie dough; pancake; peanut butter and jelly; pancake; chocolate and bananas; pancake; caramel, oreo, marshmallow, sprinkles, M&M’s; pancake; caramel buttercream frosting granished with Trix cereal.

This is just cute and creepy!

“Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.”

Grigons & Orr Corner Store - Corner of Queensberry & Chetwynd St North
Melbourne. Tues-Sat 7am - 7pm. All day b/fast and lunch.

Every 2nd shop front in North Melbourne seems be a café – which begs the question - why is it so hard to choose a breakfast spot there on a Saturday morning? No one place seems to please everyone all the time - ok maybe just me but can't somewhere just have good coffee, food, clientele and decor - is that 2 much to ask? Luckily a new and delightful alternative has opened up the ‘Grigons & Orr Corner Store’ – which so far through randomised friend testing has proved to be a winner.

It ticks almost every box any Melbourne inner city cafe connessieur could put forward. Great coffee (note: Bonsoy option), and a great mix of great comfort food with a gourmet touch. Theres everything from heart-stoppingly good apple fritters to sausage rolls on offer at this one stop shop. Yes now you can enjoy a decent latte and a Chiko roll all in the soothing surrounds of old school milk bar kitsch - as well as other standards such ricotta pancakes and baked eggs.

However its not all about the food and the coffee though is it? No its the extra’s that make this Corner Store your new favourite hang out – its the 5 different kinds of spiders (including ginger beer yay), cat face sugar bowls and a well stocked wall of take home goodies such as glitter glue and farm fresh butter (among other pantry essentials) that make it a cosy home away from home (in which to nurse your Saturday morning hangover) and an all round friend pleaser.

Now we have somewhere open on Sundays - till 7pm too! Its lifted the curse of the North Melbourne Sunday arvo death knell of 3pm when all cafes close their kitchens!

Ph 96635192
http://grigonsorr.com.au/

4 days in nyc snacks

i finally discovered what corned beef was

jalapeno corn bread - 99c!

s'mac-alicous

lemon meringue pie cupcakes - gooey centres...

back in the habit

so many flavours - one for everyday...