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Buddha’s Birthday

Buddha’s birthday is traditionally celebrated on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month (April 8th), but we won’t let a little thing like a date get in the way of a good party!

Held at fabulous Federation Square, the 2006 Buddha’s Day & Multicultural Festival has successfully run in Melbourne since 1995. [...]

Written by mellie on May 21st, 2006 | Tags: | Leave a comment | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Saturday at CERES

CERES Community Environment Park 8 Lee Street, Brunswick East (03) 9387 2609

CERES (the Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies) is a community environment project that “…exists to initiate and support environmental sustainability, social equity, cultural richness and community participation”mission statement.

Located next to the Merri Creek in urban Brunswick East, it [...]

Written by mellie on May 20th, 2006 | Tags: , , , , | 7 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Person Formally Known As The Apprentice Patissier

The apprentice patissier is no more. No longer will I be toiling over hot ovens and inhaling copious amounts of flour and caster sugar (on a professional level anyway). I had a bit of a soul search and realised that I wasn’t really interested in churning out 50kg of croissant dough, 7kg brioche dough, [...]

Written by mellie on May 11th, 2006 | Tags: | One comment | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Pretty As A Persimmon

Persimmons are such an underrated fruit. Nonna, my Italian grandmother, loved them passionately. She ripened them on paper towels on the bench, waiting till the skin wrinkled and split, the insides turning jelly soft. The site of that saggy baggy skin was enough to turn me off. Well, for most of my childhood [...]

Written by mellie on May 7th, 2006 | Tags: | 6 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post