A little rant. I’m sick and tired of hospitality advertisers using the word “barista” to seem like their coffee is something special. “Barista made coffee” or something along those lines, seems to be thrown around to imply non-barista made coffee is going to be terrible. But EVERYONE who makes coffee for the public is a…
Food
(Not) An Orange Cake
It’s funny how the universe works. Have you ever found that when you see/hear/speak of something you all of a sudden find it everywhere? Well, that’s just happened to me. Last Friday I posted a video of some ultra-realistic cakes. Then today, I was gifted one of my own. The cake below was a gift…
Cake Deception
I think the video says it all! I used to always make he Barbarians special birthday cakes that were shaped like things, and I was always proud when it was mostly recognisable. I’m glad they never saw this video, lol. Have you ever made or had a realistic cake? Would you want one?
Witches, women and beer
This is the supposed origin story of witches. I read about it the other day and found it fascinating. Apparently, until the 1500s, the job of brewing beer was a woman’s job. Beer has been drunk for something like 7,000 years, and as it used grains and was part of a normal diet, the fermentation…
Operation Kangaroo
Upfront I need to say I’m an environmental scientist. I need to say that because from what I’ve heard, the things I’m about to say will upset some people, so I want to be clear I am coming from a professional perspective. Operation Kangaroo is an educational campaign being run by the Australian Government in…