Aussie-In-California

about me

I am an Aussie and moved to Southern California in 1991. The picture is me with my partner of 9 years and a darling lion cub. He is my picky eater, and I am the one with all the allergies. Together we are a challenge to cook for.

I have had the wonderful experience of living in so many different places. During my late-teens my Dad became quite the nomad and we moved 13 times in 3 years. Just a few of the places I have spent time are: Melbourne Australia (of course!), Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Southern California, New York, and Harrisburg PA. Each place gave me a lesson in life and food. If you were to ask me what I miss about each place my first choice would be the food.

I have many food, environmental, and medical allergies. I was recently diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis and will have to now give up a lot of my favorite foods to learn how to manage the condition. If any of you out there also have IC, I would love to talk to you and find out what you do to manage your diet and treat flare-ups.

Favorite Foods:

In no particular order:
Porter House Steak grilled over open flame with lots of garlic.
Pizza
Strawberries
Dark Chocolate
Pavlova
Cusines:
Greek
Italian
Middle Eastern
Indian
Malaysian
Singaporean
Indonesian
Cantonese
Holkkien
NY Diner
Aussie Standards (meat pies, sauasage rolls, pasties, lamingtons, dim sims, lamb)

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