English band that’s been around since 2007. Their debut album is “Lungs”, and they are recording the second album now. Hopefully they will release it soon.
Archive for February, 2010
FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE
Monday, February 15th, 2010CHOCOLATE AND RASPBERRY SCONES
Saturday, February 13th, 2010HAPPY VALENTINES DAY, MOTHERS DAY AND CHINESE NEW YEAR!!
Lot of things on one day! And don’t worry for you guys who think you have missed Mothers Day. It’s only in Norway. Confusing when it’s different days, and I normally forget this day since I’m not at home to see all the reminders in the shop. But this year i haven’t and these scones are dedicated to you mum and all other mums!
These are a contribution from Johanna and Johanna.
The baker is Johanna Staxang, Johanna’s flatmate. A bit confusing with the names, but yes, they are both called Johanna. Photo is taken by Johanna Bohman.
Preheat oven to 260 Celsius
Makes 12 scones
- 8dl flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 0/5 dl sugar
Mix all together and add
- 125g cold butter
- 2 eggs
- 2dl milk
- 100g dark chocolate, chopped
Beat one egg at the time with the milk. Add chocolate, and the dry ingredients into a dough.
- 150g frozen raspberries
Carefully add the raspberries into the dough. Divide dough into 12 scones and brush them with 1 whipped egg and drizzle sugar at the top.
Bake in the oven for 10-15 min on 250 Celsius
LANEWAY FESTIVAL
Friday, February 12th, 2010Laneway Festival, Sydney University.
A festival without teenagers on drugs and glow sticks!
Mumford & sons, XX, Florence And The Machine, Daniel Johnston, Black Lips And so many more great bands.
Lucy! love the outfit!
Finally theses photos came back to me. Love shooting with film, but not many places develop film anymore, and specially not when it’s a positive film that needs cross processing. This one i sent to vision graphics in North Sydney. I wrote the address wrong so it took about a week and half to travel to one side of the city to the other. I thought I never would see the photos again, so was relieved when they finally got to the right place. The positive film which had an ISO on 200 came out with strong contrast, and clear colours.But a few came out to dark as well, be careful with shady places when using this type of film. I Used a Golden Half Camera.
THE ASTEROIDS GALAXY TOUR
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Danish band, with vocalist Mette Lindberg and producer Lars Iversen. They released their first debut single ” The Sun Ain’t Shining No More” in September 2008. In 2009 MYER in Australia used one of their songs “golden age” to launch their 2009 summer clothes collection and it soon became a hit.
BRUNSWICK STREET, MELBOURNE
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Black Cat, coffee during the day, and Dj’s in the afternoon. Has been around for years and are now an institution on Brunswick.
252 Brunswick street Ph 94196230
Little Creatures Dining Hall
Inside this big classic Fitzroy warehouse you will find comfy boots, freshly brewed beer, great food and their own little bottle shop with a fine selection.
BALLOONS
Sunday, February 7th, 2010What to do when the weather is crap and you need to get some fresh air and a break from the computer! Catch the balloons! I’ve had this idea for a while, it’s just so absurd with balloons out in the forrest that I thought it would be fun to try to capture it. Didn’t realise that they would pop so easily, the whole shoot was over in less then ten min when all the balloons were gone. Next time I will bring a few more!
JENNIE ABRAHAMSON
Saturday, February 6th, 2010Swedish indie pop
The swedes are extremely good to produce pop music, this is another one that i just discovered. She has been around for a while (2006), and this single was released 2009. I sometimes forget to check the scandinavian music scene, but just discovered this website called Swedish Music For Dummies. It’s written by a passionate music nerd from Gothenburg, and she will hopefully keep me more updated in the future.
POMEGRANATE AND PISTACHIO CAKE
Saturday, February 6th, 2010Moist and nutty!
Perfect cake for weekend afternoons
- 75g whole meal flour
- 75g plain flour
- 160g semolina ( coarse)
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 150g finely chopped pecans
- 4 eggs
- 220g caster sugar
- 3tbs honey
- 125g unsalted butter
- 60 ml vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 300g Greek-style yogurt
- finely grated zest of 2 lemons
- juice of 3 lemons
- 1 cinnamon quill
- 6 cardamom pods, crushed
- 1 pomegranate, seeds removed
- 2 tbs chopped pistachio chopped
Preheat oven to 170 Celsius
Grease a 24cm spring form tin. Sift flour, semolina,baking powder, baking soda and 1/2 tsp salt into a bowl, then stir in chopped pecans. Whisk eggs and 110g sugar until pale and thick. Combine butter, oil and vanilla in a jug, then pour over flour mixture. Add yogurt and one-third of the egg mixture. stir gently and combine rest of the egg mixture. Spoon into the tin and bake for 50 min or until you can dip a pin in without getting it wet. Place on the lowest shelf covering the top with baking paper towards the end if it starts to take colour.
Meanwhile you can make the syrup for the cake. Place 110g sugar, 180 ml water, lemon zest and the juice of 2 lemons, cinnamon and cardamom in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves then simmer for 5 min. When the cake is out of the oven, use a skewer to prick the top of the cake. Gradually brush the cake with the syrup and leave the cake to cool. Discard the spices from the syrup and add 3 tbs of honey and juice of one lemon, stir for a few minutes, and add the pomegranate seeds and simmer until the syrup takes colour. Place the cake on a plate and then drizzle pomegranate syrup and pistachios over the top.
Serve with Greek yogurt
GRIGONS AND ORR
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Love to walk in to these places were you can feel the passion and good atmosphere right away. There is so many of these places in Melbourne, and luckily Sydney is trying to catch up at the moment!
Grigons and Orr is the new corner shop. Now providing fresh milk every morning, pasteurised, chilled and packaged in glass bottles. You can also pick up your free range eggs from Annies farm here. In 1867 there was a corner shop her, that used to serve the neighbours with the daily bread and butter and now, 142 years after it’s back in the local community.
Try their couscous porridge with goji berries, or apple fritters with walnuts, caramel sauce and mascarpone dusted with mint sugar.
Strawberry and mint water
Corner of Queensberry st and chetwynd st, North Melbourne.
Open Tuesday to Sunday 7am to 7pm ph: 96635192 Grigons and Orr
BEETROOT GAZPACHO
Monday, February 1st, 2010Latvian style, gazpacho.
By Inga
Serves four or six as a starter
- 800g of beetroot, canned and chopped
- 1 small onion chopped
- 1 garlic fed, chopped
- 2tbs capers
Blend all in a blender and add:
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs ( stale bread, at least a day old)
- 3 cups vegetable stock
- 2tbs red wine vinegar
- 1 cup Greek yogurt
- 1 tbs brown sugar
- salt and pepper
- Blend again in the blender and chill for a few hours.
Serve with:
- slivered pistachio nuts
- 1 tsp Greek yogurt for each serve.
