Try as I might, I couldn't talk Neighbours actor James Mason (Chris Pappas, apprentice mechanic and Tash's occasional punching bag) out of having breakfast with me. So to put him in his place, I decided we'd play a game of "Spot the adidas trackies!" and have breakfast in ...

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Once a year, tiny people make a mess in the kitchen and then inevitably spill things when they enter the bedroom. They call this day 'Mother's Day', because it's a day when mothers only have to make two meals instead of three. My children are pretty excellent at ...

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Our blog has been awarded OUTSTANDING NEW BLOG in the Sydney Writers' Centre Best Blogs of 2012 awards! Could this be the most exciting thing that's ever happened to us? Yes! It could be! And ...

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It may come as a surprise to you to learn that I'm rarely stuck for words. But this morning at Kicko, I couldn't make them go. I couldn't find any words. To be frank, I spent most of the meal blinking at my children, wondering why they couldn't be more like the breakfast I was ...

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There is obviously some kind of spoonful of sugar making the medicine go down reference going begging here, but this really is the sweetest place in all of Prahran. I wanted to build a nest inside it and hide out from the rest of the world for as long as possible. It's a wonderful, comfortable, delicious ...

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Cleverly, the morning I visited Third Wave Cafe was the morning I left my eftpos card at home, meaning whatever I ordered had to come to a maximum total of $13.65. Luckily, there are so many menu options that I found myself hyperventilating at the thought of being able to order a breakfast and a coffee for less than that. Sure, I was forced to sit outside with all ...

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It’s becoming more and more apparent to me that it’s hard to find a place to eat in a trendy suburb that isn’t a bit wanky. Often a cafe will hide behind its location or reputation or even their wait staff being allowed to have mow hawks. I had half expected to say that you’re only welcome at Pepper if you’re cooler than...well, everyone. But to be honest ...

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If Chocolat has taught me anything besides the value of great cheekbones, it's that 'France' is just another word for 'pâtisserie'. As is my understanding, people bathe in pools of Crème Pâtissière on top of the Eiffel Tower and have snail races and there's ménage à trois out the wazoo, so to speak. So as you might imagine, I was pretty excited for a romantic ...

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We've visited ONE HUNDRED of Melbourne's cafes for breakfast, and these are our Top 6. The most delicious, the loveliest service, the best ambience - these are winners in every ...

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