What did you have for dinner?

I had fish and chips. With mushy peas.....

What did you have???


For a great tempura fish batter:

1 cup flour
1.5 cups cornflour
enough water to make a medium paste
(or soda water)

Blue Eye poached in Tom Yum

This is a gorgeous Spring/Summer recipe that I use to make in a kitchen I used to run. It is light and refreshing and you can use any fish that you want.

Blue Eye poached in Tom Yum with an Asian salad


















4 x 250g Blue Eye Fillet
500mls coconut milk
½ cucumber
3tbs tom yum paste
2 red chillis
40mls oil
2 sprigs of spring onion
1 brown onion
½ bunch coriander
½ bunch chives

FISHY

Alice Stroppel is well known for her funky woman face designs, but today I want to show you her fantasy fish pins. Exotic, brightly-colored, and richly-detailed, they are my absolute favorites in her etsy shop.

Find more of her work, as well as tips for working with polymer clay, in Alice's blogs:
www.alicestroppel.wordpress.com
www.polymerclayetc.com
www.thefigurativeartbeat.com

TIMELESS

Some polymer clay, old watch parts, scientific mind, and a pair of skilled hands – and you have yet another manifest of human creativity and endless possibilities of polymer clay.

These are a few pieces from a fun collection with an important message about evolution, extinction, and responsibility. More at genealogy.etsy.com.