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Day trip Disasters and How to Avoid them

December 5, 2023 by Tania Leave a Comment

Daytrip disasters and how to avoid them

Day trips are often the way we discover great destinations either at home or abroad. But there are rules to a good day trip, if you don’t want a fun day to quickly turn into frustration (and arguments). It is possible to enjoy every trip and avoid those day trip disasters. Here are some things…

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Filed Under: RECIPES, Travel Tagged With: backpacks, bag storage, day trips, daytripping, Fiji, leleluvia Island, luggage storage, mykitchenstories, Paris, sightseeing, storage, travel

Taking the Scenic Route Discovering the Road Less Travelled

September 13, 2023 by Tania Leave a Comment

magpie at Lighthouse beach

Are you ready to discover unexplored paths? Let’s explore! These ideas and guides are to help encourage you to hit the road less travelled and discover a holiday where the adventures won’t disappoint. Why Take the Road Less Travelled? Taking the path less travelled is more than a metaphor for life; it’s an invitation to…

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Filed Under: RECIPES, Travel Tagged With: Australia, caravan and camping in australia, getting around australia, travel, travelling quietplaces, trvelling roads

How to Plan an Unforgettable Holiday

September 7, 2023 by Tania Leave a Comment

holiday Planning with a picture of the eifel tower

Holidays are something we all need. Thinking about how to plan an unforgettable holiday can seem daunting. Let’s break it down into steps so you have some great tips to plan the perfect holiday The beauty of traveling is that you will hopefully have fun no matter which country you visit! Whether you’re immersing yourself…

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Filed Under: Holiday, RECIPES, Travel Tagged With: how to travel, planning, planning a vacation, planning travel, tips on travel planning, what to do for holidays

Postcards and Stories from Port Macquarie NSW

November 16, 2020 by Tania 5 Comments

The beach at Port Macquarie

Looking out over the beach last week while in Port Macquarie my niece declared how lucky she was to be stuck in such a beautiful place. And I have to agree. Here are some of my favourite postcards and stories. Postcards from Port Macquarie with its beaches, rolling hills and beautiful afternoon walks. Have you…

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Filed Under: RECIPES, Travel Tagged With: Beaches., HastingsRiver, markets, North Brother Mountain, Northern NSW, nsw tourism, Port, Port Macquarie, Tourism NSW, TourNSW, Wauchope

Bankstown, Food and Culture

July 1, 2020 by Tania 8 Comments

Bahn Cuon Kim Thanh bankstown

A day trip to Bankstown in Sydney is an eyeful of fresh ingredients and a whole lot of culture. Even a quick trip for lunch opens up a new world. Bankstown, past and present Although Bankstown is only 16 kilometres south-west of the Sydney CBD it feels like it could be several continents away. The…

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Filed Under: Holiday, Travel Tagged With: bankstown, food tours, kanefeh, manouche, Spices, suburbs of sydney, Sydney, travelling at home

Merrylands Sydney. Food and Culture

June 15, 2020 by Tania 8 Comments

mantu dumplings in Merrylands

Merrylands Sydney is a great place to visit. Sydney’s suburbs are the trips you can take while travel overseas is still out of the question. Merrylands culture Merrylands is about 40 minutes by rail west of central station. It’s an old suburb with a new face today. It was one of the earliest sites in…

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Filed Under: RECIPES, Travel Tagged With: Sydney, Sydney Restaurants, sydney resturaunts, sydney suburbs, sydney travel, things to do in sydney, travel during covid 19, visiting merrylands

Athens, Greece in pictures

March 7, 2020 by Tania 2 Comments

Changing Guards, athens

There is no country like Greece. The generosity, the scenery, the water, the cats! What a place to visit. I am sure if you have been these pictures will make you want to return. After many many years of dreaming about going to Greece, I’ve finally been. If you haven’t visited Greece I am sure…

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: athens, eat, greece, holidays, Marco Aspro Alogo, mykitchenstories, naxos, places I love, travel, traveling greece

Lemon Ricotta Cake and Life by the Lakes

July 13, 2019 by Tania 21 Comments

Lemon Ricotta cake filled with whipped ricotta cream

This Lemon Ricotta Cake is a simple home classic. Stir together any where anytime no tricks required. It’s really very easy, moist and full of lemony goodness. Stir together Lemon Ricotta Cake Everyone needs an easy cake up their sleeve. This is one for you. It makes a great dessert, perfect to share as a treat…

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Filed Under: Cakes and Decorating, Desserts, RECIPES, Travel Tagged With: Cake, desserts, easy cake recipes, Easy desserts, fresh ricotta, lemon, lemon cake recipes, quick cakes, Ricotta and lemon Cake, Ricotta cake, stir together cakes

Fruit Picking in Bilpin. A Sydney day Trip

April 21, 2019 by Tania 6 Comments

Picking Persimmons in Bilpin

When you need to get out of the city and into nature Fruit Picking in Bilpin makes a great Sydney day trip. Take the kids and go for a picnic or stop at one of the local restaurants. We’re so excited to be at Pine Crest Orchards the first fruit we pick is perhaps not…

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: apple picking, bilpin, bilpin nsw, fruit picking in sydney, nsw tourism, sydney weekend, things to do in sydney, travel in sydney, travel to bilpin, weekend entertainmant

Visiting Hobbiton (NZ) In Party Style

November 5, 2017 by Tania 3 Comments

visit Hobbiton

Visiting Hobbiton The Hobbiton movie set is one of the main locations for the filming of The Hobbit movies and the Lord of The Rings trilogy. It’s now a permanent tourist attraction that remains on the original family farm a few kilometres out of the Matamata township.  The Alexander family have lived here since 1978…

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Filed Under: reviews, Travel Tagged With: Banquet Tour, Drive to Matamata, Hobbiton, Hobbiton banquet Tour, Hobbiton Tours, I- site matamata, matamata, New Zealand, New Zealand Tour guides, recomended tours new zealand, Tour Guides, touring new Zealand, tours

Visiting Queenstown. New Zealand

September 24, 2017 by Tania 2 Comments

Queenstown

Visiting Queenstown New Zealand . Although I have been to New Zealand many times, I’ve never been to Queenstown. So what’s it like? Visiting Queenstown, New Zealand is a surprise. I’ve heard it is beautiful but the first view when driving into Queenstown itself doesn’t convince. It’s a town set on one of the worlds…

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Filed Under: RECIPES, Travel Tagged With: Amisfield Winery and Bistro, Bespoke cafe, Cellar Door, Eating in Queenstown, Frankton, Lake wakatipu, New Zealan Visiting Queenstown, Pinot Noir, The Boatshed, travelling in Queenstown New Zealand, vudu cafe, what to do if not skiing in Queenstown

I do Foodi tours. The Sweet Spot

September 1, 2017 by Tania 7 Comments

Foodi Tours

I do Foodi Tours.  For year & a half now, on the weekend I have been helping people hit their sweet spot. I am sure you will agree after taking a quick glance around this website, that desserts are pretty close to my heart. I am not scared of sugar, not at all in fact…

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Filed Under: Holiday, Travel Tagged With: Food tours in Sydney, food tours of Sydney, foodi, foodi tours, foodi.com.au, fun tours of sydney, I do food tours, see the city, Sydney Food Tours, sydney tours, tours, travel

Hitting the streets of Cambodia. A tale.

June 25, 2017 by Tania 5 Comments

streets of Cambodia

This is a little tale about Hitting the streets of Cambodia. It’s a journey I took a few years ago but the images and memories are just too vivid to forget. Hitting the streets of Cambodia It’s also a story I wrote for a publication, so read and see if you get the feel of…

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: a cambodian adventure, Cambodia, elephant valley project, elephants in cambodia, elephnat sanctuary, hitting the street cambodia, postcards cambodia, travel cambodia, volunteer cambodia

Chicken Wings, Blue Cheese Dip. 5 things to do in Upstate New York.

May 16, 2017 by Tania 16 Comments

Chicken Wings, Blue Cheese Dip

Chicken Wings, Blue Cheese dip remind me of a the great time I had travelling around New York State or upstate New York. As hard as it is to pull yourself away from the big smoke I urge you to take a whirl around the food bowl of New York City. Yep. This is where…

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Filed Under: Chicken and Poultry, Gluten Free, Small Bites/ Party Food, Travel Tagged With: bellvale farms cramery, blue cheese dip, chicken wings, finger lakes, how to cook chicken wings, hudson valley, hudsonvalley renegades, New York, New York State, the renegades, travel USA, upstate new york, visiting new york, Warwick, woodbury commons

NSW Regional Food Brillig Farm, Taluca Park Free Range Eggs

April 15, 2017 by Tania 2 Comments

Brillig Farm, Taluca Park

NSW Regional Food Brillig Farm, Taluca Park Free Range Eggs. What’s growing in the highlands. Sometimes you have to remind yourself that there are people who grow our food. Real people. I need as much reminding as the next person, I’m a bit of a city slicker born and bred. There’s no preaching here. How…

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Filed Under: News and New Things, RECIPES, Travel, video Tagged With: brillig farm, Brillig Urban Farm, eggs, exeter, fee range chickens NSW, free range eggs, freerange animals NSW, NSW food, NSW regional food, NSWtravel, small producers, Southern Highlands NSW

7th Pyrmont Mudgee Food Wine Festival

March 14, 2017 by Tania 1 Comment

Pyrmont Mudgee

Kicking off this week the annual Pyrmont Mudgee Food Wine Festival is in its 7th year. The highlight of the celebrations is always the two day festival at Pirrama Park on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st May 11 am- 5pm. There will be a lineup of Mudgee Wines to taste, art, food, entertainment and samples….

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Filed Under: News and New Things, RECIPES, Travel Tagged With: #travelNSW, Australian Wine, Baker William Distillery, Barbera NSW, Festivals in Sydney, First Ridge Wines, Food Festivals, FoodandwineNSW, Micro distilleries New South Wales, Mudgee, Mudgee Farmers Markets, Pyrmont, Rylstone, Travel New South Wales, Wine festivals sydney

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Tania Cusack Hi, I'm Tania and this is My Kitchen Stories. I share all kinds of recipes here. Most recipes are quick and easy, just perfect for families. BUT, you could also find vegan, cakes and desserts too. Come and have a look around Read More
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