Comments on: A Christmas Down-Under

By: Jo

Jo — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 04:01:10 +0000

Your tree looks amazing!! Oh my goodness! Your table and all that food!! Gorgeous, and I am sure it was all delicious as well!! xo

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 00:09:17 +0000

Glad you had a good day… good food and good company – that’s what Christmas is all about! Fantastic looking dishes there!

By: joanna

joanna — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 19:42:41 +0000

We stole your sunshine for the day and then gave it back, promise not to do it again!! I think your feast looks completely splendid and you did a splendid job all of you. Speaking of bits cut off…. I once ordered two extremely happy free range geese from a Somerset farm and Bri drove out to get them and when i undid the package their wings had been cut off! Aargh….. Anyway from the soggy northern hemisphere, to you much love from me xxx

By: John@Kitchen Riffs

John@Kitchen Riffs — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 18:25:32 +0000

What a fun time you had! Sorry about the dud weather, but great company trumps that. I usually cook turkey perfectly, and my Christmas one was great. But I kinda overcooked my Thanksgiving one, alas. But it was still good. 😉

By: Debra

Debra — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 16:58:22 +0000

It all looks so delicious, Charlie. I really like the mango, avocado and bacon salad. That would fit in well with our lifestyle and many of our menus! I understand the frustration of the rain. We need rain badly, but I can relate to how odd it is when it almost NEVER rains and then a plan is in place for an outdoor event and that’s the very day the weather shifts. It always feels like a cosmic test of my resilience. LOL! Looks like you made the very best of the day. Yum!

By: The Life of Clare

The Life of Clare — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 09:24:47 +0000

It looks fabulous. We, for once had lovely weather, and ate dinner outside on the deck. We also had the same bacon/mango salad, it was delicious!

By: Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl

Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:16:40 +0000

Everything looks so beautiful and can we talk about how delicious the food looks too? Super yum! Hope you had a great holiday!

By: Kim | a little lunch

Kim | a little lunch — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 13:42:18 +0000

Charlie, your post made me feel like I’d experienced Christmas dinner with you — what a delight! I would’ve pinch hit as your “butler”, too. 😉 No problem talking up the hot weather (or hoped for hot weather) — we were wishing for the same, but our guests from Minnesota had to put up with cold and rain here, too, exclaiming, “We thought it was supposed to be WARM!” (It usually is.) Here’s to next year… and Happy New Year!

By: Joanne

Joanne — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 12:09:16 +0000

Minus the bad weather, your Christmas sounds lovely!!

By: Jackie

Jackie — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:51:58 +0000

Happy 2014 Charlie and all the family, looking forward to another year of reading your blog 🙂