My blogging is pretty much done at night after I get home from work. Im at home today entertaining a plasterer so it feels really weird to be writing this with the sun shining. I do need to get ...
In my quest to make proper passover pastry (ppp) I did some reading on quinoa. The jurys still out on its suitability for Passover but I still wanted to try making pastry using quinoa flour. I h...
Last year one of my friends purchased a subscription to Donna Hay magazine for my birthday. One of my favourite issues was last years winter issue. Ive made quite a few recipes from that issue, ...
A few weeks ago I professed my love for Bonne Maman blackberry confiture. Well that bottle is now empty so I was forced to open the jar of Bonne Maman raspberry jam that was in the cupboard, but...
The weather has really started to cool down here and as the seasons change, so does my style of cooking. Ive started making more soups, casseroles and puddings. Things look different in the fruit sho...
As promised yesterday, Im going to share my apple pie recipe with you. I think Ive been making this apple pie recipe since I was about 15 or 16, so youll notice I use tinned apple rather than fr...
Growing up, Mothers Day meant a trip to my Grandmothers place for Grandma Sonies annual Mothers Day morning tea. It always seemed unfair that the eldest female member of the family was the one doing ...
Have you been to Kitchen by Mike yet? Well I have but not to eat. Instead I went there to take photos.A few months ago I heard chef Mike McEnearney take the chefs challenge on Simon Marnies programme...
Ive been meaning to make these raspberry and oat bars from Ottolenghi - The Cookbook for some time now but life kept getting in the way.Sunday morning bright and early I made my way into the kitchen....
Melbourne is a great place to shop so I decided to do a shopshoot whilst I was down there. Now you know I only want to show you the best and the brightest on the blog, so when I heard Rae ...
Im feeling a little guilty because I didnt make it to the gym on Sunday morning. Im still a bit tired from my whirlwind trip to Melbourne so I had a quiet morning at home catching up with chores befo...
Im not taking any holidays until October, so I decided a mini break would have to suffice until then. I decided to go down to Melbourne and arranged to catch up with friends. I thought Id drive down ...
I decided it was time to run away from Sydney for a few days. I sent a few emails to friends, booked a flight to Melbourne and hired a car for a day so I could visit friends in Castlemaine. I to...
A few months ago I received an email from Allt i Hemmet, a Swedish magazine, asking if they could use one of my Merci images for a feature on Paris. Sweden is a long way from here so Id not...
I know it sounds ridiculous, but until recently Id never made or eaten a tarte tartin. The latest issue of Donna Hay magazine had a whole feature devoted to tarte tartin so during the easter break I ...
Do you remember the fig frangipane tart I made last year? I decided to see if I could make a passover version. I set myself the ultimate challenge of making workable pastry using my Pa...
Normally for Passover Im faced with 2 baking options - meringues or coconut macaroons. Meringues are off the menu until I invest in a new oven but I couldnt entirely abandon coconut macaroons. Here t...
I made some fruit and nut bars just a few months ago using this recipe. I really like them and have made them a few times since. As they contain little else apart from dried fruit and nuts held ...
I think the recipe for which Im most frequently asked is the one for Nonnas cookies. Well late last year I found this recipe in the local paper and its very, very close to the one given to ...
Last year when I read I could substitute equal quantities of potato flour and superfine matzo meal for flour during Passover I got a little bit excited. No longer was I condemned to a week ...
I dont own a stand mixer because my kitchen is too small to house one. Id have to store it in my sunroom which is already filled with enough junk as it is, thank-you very much. That doesnt mean I can...
Have you heard of the magazine, Design Bureau? Well I hadnt when I received an email from Sarah at Design Bureau magazine last October inviting me to contribute some of my Merci p...
Last month I visited the Sydney suburb of Balmain, home to the eclectic shop quintessential duckeggblue.The shop is housed in a classic Sydney terrace house complete with ornate iron work and decorat...
Ive had this Ottolenghi recipe from the Guardian stored in my to bake file for quite some time. My workmates all love cheesecake so I was sure theyd love these little tarts.Im not going to lie - maki...
When I was growing up I use to cook potato gnocchi all the time. My family isnt Italian but we all loved Italian food and somehow an Italian cookbook made its way to our home. No-one ever complained ...
Last year my oven stopped working just as I was about to go overseas. I managed to get someone to fix it before I left, but the thermostat hasnt worked properly since then. If I try to turn the oven ...
My kitchen is very light on gadgets and when I was home in Brisbane my parents gave me a stick blender. I wanted to try it out so I was really pleased when I found this recipe for zucchini and mint s...
Ive been dying to adapt this rhubarb coffee cake recipe from Canadian Living for ages. Originally I was going to make a strawberry and rhubarb coffee cake but with plums still in season I decide...
Ive been making this recipe for lamb kofta with tomato and cucumber salsa from Good Taste magazine for years. Its so quick and easy to put together when I come home from work and Ive simplified ...
Im always looking for low fat options so when I found this recipe for chocolate fudge cookies, I couldnt wait to try it out. I had all the ingredients in my cupboard apart from the sour cherries, whi...
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