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As Bart Simpson so aptly pointed out, “You don’t win friends with salad.” And he has a point, at least as far as I’m concerned, because I will always choose a burger over a salad. ALWAYS. But late last year, on a trip to Coolum for my best friend’s wedding, I willing chose to have […]
MoreWhile cleaning out my parents’ house ahead of their recent move back to the northside of Brisbane, I stumbled across a stash of recipe books. There were books for every occasion; barbecues, baking, biscuits and bread. There was even one on potatoes. who knew the humble spud had its own recipe book? There were books […]
MoreThere are a number of sentences that can quickly conjure up a sense of fear and panic in people. For me, the first is when my mum uses my full name. It almost always means I’m in trouble. Although it’s been a few years since it was last used … after I secretly increased my credit card […]
MoreLast week I stumbled upon a http://www.taste.com.au recipe for Fudgy Chocolate Caramel Biscuits. As someone who always judges a recipe by its picture, I was immediately sucked in by the chunky looking cookies with their promising mix of dark chocolate, jersey caramels and toasted walnuts. So, on Monday night, I found myself walking the aisles of […]
MoreLast weekend I discovered a new, and already much loved, concept in baked goods—the ‘brookie’. What is it? … Well, it’s the ultimate mash-up of brownies and cookies. Credit for the brookie (also know as the brookster) goes to Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito of Brooklyn’s Baked who took two simple recipes—brownies and cookies—and melded […]
MoreSummer has well and truly arrived in Australia; in fact more than 10 million square kilometers of our land girt currently ablaze with bush fires. The days are long and understandably hot and, as per my Summer Manifesto pledge, I’ve been enjoying many dinners on my deck with friends. Saturday night was no different; after […]
MoreChristmas seems to have snuck up on me this year; I don’t have a tree, I’ve only purchased a couple of presents so far and I’ve just started listening to Christmas carols. To make up for lost time, I spent this morning in my mum’s kitchen covered in coconut as we whipped up batches of […]
MoreWhile channel surfing one afternoon, I came across an episode of Donna Hay’s Fast, Fresh, Simple. She was making pumpkin and ricotta ravioli and I was practically salivating on the couch. I filed the recipe away in the outer confines of my mind, determined that I would one day give it a go. Today was […]
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