by Brooke Falvey
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Let them eat cake
I love baking; I bake for my friends, my colleagues, my family and, sometimes for the lucky few, my dates—although offering up something you’ve cooked just for them sometimes feels a bit more intimate than whipping off your clothes and getting down to business can be. It’s a little like coming right out and saying, […]
More{Recipe} Strawberry and chia seed mousse with cashew and coconut cream
Chocolatier Jacques Torres famously said: “Life is short. Eat dessert first.” This recipe from Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat’s head chef Hermann Schafellner will make you want to do just that and the best part is it’s good for you—not only does it involve healthy, natural ingredients but it’s also dairy and gluten-free making it great for those […]
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“Look at the stars, look how they shine for you; and everything you do, yeah they were all yellow.” —Coldplay— While Australian winters aren’t quite as dark, wet and grey as those faced by the northern hemisphere, it’s still nice to inject a splash of warmth and sunshine into your life when it’s cold outside. If, like […]
MoreGwinganna Lifestyle Retreat: The food edition
Warning: Do not read this post while hungry. Urban dictionary describes food porn as “taking mouth-watering pictures of delicious food and proliferating them throughout various social media websites as status updates, thus tempting all those not even currently hungry into getting food-horny and blowing all of their heroic dieting efforts to hell”. And this post is […]
More{Recipe} Zucchini and Feta Salad
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 […]
More{Recipe} Garlic Prawn and Noodle Salad
While 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 […]
More{Recipe} Rum balls and ginger brandy balls
Do you know what my favourite thing about Christmas is? Aside from the gifts, the gift giving and the days off work (okay, so it’s not quite my favourite thing) … it’s being able to eat rum balls for breakfast. Today, I scoffed two rum balls after my morning walk. I figure they have Weet-Bix […]
More{Recipe} Fudgy chocolate caramel biscuits
Last 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 […]
MoreOne year
They say the first year of anything—marriage, parenthood, moving home after living abroad—is said to be the hardest. I don’t know who ‘they’ are, but I assume their theory has something to do with all those long, sleepless nights. And while I’ve not yet dipped my toe into the grown-up world of marriage or babies, […]
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