I made this especially for a girlfriend’s birthday and honestly don’t know why I’ve never made a cheesecake before because it was so easy. They’re one of my favourite cakes. This is a Jamie Oliver recipe, except his had a blueberry topping. Notes I almost forgot to add the zest he recommends, and it really…
This is a modified Nigella Lawson recipe. I’ve halved the ingredients she specified in hers, and this was still enough to feed us for ages. ‘Us’ meaning Adam and I. The kids weren’t all that enthused. Their loss, really. Ingredients White or savoy cabbage, 500g before trimming 1 carrot 1 sticks celery 2 spring onions…
My goodness, I’ve eaten a lot of these in my lifetime. I mean, a lot. I love them. And now I know how to make them, this could be a little dangerous! Ingredients 3/4 cup plain flour 1/3 desiccated coconut 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar 90g melted butter 395g can sweetened condensed milk 60…
There will be no recipe today. This turkish delight making experience is being mentioned purely for the sake of posterity and accountability, but rest assured in every other sense it is being struck from the record. All memories shall be suppressed. I mean, look at it. This doesn’t even look like turkish delight, does…
I loved Strawberry Shortcake – the cartoon character – when I was little, and even think I’ve eaten the real deal (the cake, not a plastic figurine) once. But I’ve never made it. A girlfriend recently dropped over a bag of delicious cherries she’d picked and I thought – well, that could work! Ingredients 1…
Okay, I’m going to start plain and simple: zucchini slice. Staple of lunchboxes, healthy party food option and generally darn tasty fare. I’ve always liked it, even as a kid. But I’ve never made it before. There’s probably a hundred versions of it – but this is mine. Ingredients 2 zucchinis grated 1 carrot grated…
One thing – well, the only thing – that has long bothered me about the ‘ 1 recipe a week for a year’ challenge is that it’s not done yet. It was supposed to be finished by last October. But then I decided to put a book out, didn’t I? (That’s my excuse and I’ll stick…
March is shaping up to be one busy, busy month. I thought I’d write it all down just to wrap my head around it a little – and of course to share with you too. International Women’s Day On Friday March 8th, I will be speaking at Camberwell for the City of Boorondara. The talk…
One of my guilty pleasure favourite movies is The Greatest Show on Earth, a Cecil B. DeMille epic about circus life. I went to a couple of circuses as a child. Once, when a smaller touring company came to Kempsey, I remember the rickety, temporary seating and the smell of popcorn, but little else. Later,…
