Strawberries are at their peak at this time of year, and I am finding it impossible to walk past a tower of fragrant red strawberries without picking up a punnet or two. If you manage to summon the super human…
It was never my wish to curse you all as I am cursed, but please be aware that as I sit here typing this the theme song to the Brady Bunch is playing in my head, with the words ingeniously…
A few posts ago, I may have mentioned some cookies which made one act as though one were a certain Sesame Street monster. Here we have an altogether more grown up sort of cookie. Indeed, in my head I have…
There is something about recipe that has things like semolina, and pistachio nuts and honey in it. I feel inexorably drawn to ingredients like these, which have rich histories and are steeped in symbolism. At the best of times I…
COOKIES!! If you are imagining me saying that in Cookie Monster-esque tones, then you are bang-on my friend! There is little else in the world that offers such a simple pleasure as a chocolate chip cookie. It speaks of the…
When is a scone not a scone? I don’t know. I get the feeling that if ever a scone was not a scone, it was these scones. Am I making sense? They were really delicious when I made them…
Hello again, oh readers o’ mine. I feel that I have to start this entry with an apology, I never did wish you a Merry Christmas! So Merry Christmas to you and yours and here’s hoping that between now and…
Let’s all learn a lesson, shall we? Here is why it is a terrible idea to bake a tart in the middle of the Australian summer… It’s too hot! Now, I know that that seems a defeatist attitude, but it…
FOR THE RECORD…I made these the day before that episode of Junior Masterchef aired. Yes I am aware that few of you reading will have any idea what it is that I am referring to, so let me wind back…
I may have mentioned it before, but am too lazy to go back and check for real, that I have an abiding penchant for all things American. And that’s United States of American, to be precise. So for me, although…