Lunchbox

Last week I introduced you to Mike Russell and his new book Baker Blue and I received an email in response. Now, it’s a rare thing indeed that I receive email these days. The old days of blogging with it’s multiple comments and emails have long gone. These days, the only emails I receive begin with …

A brand new baking cookbook landed on my desk earlier this month. Baker Bleu is by baker-extraordinaire Mike Russell – he of the famous Baker Bleu bakery in Melbourne’s Elsternwick (and lately Double Bay in Sydney). Now the world probably needs another baking book like it needs another private jet, but let’s not let that …

Does “strawberry jam crumble slice” have the same effect on you as it does me? I’m talking that little-red-sandals, long-frilly-socks, lazy-after-school-days, warm nostalgic glow. You know the one. Sophie Hansen is the queen of conjuring up that glow. She is hands-down my favourite cookbook author for this and many reasons. I’ve talked about Sophie here …

It’s zucchini season here and I’m churning out the zucchini fritters (along with zucchini tots – did you see those last week?). Zucchinis are one of those vegetables that I think needs something added to them to make them tasty. Despite my ambivalence about eating zucchinis, my family is enthusiastic about growing them. Probably because …

There is something soothing about making a loaf like this pumpkin and feta pull-apart bread. Kneading the dough until it is smooth and satiny – neither sticky nor dry. It is something that I do quite regularly at work with my primary students (usually to make pizzas), but not so often at home. Which is …

This lemon slice recipe is enough to lift anyone’s spirits on a gloomy winter day. Especially a school holiday winter day! I know I say it often, but I love school holidays. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy my job, but if some one were to pay me to stay home, I wouldn’t say no. …