A spin on a classic, Jo’s easy-to-make choc mint Weetbix slice is simply delicious with a cup of tea or a glass of milk. My daughter has really been enjoying cooking independently these holidays. Banana cakes and slices are her specialty. We are loving that she wants to cook too, because it means that there …
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Is there anybody out there who doesn’t love pasta? Anyone? I’m pretty sure it’s a universal love story. Which is why a dish like this rigatoni pomodoro is such a fabulous weeknight pasta. It’s quick, it’s nourishing, it’s good. This recipe is from Andreas Papadakis’ new cookbook Tipo 00 The Pasta Cookbook. Now, this guy …
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 …
I’ve been really getting into all the grains this year: think millet, quinoa, buckwheat and pearled barley. I think the barley is my favourite, so when I saw this recipe for baked pearled barley in Sophie Hansen’s new cookbook What Can I Bring? I jumped straight in. I introduced you to Sophie’s cookbook last week. …
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 …