October 2006

Watermelon juice

October 8, 2006 | 2,173 views

With the coming of Spring, the warmer season fruits have started appearing (yes, there was a cold snap in Australia which means that as well as bananas, peaches and apricots are now mind-bogglingly expensive at supermarkets, but still somewhat affordable at markets) and one of those fruits is the humble watermelon. There is a bit [...]

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Tart-a-riffic!

October 7, 2006 | 1,366 views

in Fruit Flavour,Pies & Tarts

This lemon tart was beautiful, and easily made up for my strawberry tart disappointment! After my previous heartbreak, I decided to sit down and research before making my next tart to ensure that it would be a delicious success – after the strawberry tart fiasco, I couldn’t bear anything but perfection from my next attempt [...]

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“Will you walk a little faster?” said a whiting to a snail

October 3, 2006 | 2,434 views

in Bread & Pastry

“There’s a tortoise right behind us and he’s treading on my tail!” – Lewis Carroll That’s right, I drew that amazing display of artwork, down to every stripe on the whiting’s fins – awe and wonder at my graphical prowess! (I can see that giant question mark hovering above your head, you know!) Okay, so [...]

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“Oh sir, it’s only wafer thin!”

October 1, 2006 | 2,300 views

in Cookies & Slices,Nuts & Seeds

I am a ridiculously obsessed Monty Python fan, as are most of the lasses in my closest group of friends. In fact, we are so obsessed that for a few years there, we would have conversations which consisted of nothing but Monty Python quotes, such as “Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt [...]

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