Welcome to my entry for Hay Hay It’s Donna Day, and the wonderful world of souffles! Now, many of my fellow home-cooks will know what I’m talking about when I say that I have a golden list of foods to try and make before I die. Those beautiful dishes that you’ve seen on other blogs, [...]
What secret do these berries hide? Whilst I love all berries with their deep fruity flavour and subtle sweetness, I have to admit that I’m new to this cooking with berries business. I’ve used fresh berries as fillings and garnishes for desserts and cakes for years, but actually cooking with them has been a development [...]
These cookies aren’t the kind that will win any beauty pagents. No siree bob, these are the kind of cookies that would make the mirror crack as they groomed their warty selves in the morning whilst asking any available reflective surface if they were pretty – in the hopes that one would survive the ensuing [...]
Or, how to knock up an entry for Sugar High Friday in an hour! When I saw this post on Habeas Brulee last month for Sugar High Friday, I made a note that I’d prepare something elaborate, try my hand at spun sugar, toffee “glass windows” and all manner of other ideas that I had. [...]
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 [...]