Recipes

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 of [...]



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 in [...]



“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 what food item [...]



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 of [...]



I spent the last 2 hours making a strawberry tart.

And then as I was carefully removing the tart from the tin, it slipped and hit the ground.

This is what heartbreak looks like:

Heartbreak is - the remnants of a freshly baked strawberry tart that has been scooped off the ground

I give up, I’m off to [...]