Archive for January, 2010
Two Very Different Men…
Two very different men plopped into my life today and they have the potential to change the way I cook, and therefore eat forever. First was Alton Brown, who I found through a twisted backroad of google searches. I spent the morning watching dozens of episodes from Good Eats and my high school chemistry, in his […]
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Old Fashioned Apple Oat Crumble
Apple crumble is the stalwart dessert of Old English cooking. It’s hearty, warming and with this version deliciously aromatic. I love the apple slightly spicy and generally don’t sweeten them (unless they’re the green, tart kind). I also stew the apple prior to baking as this stops the dreaded drying out – the bane of any good […]
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Lime Chiffon Cake
This cake is light, airy and obviously wind-bourne from heaven. It’s a bit of a twist on Martha Stewart’s Lemon Chiffon Cake which I discovered on the amazing 17 and Baking. I amped up the lime and decided to grace my new tube tin with its presence. Also… drum roll… I’ve finally done my first long version post, with […]
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Jewish Honey Cake
About a week ago I became obsessed with the idea of honey cake (some weird association between Winnie the Pooh and healthiness). Anyway I had a search around and found that, excluding Turkey and Backlava… the most culturally dominating honey soaked baking is to be found in Israel. Apparently honey cakes are a tradition for Jewish […]
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I first made this salad on Christmas Day as it was perfectly color schemed for the festivities. Then I tasted it and was swept away by the lime, the bite of the onion, the salty tang of the feta and of course the pink of the melon. I pulled it out again to impress at yesterday’s […]
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Golden Yogurt Cornbread
Yesterday was Australia Day! In true Aussie style there was a massive barbecue at my friend’s house, a giant paddling pool, lots of beer and the Triple J Hottest 100 countdown booming in the background (it’s the biggest music poll in the world – searching for the best songs of 2009). I took a couple of salads, […]
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South Beach Black Bean Soup
I had a job interview today and to destress myself afterwards decided to bake bread. I was going to post the recipe… but let’s just say a few more experiments are needed before I perfect it (it tastes great but could do with a facelift, or any type of lift actually – I think I […]
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Hannah’s ANZAC Biscuits
I was flicking through Mum’s recipe journal when I spotted this recipe scrawled in the back. I’d completely forgotten about making these cookies when I was in my home economics class at school. In two days time it will be Australia Day and over here the most appropriate thing to bake are ANZAC biscuits (well […]
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I had to put this on my ‘to make salad list’ when the recipe was included with an interview with Terra Kiros on the awesome Who Wants Seconds blog. Plus it’s from Peru… how many recipes do you have which can claim Peruvian ancestry? Imagine eating it on a balcony like this (without the washing […]
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I’m typing this madly while Nigella Lawson’s voice beams out from my TV. This recipe looks so simple and easy, with a food match made in heaven – pears and chocolate. She’s making it as the followup to a delicious roast chicken. Ingredients 2 cans of pears 125g/4.5oz plain flour 125g/4.5oz caster sugar 25g/.88oz cocoa […]
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Cooking to Music 