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Dessert

Bondi Cosmo – Bondi

26 December 2011 Bondi
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It’s funny how insular you can become when living in the city, and before I continue just let me state I’m talking about myself. I’ve been living in this town for almost twenty years now and I can confidently say I rarely make it to the eastern suburbs. Even when I had my car, something [...]

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The Art of French Baking

21 December 2011 Cakes
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My first step through the front door was met with an instant feeling of warmth and desire. The aroma of freshly baked pastry hung in the air, dripping with sweetness from slightly caramelised apricots and sugar. No, I wasn’t stepping into a pâtisserie on a Parisian back-street, I was stepping into my own front door [...]

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David Skoko’s chocolate chilli nibbles

23 November 2011 Cakes
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In researching recipes for my Croatian category I stumbled upon a great travel blog written and photographed by Zürich-based Kerrin Rousset. The Croatian category on her site MyKugelhopf drew me in and reminded me how much I loved travelling around Croatia on my only visit almost ten years ago. Kerrins travels through Istria, the northern region, took [...]

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The Silver Spoon – an Italian classic

14 November 2011 Cookbook Review
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Since 1950 Il Cucchiaio d’Argento has been one of Italy’s best selling cookbooks, featuring a dazzling array of recipes meticulously collected from all corners of the country. It was only 6 years ago that it was translated to English, extending The Silver Spoon to much more of the world with its encyclopedic anthology of culinary Italy. This year the [...]

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Sweet b’stilla with almond + pistachio syrup

13 July 2011 Dessert
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B’stilla – bastilla - bisteeya - bstilla – pastilla …. whatever you choose to call it, is a Moroccan classic up there with the tagine. You may not see it on every corner or roadside pit stop in Morocco as you do with the tagine but you’re bound to come across it eventually. Traditionally made with slow-cooked then [...]

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Baked fig + blood lime pudding

29 June 2011 Dessert
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Earlier this year I came across the Australian native finger lime and instantly fell in love with its gorgeous “caviar-like” texture. Just recently my work colleague was shopping at Harris Farm Markets and stumbled upon these organic blood limes and grabbed a punnet, with me in mind. There’s nothing better than food as a present! I [...]

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Dedes – Abbotsford

18 April 2011 Dessert
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Who’d have thought I’d be on the harbour again heading out to another tasting event held by the Dedes Group, this time at the aptly named Dedes on the waterfront at Abbotsford. Once again the scenery was picturesque to say the least and it seemed that every man, woman and infant decided to catch the same ferry as me [...]

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Ginger + sour cream cake

13 April 2011 Cakes
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We all love a bit of cake now and again, right? I stumbled upon this recipe whilst flicking through at a book shop so out comes the iPhone and, snap, the recipe is mine. I’ve tweaked the levels of ginger to my personal taste, adding fresh and crystalised ginger to the already fairly low measure of [...]

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