A few weeks ago our washing machine broke. After 5 years the old fella decided to call it a day. My husband and I went shopping for a new one on a Sunday and were informed that someone would call on Monday to let us know when the delivery could be arranged. Monday came and [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Slow Poached Eggs and Hollandaise on the Thermomix – is it cheating?
Posted in Cook, tagged hollandaise, poached egg, thermomix on September 30, 2010 | 45 Comments »
How to make a three hat dessert at home: (Strawberry Jelly and Vanilla Panna Cotta)
Posted in Cook, tagged berries, jelly, panna cotta, quay cookbook on September 27, 2010 | 36 Comments »
Friday night I come home filled with excitement at the prospect of making some dishes from Peter Gilmore’s QUAY featuring dishes from his restaurant. After all, I’ve always wanted to make a three hat restaurant dish from home. I make a list of the recipes I am keen to make over the weekend. I have [...]
How I taught my Mom to make macarons
Posted in Bake, Learn, tagged essential ingredient macarons, macaron classes, pistachio macarons on September 24, 2010 | 50 Comments »
“I can’t watch” I told my Mom, the Blog Monster. I was teaching her to make macarons as part of my “practice run” before my first class at the Essential Ingredient in Sydney and she was piping a row of macarons. Her piping, to put it nicely, was unique. I had to stop myself from [...]
Mango Natilla for Kulinarya Cooking Club
Posted in El Comedor, kulinarya cooking club, tagged crema catalana, custard, desserts, filipino, mangoes, natilla, spanish, thermomix on September 19, 2010 | 53 Comments »
I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this before, but growing up, I certainly enjoyed the many perks of my family owning a Spanish restaurant. Probably top of the list was being able to order anything I wanted from the menu. With each visit I’d try to order a different dish for my main course but [...]
Shrimp Sinigang: Guest Post with Rasa Malaysia
Posted in Uncategorized on September 8, 2010 | 30 Comments »
There are moment in a blogger’s life where you have to pinch yourself and think “Is this really happening to me?”. As I write, I feel like this post is probably one of the highlights of this little pursuit of mine. Before I started blogging, I would regularly visit Bee’s blogs, Rasa Malaysia and Nyonya [...]