Coming from the Philippines where adorning homes with Christmas decorations has become a national pastime that begins in September, my first impression was that Australians weren’t very keen on Christmas. I couldn’t get used to Santa in a body suit, trading turtlenecks for singlets, or a “white Christmas” referring to spending time in Bondi beach. [...]
Archive for December, 2010
A Very Aussie Christmas & A Very Simple Berry Pie
Posted in Bake, tagged berry pie, Christmas, dessert, easy recipe, food, nigella lawson, pie, recipes on December 28, 2010 | 41 Comments »
Bechamel Prawn Stuffed Mussels (Tigres) from Miguel’s Tapas
Posted in Book Reviews, Cook, tagged bechamel sauce, miguel maestre, mussels, prawns, romesco, seafood, spanish, tapas on December 22, 2010 | 28 Comments »
Is it any surprise that my most favourite presents to give (and receive) during Christmas are cookbooks? I consider myself a pretty good judge cookbook character. For example, my brother who is a bachelor loves the four ingredients or less series and his idea of cooking is to buy a chicken, buy a packet of [...]
Easy Homemade Christmas Gifts: Queso de Bola (Cheese) Spread for Kulinarya
Posted in Cook, Uncategorized, tagged canape, capsicum, cheese, Christmas, easy recipe, food, holiday food, peppers, pimiento, queso de bola spread, recipe, recipes, toasted cheese on December 20, 2010 | 34 Comments »
Because the holiday season is already so stressful, there are some things that you should never do in December. Getting married is one of them. This of course is from first hand experience when eight years ago, three days after Christmas, I said “I do.” When I got engaged my then fiancé said “pick a [...]
2011 Food Trends & The Spotted Pig’s Deviled Eggs
Posted in Cook, tagged deviled eggs, food, food predictions, food trends 2011, holiday, holiday entertaining, ipad food app, pies, recipes, spotted pig on December 14, 2010 | 38 Comments »
If 2010 was all about local and sustainable food, I’m hearing that 2011 will be all about the Pie. At least this is the prediction from Andrew Freeman & Co, a US based firm that consults on marketing to hotels and restaurants around the US. In their 2011 Trend List, pies were listed as the [...]
Slow Cooked Beef Ribs with Chorizo
Posted in Cook, tagged beef stew, chorizo, dinner, dinner recipes, easy recipe, food, recipes, spanish on December 12, 2010 | 32 Comments »
They say, necessity is the mother of invention. These last few weeks, I would say that moving is the mother of improvisation. As we countdown to moving homes, I find myself limited as to what I can cook because I’ve either packed something away or I’m trying to use up miscellaneous ingredients that have been [...]
Easy Tapas: Pinchos Moruños
Posted in Cook, tagged chicken, food, kebab, pinchos morunos, recipes, skewers, spanish, tapas on December 10, 2010 | 22 Comments »
Today at work we chatted about our favourite pastimes as children. I mentioned that , to pass the time during summers, my siblings and cousins would meet at my grandmother’s place every day. We would swim, watch (music) videos, eat, sleep, fight, swim some more, eat some more and definitely fight some more. Almost like [...]
Donna Hay’s Strawberry & Macaron Trifle Plus My New Favourite Macaron Book: Secrets of Macarons by Jose Marechal
Posted in Bake, Book Reviews, tagged Christmas, dessert, food, jose marechal, macarons, recipe, secrets of macarons, strawberry and vanilla macaron trifle, sweets, trifle, vanilla macaron on December 8, 2010 | 56 Comments »
If you regularly read my blog (and if you don’t: why not?!?!), you might know that this year I started teaching macaron making at The Essential Ingredient. It’s been a fantastic and rewarding experience (especially when I get sent pictures of finished macarons from former students) and I look forward to more classes next year. [...]
Kitchen Wars: Chicken with Brandy and Pinenuts
Posted in Cook, tagged brandy, chicken, chicken with brandy and pine nuts, dinner, pine nuts, recipes on December 6, 2010 | 27 Comments »
I got the good news last week that my parents managed to book a flight and are coming to Australia for Christmas. While I’m feeling very excited for their visit, I’m also a bit apprehensive as I start to imagine the tug of war that’s probably going to happen in the kitchen while my Mom, [...]
Sometimes No Just Means Not Now…Strawberry and Watermelon Cake
Posted in Bake, tagged almond dacquoise, black star pastry, cake, dessert, food, gluten-free, layered cake, recipe, strawberry, watermelon on December 2, 2010 | 66 Comments »
When I was a kid I wanted to be a gymnast. I remember watching a movie on Romanian Nadia Comaneci and how she scored a perfect 10 on the uneven bars in the 1976 Olympics and thought to myself that I was born to be a gymnast. So my best friend and I started teaching [...]
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