There are New Year’s resolutions I make that I never keep, despite good intentions. The other day I realized it was already mid January and I still hadn’t gotten around to exercising, or reading my “book of the month”. Sometimes I think to myself, would it work if I made some Reverse New Year’s Resolutions [...]
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How To Cure Salmon
Posted in Book Reviews, Cook, tagged bewora waters inn, canape, curing, dietmar sawyere, fish, ocean trout, recipe, salmon, table by the river on January 16, 2011 | 30 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 [...]
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. [...]
Movida’s Braised Beef Cheek in Pedro Ximenez on Cauliflower Puree
Posted in Book Reviews, Cook, Eat, tagged beef, braised dishes, cauliflower puree, melbourne, movida, pedro ximenez, spanish on November 8, 2010 | 46 Comments »
Patience has never been my strong point. When I want things done, I want it straight away and a few years ago I realized my husband just doesn’t work on the same time zone as I do. Every Monday night I used to ask “Can you take the trash out?” “Yes.” He would reply. Five [...]
Movida Rustica Review & Turron Recipe
Posted in Book Reviews, tagged frank camora, movida rustica, spanish, turron on March 2, 2010 | 62 Comments »
Late last year I found myself alone in Melbourne’s most famous Spanish restaurant, Movida. I was sitting at the bar with eight (yes, EIGHT) dishes in front of me. I was in Melbourne for three days doing a baking course and had asked my classmates for dinner recommendations. The overwhelming response was to try Movida [...]
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