Apple Taste Test – Part 2
After my apple dessert loving husband recently taste tested six common apple varieties found in Australian fruit shops and supermarkets, we decided to subject apples purchased from the Melbourne Slow … Continue reading
Date, Orange and Bitter Leaf Salad
My third post for The Cookbook Guru, inspired by Paula Wolfert’s “The Food of Morocco” is Orange, Leafy Green and Date Salad. I loved the idea of this salad the … Continue reading
Apple Taste Testing: Part 1
There has been a lot of discussion about apple desserts in my kitchen in the past week or two. I‘ve recently posted two recipes, Apple Tarte Tatin and Apple Walnut Pie, … Continue reading
Apple Walnut Pie
The are many many instances in which the old saying “opposites attract” is true in my marriage. My darling husband has a sweet tooth, a very sweet tooth. I do … Continue reading
Slow Cooked Lamb Shoulder with Browned Almonds
Roast lamb was once Australia’s national dish, lamb roasted in the English style with the vegetables sizzling in the pan drippings around the joint. The ubiquitous Anglo Aussie Sunday roast … Continue reading
Duck Breast Poached in Red Master Stock
I like to eat duck much more than I like to prepare it. It’s not lack of experience, I just don’t feel confident cooking duck, because in the past my … Continue reading
Crushed Spiced Carrot Salad
Last month while I was travelling, contributors to the Cookbook Guru were busy cooking and posting from Paua Wolfert’s The Food of Morocco.” I confess, at the time, I was … Continue reading
In My April Kitchen, 2015
Back into the cooking vibe again after a month long holiday in New Zealand, in my kitchen I have souvenirs, memorabilia of my time revelling in fresh organic food, good … Continue reading
Cajun Spiced Roasted Vegetable Salad
news flash, news, flash, news flash, news flash, news flash, news flash, news, flash, news flash, news I ENTERED THIS RECIPE IN THE RECIPE WRITING COMPETITION AT EAT DRINK BLOG, … Continue reading
Apple Tarte Tatin
Autumn is apple season in New Zealand. M loves apple desserts so it was no surprise when he ordered Apple Tarte Tatin during our recent holiday. The first was very … Continue reading
Sustainable Fish Curry
Since watching Australian Sustainable Seafood campaigner Matthew Evans present his SBS documentary “What’s The Catch” late in 2014 I’ve been especially vigilant about the source, the sustainability and the species … Continue reading
Lemony Pilau with Toasted Pinenuts
There are several varieties of rice on my pantry shelf, but I confess to falling off the locavore wagon when it comes to this wondrous grain because the irrigation of … Continue reading
Gelato Messina’s Chocolate Sorbet
I am not intending this post to be a book review nor am I attempting to teach ice cream making chemistry but it’s impossible to write a post about this … Continue reading
Spicy Buckwheat Gingerbread Cake
This is not the first recipe for spicy gingerbread cake that I have shared. The first was my Grandma’s recipe, a cake that I used to make regularly because … Continue reading
Please Pass the Recipe 