Soft Date and Oat Bars
I don’t have a sweet tooth, but after receiving a copy of “Sweet” by Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh for Christmas, I added post it notes to 3/4 of the … 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
Sticky Date Pudding with Caramel Sauce
Sometime in the early 1990s I pasted a recipe clipped from from The Australian Gourmet Traveller into my battered blue recipe folder. I have altered it a little but that … Continue reading
Chocolate Meringue Cake
“Simple to make, cuts cleanly, looks good, tastes delicious! That’s about all you want from a cake, unless you need it to transport easily, store well and improve with age,” … Continue reading
LUMBERJACK CAKE
I was making this cake long before it gained commercial popularity in cafes across Melbourne. It came to me during a whole food hippy phase in the early eighties, cake … Continue reading
CHOC CHIP FRUIT CHEWS
It is thanks to our wonderful family friend Auntie Marj that I can bake feather light scones, make delicious tomato chutney and green tomato pickle and top my toast with … Continue reading
Please Pass the Recipe 