I’m reading Richard Flanagan’s And What Do You Do, Mr Gable? at the moment* and in it there’s a short essay called ‘Bread’ which was originally published in The Age. He talks about his memories of bread baking, dating back to when he was a child. At the end also is a recipe called ‘The…
This is a Margaret Fulton recipe, as was the fruit souffle tart – a tidbit of information I forgot to mention! Again, because it’s baking and that is a precise art, I faithfully followed her word and won’t repost the recipe, but if you feel inspired the link to the page is here. Actually, wait,…
This is the first recipe I’ve made that I’ve followed down to the very syllable and as such I’m not comfortable posting the method like I have for most of the others so far. Luckily, though, I’ve found it for you via a scanned Google book (which is hardly any better copyright wise, I’d argue)….
I was recently reading the Bourke Street Bakery cookbook and there was a recipe in it for ‘oat and barberry biscuits’. Normally I’d skip past a biscuit recipe, but this one made me stop – foremost because I wondered ‘What on earth is a barberry?’ Then I looked at the ingredients and thought, Yippee! I…
This is a recipe modified from Marion Grosby’s Marion: Recipes and stories from a hungry cook (she used pork in hers). Because the kids refused to eat it – more on that later – it fed Adam and me for two nights running. The portion sizes are pretty generous. Ingredients 100g vermicelli noodles 4 garlic cloves, crushed…
There IS such a thing as chicken marengo! I didn’t know! On the other hand, Adam’s bestowed upon me his best withering look of dismay when I shoved this recipe under his nose. “You’re joking.” “What? I didn’t know it was a thing.” “A ‘thing’? What else would it be?” “I thought marengo was a…
If my Twitter stream is anything to go by – and it usually is – then a great many people here in Australia are returning to their desks today to resume work after several festive weeks of relaxed debauchery (if debauchery can be deemed ‘relaxing’, I suppose). If you find yourself in such a position,…
I’m two weeks (three?) behind with posting my ‘one recipe a week’ challenge and I’m working on getting back up to speed on that front. This pork recipe is modified from the Marie Claire Real + Simple cookbook by Michele Cranston. From memory her recipe is for pork cutlets, but I had these whoppers in the…
I made this dessert for our wedding anniversary dinner during the week. Adam and I didn’t exchange presents on the day because we’d already done so earlier. Adam’s was … something I’ll talk about later; mine was a brand new iPhone 4. Yes, I now get to harass Siri and ask her sexually suggestive questions and think…
