Would you like to know how to make a cake that is all of the following? moist citrussy sweet – kids will like it …but with a bitter edge that takes it into grown-up territory high in protein (shrug… some people are into that) friggin’ easy – pretty much all you do is stir it … Continue reading
I’m always on the look out for gluten free recipes due to having a couple of friends who are coeliacs. In my travels across the internet (goodness, I sound like a wandering star) I have come across several mentions of putting chickpeas in brownies. Odd, I thought. That seems like a very strange thing to … Continue reading
I got Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals for Christmas, like half of Australia (I requested it since I love Jamie food), and have been meaning to document some of the things I’ve been cooking out of it. The book is actually quite inspiring because it tempts you to break out of the after work mould and … Continue reading
Some more baking going on Chez Moi: some delightful gluten free almond biscuits (for which I got the recipe from a friend, but I note they are very similar to a Nigella recipe from Feast). And, an semi-successful experiment where I tried to recreate those apple cakes you get from bakeries all around Australia, because … Continue reading
Apparently, cake pops (as popularised on Bakerella and a few other blogs) are the in thing to take to first birthday parties. Little balls of cake on sticks! Which are then covered in melted chocolate and decorated! I was the recipient of a leftover pop at work one day, and, wanting to bring something to a … Continue reading
We have started a Lunch Club at work. Once a month, everyone’s going to make a recipe to a theme, and we all bring half-serves of the dishes to share amongst the group. This month started with a bang, and the theme was A Favourite Recipe. I made rice paper rolls (was thinking lunch food), … Continue reading
Mamasita Level 1, 11 Collins Street (you’ll find it by the queue snaking out down the stairs, next to the 7/11) Melbourne CBD In the summer of 2008-09, just after my co-op year (internship) finished for uni, but just before my graduate job started in the corporate rat race at one of the places monitored … Continue reading
Rocket Pizza 196 Wells Street (near corner of Park Street) South Melbourne (Urbanspoon calls it Southbank; Urbanspoon is WRONG). If you’re looking for a pizza in South Melbourne, you’re pretty spoilt for choice. I could list them all off, but you guys know how to google; what I’d like to draw your attention to is … Continue reading
I’m not coeliac, but I know someone who is. Actually, I know multiple people who are coeliac (it can be up to 1 in 100) and have a legitimate reason not to eat gluten as their bodies can’t digest it. I also know many, many more that have decided that for whatever dubious reason, they … Continue reading
Fresh Bread 