The title says it all: eating, drinking, cooking, friendship and family.
Posted in Recipe: savoury, Recipes, Vegetarian meals on Jun 9th, 2010
Last Tuesday, my little family had Emily and her husband (my brother) and my other brother over for dinner. My dad decided to make a meaty cannelloni, which sadly excluded me from the mains. All was not lost, however. I decided to make some braised vegetables to stick inside the tubes for myself. I’ve made [...]
Posted in Cakes and tarts, Recipe: desserts, cakes and sweets, Recipes on Jun 7th, 2010
So it has been a bit of a theme lately to try to get creative and find ways of using the food we have so it isn’t wasted. I woke up on Sunday to a few carrots that needed to be used, as well as some excess cream cheese (I bought it to use in [...]
Posted in Appetisers & accompaniments, Culinary adventures, Recipe: savoury, Recipes on Jun 7th, 2010
Every now and again, a mad idea comes into my head and I just can’t let go of it. This happened last weekend: I decided that I would make crème fraîche, and that nothing could stop me. When I was researching mascarpone (for this tiramisu), I came across this video where a lovely American man [...]
Posted in Cupcakes, Recipe: desserts, cakes and sweets, Recipes on Jun 4th, 2010
So I have been intrigued about red velvet cake for a little while now. In my online trawling I kept coming across artful photographs of this bright red layer cake with white frosting. Some mid afternoon browsing of Sugadeux’s website turned my mild interest into a fully fledged craving. As always, the issue for me is the wheat-free factor, [...]
Posted in Breakfast, Cafes, Melbourne - East, Review: cafes on Jun 3rd, 2010
I recently headed to Amsterdam St cafe for a catch up breakfast with some girlfriends. I had read positive things about Amsterdam St cafe on Melbourne Gastronome and more recently MEL Hot or Not, as a plus, the lovely Sugadeaux supplies the cafe with her gorgeous cupcakes (although, unfortunately Sugadeaux is currently in the States, so no [...]
Posted in Breakfast, Cafes, Lunch, Melbourne CBD, Review: cafes, Reviews on Jun 1st, 2010
I recently caught up with my lovely breakfasting companions Z & B at Bourke St cafe the Mess Hall (not to be confused with the band of the same name). I have sporadically eaten lunch at the Mess Hall and had recently been told by several friends that the breakfast was something special. The Mess [...]
