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Posted in Culinary adventures on Aug 29th, 2010
For Christmas last year I received a voucher from my in-laws for the Essential Ingredient Cooking School. It’s fair to say that I absolutely lost it when I was looking through the course guide and found a class hosted by Adriano Zumbo entitled ‘Pastry: Meringue to Macaron’. I immediately booked in and have been eagerly [...]
Posted in Cakes and tarts, Gluten-free friendly, Recipe: desserts, cakes and sweets, Recipes, The Daring Kitchen on Jun 27th, 2010
The Daring Bakers’ challenge for June was chocolate pavlova. We decided to go a little off track this month and make a dish using chocolate and meringue, but – let’s be honest – this really isn’t a pavlova at all! This chocolate-coffee-meringue cake was made by my grandma throughout my childhood and it starred [...]
Posted in Biscuits, slices and muffins, Cakes and tarts, Gluten-free friendly, Recipe: desserts, cakes and sweets, Recipes on Jan 26th, 2010
Despite my fear of being called politically-correct/un-Australian, I feel ambivalent about Australia Day. Sometimes arts degrees make enjoying life more challenging. Aside from all the political stuff, the thing that irritates me the most about Australia Day is the meaty emphasis. This is exemplified in the infamous Sam Kekovich lamb advertisements from Meat and Livestock [...]
