There are lots of bread-in-a-pot recipes floating around the internet, the best of which is The New York Times No-Knead Bread. This recipe, however, is also good. It doesn’t take quite so long to make, and the spelt flour…
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Remember that rice salad recipe I was talking about yesterday? Well here it is! In case you are in the mood for rice salad. This is based on a recipe my mother-in-law Duré used to make, with some additional…
Not all good food has to be green and crunchy*, now does it? Sometimes there is nothing better than something comforting and carbohydrate-laden instead. These jaffles are just that. You can make up the mixture and treat yourself to a…
This is one of my favourite comfort recipes. It’s quick to make and makes four generous serves which at my house means there’s plenty of leftovers for breakfast or lunch or dinner the next day! You can make this…
Holy cow. Can you even believe an amazing baker is whipping up ’embroidered’ cakes? I honestly can’t. And yet they make perfect sense. And yet they are too pretty to eat. And yet … I want one. Sigh.…
When I was a child, condensed milk was the most coveted treat in the pantry and raspberries were sold along the side of the road for just a dollar or so.…
Hello peaches! How are things? I have been kinda busy with work and writing my book. My deadline is a month away now, so it has been hard to find the time to do all the things I want, but…
Content note: This post discusses depression and anxiety (as well as food!) I have been cooking a lot of things and resting a lot of late. Doesn’t that sound sloth-ish? It’s not really though because years of tough times, anxiety…
What would we do without plates? We’d be relegated to a life of eating from boards, boxes and jam jars and nobody wants that for us. Nope.…
You may or may not know that in the wake of the horrendous Grenfell Tower fire, a community kitchen – called Hubb Community Kitchen – played an important role in supporting those who’d been caught up in the should-never-have-happened horrific…
What better thing to do on a sunny afternoon than stay inside with my computer and write a list?…
I have been making this dish a lot, and thought you might like to make it too. It’s easy as pie, peaches!…
Do you need a wee pick me up? Or a short escape from concentrating on some pretty serious news issues of late? It’s ME to the rescue! Here are a few short things you might like to watch ……
Cooking for yourself and your favourite people (and gosh, even for your non-favourite people because why not make things better?!) is one of life’s great joys.…
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Crisis Averted! I Found The Prettiest Cakes In The Universe!
I just saw these on Instagram and thought I should share them here. I think they might be the prettiest cakes in the entire universe. What do you think? (You should definitely say YES THEY ARE!)…
Spices are tricky aren’t they? The storage of them, I mean.…
This morning I went for a walk by the Yarra, in my relentless quest to see a platypus or two. I did not see a platypus, but a man told me he saw one as he wandered about, less than…
Okay. I have TWO quite similar potato curries that I make. One is in my book – Craft For The Soul – and it’s the OG Potato Curry I am family-famous for.…
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Sometimes It’s Good To Feed Your Feelings With A Little Rhubarb Hug
When I was a kid, there were quite a few things we used to have for breakfast. They’re not really the kinds of things I eat anymore because my tastes are waaaaay sophisticated now that I’m very grown up.…
I met Charlotte Ree at the Perth International Writers’ Festival a couple of years ago and developed a bit of a crush, to be honest. I mean, who wouldn’t?…
