Daring Bakers hit the Olympic snowfields
The January 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen. Lauren chose Gluten-Free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars as the challenge for the month. The sources she based her recipe...
View ArticleFigs deserve stuffing like Hugo deserves a slap
My book club met last night to discuss our latest reading experience - The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas. Opinions of the book ranged from loving it to hating it, and it is filled with characters that...
View ArticleMelbourne: Flavours of Grand the Sams
As I'm sure my regular readers and friends are well aware, given that I have not been able to contain my excitement and bragging, my sister and I were recently in Melbourne for our very first...
View ArticleStart spreading the news, I'm eating today
I want to be a part of it, Foodie Exchange! Yes, I was the very happy recipient of another foodie exchange parcel a couple of weeks ago (following the success of my exchanges with Quebec, Arizona and...
View ArticleThe Dread Cap'n Conor turns One Score and Eight
Gather round lads and lasses with tankards of rum and I'll tell ye a tale tall and true, Of a great ship that set out to pillage and burn, with the dread Cap'n Conor and crew. The crew had...
View ArticlePeople in green houses...
...shouldn't umm.. waste carbon? When people asked me how I was going to spend my birthday last week, I'm sure it surprised noone that my plans included going out for breakfast, lunch and dinner. After...
View ArticleAre we Amusé?
I'm a lucky girl. My eatathon of a birthday last week started off with a fantastic breakfast with friends at Greenhouse, morning tea was a Greenhouse donut and Lindt Chilli Chocolate, lunch was another...
View ArticleGnocch gnocch, who's there?
Everyone! It's a gnocchi party! Gnocchi is part of the group of dishes that hang out with the little girl who had a little curl right in the middle of her forehead, as when it is good it is very very...
View ArticleIs that a fig in your pocket?
While I've been busy at home eating my bowls of porridge in front of my computer screen, my list of breakfast places I want to try has been growing longer and longer. On top of the list was Greenhouse,...
View ArticlePolly wants a pastry house
One of the big hits of the food I made for my pirate party were the Parrot Pies. I made 72 of them and they disappeared before you could say yo ho ho (though not before some of my guests were able to...
View ArticleSomething's cooking in the kitsch'n
When asked by the West Australian in July last year about the new small bar he was planning to open in Leederville, Iain Lawless said it was going to be a bit more bohemian and interesting than what...
View ArticleIt's a rocky road to brownie town
In the white marshmallow corner, William Dreyer, one of the founders of Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Holding. In the pink marshmallow corner, George Farren of Fenton's Creamery. Which of these likely lads...
View ArticleIt's nobody's business but the Turks
Unfortunately my knowledge is not in fact boundless, and Turkish food is one of the many things I am quite ignorant about (like rugby, and imperial units). In my defence there isn't exactly an...
View ArticleHappy 101
Are you happy? It's a question that is difficult to answer in one word, unless you are currently in a very polarising situation (just been given a piece of delicious cake, just had your scoop of ice...
View ArticleThe most popular of all slices
I've spoken before about my old faithful Australian Women's Weekly Cooking Class Cookbook and how it has served my Mum, my sister and I well over the years. One of the heroes of this cookbook is the...
View ArticleHappy Easter!
Happy belated Easter! Anyone else been visited by the Tight Pants Fairy as well as the Easter Bunny? I have to admit I dropped the ball (egg?) with making Easter treats this year. Across the globe food...
View ArticleJohn Street Cafe
I generally like to have a bit of fun with the titles of my posts. They might be a little groan-worthy at times but I figure it's best to start off how you aim to continue. For this review though, I...
View ArticleGingervitis and poppy seed teeth
Winter may well be coming, and thoughts are turning to slow braises washed down with enough red wine to bring a flush to your face, but please spare a thought for ice cream as the temperature drops....
View ArticleInternational Pizza Pie Incident - Poached Pear Pizza Pie
After the success of our the Gnocchi Party organised by Penny of jeroxie (addictive & consuming) we decided to keep our party hats on and Lambrusco (the party wine, don't you know) flowing and...
View ArticleFoodie Exchange - The Italian Job
I have a secret admirer. An Italian secret admirer. An Italian secret admirer who sends me kisses. So, perhaps this person is more of a friend than an admirer, more female than I prefer my admirers to...
View ArticleMaster Farter turns 1 (and so does something else)
Just over one year ago we had a new addition to our grizzled old family - my little nephew Alby was born. Alby is the first grandchild for my parents and my sister-in-law's parents, and his arrival...
View ArticleGently rapping at the pantry door
Can you spot the teddies discussing which one of them is going to make a dash for the almond croissants? Playing host to the annual Vincent Cappucino Festival since 2008, Angove Street has turned into...
View ArticleSubha Aluth Avuruddhak Wewa
Did you make any new year's resolutions this year? Planned to reduce your macaron intake? Wean yourself off Gossip Girl? Combat the Tight Pants Fairy's evil work? And did your good plans disappear as...
View ArticleInternational Dumpling Incident - Zwetschkenknödel
What I did on my holidays by Conor Because I was so good I got to go to a far away place called Austria where the boys wear funny shorts and the girls have pretty hair. Mum says that there was a nice...
View ArticleI've moved, I've moved!
New site up and running, please update your links and join me at: http://www.holdthebeef.com
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