Tag Archives: Baking

Honey Biscuits

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

I grew up on honey biscuits at Christmas.  All part of my German heritage.  But I’ve never made them before so this year I fixed that.  A few emails and telephone calls to Mum set me up so I made … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day Brunch

Posted on May 9, 2011 by

As a Melbournite I’d never heard of the Bourke St Bakery but was taken when I first saw their cookbook The Ultimate Cooking Companion.  It seems a really good reference book for baking.  I had never made croissants or any … Continue reading →

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Easter Part Four

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

This is the final instalment for the Easter break.  I looked through quite a few books for ‘Easter dishes’ and the final one I found was Torta Pasqualina or Easter Tart from Carluccio’s Complete Italian Food, which is part cookbook, part … Continue reading →

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Easter Part Two

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

Next thing to cook was hot cross buns.  For this recipe I turned to Nigella Lawson’s Feast, my only cookbook by her but one with a lot of special occasion ideas and recipes.  We also cooked the Paschal Lamb from this … Continue reading →

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Easter Part One

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

We have just returned to internet access after a very enjoyable Easter weekend.  I trust you also had a good break.  Easter for us has featured a bit of baking and yeast work and the first thing I cooked was … Continue reading →

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Flat Bread and Pumpkin Curry

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

But not together. I bought the first cookbook by Sam and Sam Clark,  Moro when it first came out about 10 years ago and it got quite a bit of use early on.  In fact for the brief period in my … Continue reading →

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Italian Feast

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

Well not quite, but that was one of the books used in this dinner for some friends which mostly consisted of fairly simple yet tasty food.  Antonio Carluccio was I guess one of the first TV chefs I watched and I … Continue reading →

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Sunday Lunch

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

My wife, Maree, had a few friends over on Sunday for lunch while I was away on a boys weekend (golf and fishing) so she turned to Maggie Beer via Maggie’s Kitchen and Maggie’s Harvest. First up was Smoked Ocean … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Pizza

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

A couple of years ago my daughter and I journeyed to the country on a mission to pick up an Anduze garden urn from Frances Pilley in Beechworth. We stayed nearby with friends and were treated to some very fine … Continue reading →

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Rainy morning means extra time in the kitchen

Posted on February 27, 2011 by

I woke up to the sound of rain falling on the roof which meant that once I had checked the BOM weather radar, I bailed on my morning bike ride. Which meant more time for the kitchen. We have a … Continue reading →

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