For the love of food
I love olives and I love chocolate but I’ve never loved the two together in one mouthful. Stay with me I’m going somewhere good, somewhere wonderful in fact because combined in baked-good deliciousness, these two are an unlikely but perfect pair. The matchmaker extraordinaire, Mr pine nut, brings them together in crunchy harmony. If you [...]
Chewy, no-bake biscuits crusted with coconut and topped with a smooth, rich, chocolate ganache finished with a dusting of desiccated coconut. Sounds mouth-watering doesn’t it? It sounds like something you could only have one of because they must be seriously naughty. It would appear that if you have a lack of self control when it [...]
I hope all the mothers out there had a wonderful day yesterday. We started the day celebrating with 10,000 other people at the Mother’s Day Classic walk for breast cancer. It was so wonderful to see so many people turn out to support a cause. Of course there was eating to be done after that [...]
Have you ever seen such a magnificent spread? I haven’t been to many first Birthday parties but I think this may be the prettiest I will ever see. I arrived an hour an a half before the party was to start. Both girls were asleep and Sarah and her mum were calmly putting the finishing [...]
Today is a very special day for two, very special reasons. Today is The Twins’ Birthday! They’re celebrating in serious style with a pink party tomorrow and my goodness you should see the preparations. I was called in to help with baking yesterday and would you believe, between three of us (adults I mean – [...]
I’m not home today I’m visiting my lovely friend Chris at The Cafe Sucre Farine. You can find the recipe for these choc-ginger pillows of deliciousness aka chocolate honey jumbles at Chris’s house. If you liked this post, why not subscribe and receive updates straight to your inbox? Enter your email:
Where do ideas come from? I like to think of myself as pretty creative. Sometimes I surprise myself with the ideas that I come up with but there’s not really a rhyme or reason to it. The ideas, they come out of left field 99% of the time. Guaranteed to give me an inspiration block [...]
The rain was still bucketing down outside. We’d spent so much time on the couch that there were Claire and Will shaped indents in each of our spots (yes we have spots, don’t judge) and 13 episodes into Prison Break season one, I was starting to plan my escape from the house. The weather had [...]
Do you pinch and a punch for the first of the month? In our house it’s a serious competition that has me bitterly awaiting the first day of every month. I am always the first one out of bed in the morning because I get up and head out for a walk. That means that [...]
If you’ve been visiting here for a while you’ll know that at my bridal shower last year, my grandma gifted me three of her old recipe books one of which was an original 1940s edition of The Commonsense Cookery Book. I posted a photo of its guide to meat cuts on Instagram last week and learned [...]
It has been a very interesting weekend up here in Queensland. Will and I headed up the beach on Friday night for the long weekend. We knew the weather wouldn’t be good but we had no idea what we were in for. I’ve never seen winds and rain like it. The noise, entirely made by [...]
Every year our group of friends gets together on the last Saturday before Christmas for a Christmas feast celebration. We rotate it between all of our houses every year and this year it’s back to us. We’re very excited but it’s pretty hectic around here today as we put the finishing touches on the decorations [...]
I am Claire & I love food. Here you'll find my favourite recipes, tips, tricks, restaurants & plates full of frivolity with the odd crafty post. New inspiration posted daily.
