For the love of food
‘I don’t care what mine looks like just please…. give me some food!’ To some, this may seem demanding and rude but sometimes in my house it’s acceptable. On this particular occasion, Will had been at golf since 6am. I’d told him that I was making a special lunch so he wasn’t to eat at [...]
Warm molten chocolate oozes from the center as you glide your spoon through the chocolate cake-like layer. Keep that image in your mind while you read this post ok? If you had to think of your go-to dessert for a serious indulgence what would it be? For me, I can’t go past chocolate fondant or runny [...]
We’re leaving Morocco today and hitting the high seas. Head to the port at Tangir, in the north of Morocco, jump on the ‘fast ferry’ and 2 hours later you will find yourself in the land of senoritas and paella . There are a some similarities between Spanish and Moroccan food, the two countries being [...]
‘Is there a champagne reference?’ ‘Yep – will look forward to having a glass of bubbles with you over Easter to celebrate.’ They all laughed. The joke? Well apparently 90% of mum’s Birthday presents had some sort of reference to champagne. Her friends know her too well. Then it occurred to me that 90% of [...]
I was deliberating over which dip to buy when an older lady asked for assistance. ‘Would you mind helping me?’ she asked. ‘Of course not, how can I help?’ She’d forgotten her glasses and wanted to make sure she was buying the avocado dip with the highest percentage of avocado so asked me to read [...]
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 [...]
You may remember reading about my experience with the best lamington I’ve ever tasted. Named a panna cotta lamington, this goey, rich tribute an Aussie favourite can be found at Flour & Stone bakery in Sydney. I had my first and only heavenly experience there when I first met Lorraine from Not Quite Nigella last year. Of [...]
I’ll be the first to admit that ‘ethical’ eating is not the easiest thing to do. I say ‘ethical’ because to me, everyone has their own idea of what the means. As I said yesterday, to me that means knowing as much about the food I’m eating and where it has come from as I [...]
In Monday’s post I took something totally normal and acceptable when asked to bring dessert to a friend’s luncheon but last week, when I turned up with a bright green cake, I think my guinea pigs friends were sceptical. I’ll be the first to admit that on it’s own and un-cut, it sort of resembles [...]
I wouldn’t even attempt to guess how many baked recipes I’ve tried in the last two years of blogging but it would most probably be a couple of hundred. Sponge cake on the other hand, is a recipe that hasn’t featured much. I think the only one actually to be created in my kitchen was [...]
When my sister and I were little, it was about this time of year that we started getting impatient. School had finished for the year, we weren’t going to the beach for another week, all the Christmas preparations were done (well as done as they can be for a kid) and we were ready for [...]
Our tree is finally starting to look like Christmas as more gifts are added as they trickle in from my online orders or are whipped up in the kitchen. One of the delicious gifts under our Christmas tree is my homemade macadmia dukkah. It’s another very easy recipe to prepare and makes a delicious present [...]
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.
