For the love of food
Cheese cheese as far as the eye can see. I was in a little bit of sensory overload walking into this room. I’ll admit, when I received an invitation to the Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show’s Cheese and Dairy Produce awards (what a mouthful!) I wasn’t going to go. I thought it would just be [...]
I’d seen it before but being quite a landmark, I thought Will would want to see it for himself and convinced him that it was worth the side trip. We navigated ourselves from our hotel through the cobblestone streets to the hire car office where we were given the keys to a little black Fiat. [...]
‘There’s a mob of weaners (calves just off their mums) running amok in the house yard – firstly to let them eat the grass instead of firing up the lawn mower, and secondly to get them used to us so they remain stress-free and easy to manage well into their adulthood (all their lives actually). [...]
Sunday mornings used to mean a trip to the markets, just a walk away with my grandma trolley in tow. When the markets first started I really enjoyed them. There was so much to choose from and everything seemed pretty good. I’m not sure whether it was my excitement of having a farmers market just [...]
When I was much younger I had a Marie Claire health and beauty book. I can still picture some of the images of young girls with toned bodies and glowing skin doing cartwheels on the beach. I don’t really remember much of that book but I do remember that it had a whole page on [...]
I promised I would ask my friend Sarah if I could share some photos of her gorgeous twins. I’m not one to go against my friends’ wishes so you can guess what she said! In mid-December we had a little photo shoot. I switched the cakes out for babies and tried my food photography techniques [...]
Do you know where your meat comes from? Was that piece of juicy pork you just served up once a happy pig rolling in the mud or was it locked up in a shed never to see the light of day? That deliciously tender and moist roast chicken, did it once live in a cage? [...]
When I made this hydrangea cake last year it took me quite a while. It was messy, I got icing everywhere and I wasted a lot too. I wish I’d known about mess free icing with a piping bag. I used to shy away from using them because I hated cleaning them (I used those [...]
Before I get into my delicious haul I have a little favour to ask. My macadamia muesli recipe has won me a place on the macadamia 2013 calendar and I’m in the running for front cover. To win pride of place, I need lots of votes. I’d be ever so grateful if you’d ‘like’ my [...]
Today’s video is a little bit silly. At the Food and Wine Show last week, chef Andrew Fielke, apart from teaching us all about good old Aussie bush tucker, put on his apron and showed us how to do the ironing. Ok so he didn’t whip out his freshly-washed socks, he was ironing a piece [...]
You would think after Eat Drink Blog, that I would have had enough of taste testing/eating for a few weeks but that is not so. On Friday I had a stern word with my stomach and we headed off to indulge at the Brisbane Good Food and Wine Show. Last year I had a bit [...]
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.
