For the love of food
In our house it’s not just me and Will. We have Donald, Jeeves, Bluey and our newest addition, Kevin. We like to name things you see so when the lovely Celia from Fig Jam and Lime Cordial sent me a little of Priscilla her sourdough starter, I had named mine before even seeing Celia’s request [...]
You’ve probably caught on to the fact that I do A LOT of baking. Like some people do crafts, watch a movie or potter in the garden to cure boredom, relax or just have fun, but me, I bake. Not everything I bake is a new recipe though. Some recipes are just too good to [...]
I have a friend who doesn’t like macarons. Yes I still call her a friend despite her flaw (she makes up for it in other ways). According to her, macarons are boring, cupcakes are out and whoopie pies are the next big thing. She can’t understand why the sweet cake sandwiches haven’t taken off in [...]
I love getting invitations to people’s houses for two reasons. The chance to spend time with friends is always welcome but I also love the opportunity to try out a new recipe. It’s usually a chance to make something that’s just a little bit too decadent to make just for me and Will. My friends [...]
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’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned it before but I think I inherited my sweet tooth from my grandma. Oh how we love our sweet treats. People often ask me what I do with all the food that I bake. The truth is, a lot of it goes to my grandma and she loves it. You [...]
You know I love baking my own bread. There’s nothing like the aroma of a loaf baking away to fill your kitchen with joy. My only problem is waiting for it to cool before I slice into the loaf. I think a lot of people just write break making off as too hard but really, [...]
In this month’s In my Kitchen video post I showed off my shiny new toy – Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. It was love at first bite with this one let me tell you. I’ve quite gotten into home bread baking in the last couple of years. Baking anything is satisfying but there’s [...]
I hope all my fellow Brisbanites survived the weekend of wild weather. Storm number one on Saturday morning delayed our departure to the coast and left us without power into the evening (so good thing we went to the coast). Storm number three, which hit yesterday in the early evening, struck just as we were [...]
I’ve only had high tea a handful of times. My first experience was a few years ago for a work friend’s Birthday. We were given a choice of several different stands but lucky for me, the lady next to me was also a big sweet tooth so we shared the chocolate high tea. I later [...]
Let’s take a step back in time, nearly two years back to be precise. So far back in time that I didn’t know the difference between a macaron and a macaroon! In fact I don’t think I even knew there were two such similar words. Can you believe such a time existed? Fast forward to [...]
It’s tea cake day. Just last weekend I learned that in my last year of school, mum and dad would wake up on a Sunday and mum would turn to dad and say ‘it’s tea cake day.’ I got into a little bit of a habit of whipping up a tea cake every Sunday afternoon. [...]
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.
