For the love of food
‘I’m going to turn into a burrito soon.’ That was Will last night. I’ll admit, I have been on a bit of a Mexican roll lately. We had it last Tuesday, then twice on the weekend and again last night. In the last 10 days I’ve made 48 tortillas! Last Friday night’s Mexican feast (the [...]
Can you smell the cinnamon wafting from your screen? Does it make you want to reach in and grab a little piece and pop it greedily into your mouth? I want to but you know I can’t resist anything with cinnamon in it. It probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise that I chose [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Today is one of my favourite days of the year. No there are no presents involved but there is Christmas cheer a-plenty. It’s Tree Day! December 1 is the day our Christmas tree goes up and it officially begins to look a lot like Christmas in our little house. I’ve already elfed up the entrance [...]
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’m a little bit cranky this morning. Will’s been trying to convince me to put a no-junk-mail sticker on our letterbox for weeks but my response is always ‘how will I know about the good deals?’ He even tried to use the environmental argument with me – imagine how many trees go into making all [...]
International Scone Week, wow what a week. Ok so it’s not a real event but Celia from Fig Jam and Lime Cordial created it last year and you know I’m always one to jump on a food celebration band wagon. I have had this recipe for a giant cinnamon streusel scone, from Rachel Cooks, pinned [...]
I have at least 50 recipe books (I hope the husband doesn’t read this), 5 food magazine subscriptions and read a whole lot of other food blogs on a daily basis. Inspiration for my next blog post or food creation is never far away. My only problem is deciding what to make out of my [...]
Cinnamon tea cake was one of the first things I ever baked. Mum says that I could make it on my own (of course with adult supervision) from the age of four, which I find a little hard to believe but I like to think of my 4-year-old-self baking away in the kitchen without a [...]
If you follow me on twitter or Facebook, yesterday you might have read how excited I was to get back to the Eagle Farm markets. It’s my Sunday ritual to make the short trip to stock up on fresh goodies. Having been away for most of the year so far, this was my first trip [...]
My sugar brain seems to have developed into a functioning brain in the last 24 hours. Actually it’s probably Christmas excitement now there are just two sleeps until the big day, but after yesterday’s blonde moment I remembered I can do one better than playing you my favourite song, I can show the film clip. [...]
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.
