Next up in my 2014 Holiday Gift Guide series… edible gifts for the gourmet. Food should never be overlooked as the perfect gift, especially when it's as good as the items here. True, it doesn't quite have the longevity of a cake stand or a cutting board but good food, shared between friends, is the stuff memories are made of. Of course you can always pair food with another complimentary present too. ** These are some of my favourite edible treats. Most are locally made by small producers … [Read more...]
Bread Recipes
Strawberry Scrolls
These babies are the result of a tryst between strawberry pie and a cinnamon roll... or more accurately a deep craving on my part for both. You see for some unknown reason cinnamon scrolls have been everywhere recently, and on top of that winter in Sydney means being simply inundated with strawberries (not that there's anything wrong with that). Berries and rolls taking over my Instagram feed as America-land gorges on cinnamon and summer. Berries taking over the supermarket shelves … [Read more...]
Sourdough Steamed Buns
Another one to work through the archives, I give you photos and a recipe from February, with a slightly inter-connected stream of consciousness set of run on sentences from today. Shocker. I could eat dumplings every day. Really. These however are not dumplings, obviously -- but they are something you can get at dumpling stands and therefore make me think of dumplings. These little beauties, in case the title didn't tip you off, are steamed buns. Do you have any idea how good steamed … [Read more...]
Fresh-Baked Bagel for One (Honey Wholewheat & Cinnamon Raisin)
It is decidedly shortsighted to make only one bagel, especially a bagel this good. Perhaps that is why in the past 36 hours I've made this recipe three times. Bagels -- for anyone who has ever eaten a proper one and knows how very different they are to a roll with a hole in the centre masquerading as a bagel -- can be a touchy subject. They must be dense enough to hold up to a shmear or gooey cheese egg, chewy on the outside due to boiling before baking, but just tender enough in the centre … [Read more...]
Sourdough Apple & Fig Bread
The point at which life completely gets away from you? That. You see, the more balls you juggle the higher you have to toss them in the air, but that means they take longer to reach you again and by that time who knows what you've missed regarding the red striped one while you were busy making sure the blue spotted one and the one with the yellow stars and the solid green one didn't hit the ground. The good news is that I managed to finish a new little cookbook in time to help out a … [Read more...]
Indian Sour Chickpea Corn Bread
Tasty Express – Simple, stylish & delicious dishes for people on the go is the first book from Australian-based blogger/designer/photographer Sneh Roy of Cook Republic. A pocket-powerhouse of enviable talent, Tasty Express is more than just another feather in Sneh's already overflowing cap. An amazing photographer with a unique style, Sneh has been blogging and sharing recipes for over eight years. Then last year she not only won a host of blogging awards but secured a book deal -- … [Read more...]
Sticky Date & Chai Hot Cross Buns
It's been a bit busy on the work front, and subsequently a bit quiet around here lately, but I couldn't let Easter pass without yet another Hot Cross Bun recipe. Spiked with chai tea and plenty of spices, the dates are kneaded into the dough creating swirls throughout the soft, just-sweet buns. Simple and a bit moody (the day, the buns and the styling), they gave me the perfect excuse to pull out my new crafty, DIY tiled background. Half of these went to work with RJ, the other half … [Read more...]
