A friend tweeted me a week or so ago asking if I had a recipe for Fig and Olive Tapenade. I didn't, but to say it peaked my interest would be an understatement. She was looking for a recipe as, thanks to a full roll call of allergies, it is one of the only things she can add to a cheese platter and actually eat. As you can imagine she was sick of paying through the nose for tiny jars. This month's cheese-themed Sweet Adventures Blog Hop was the perfect reason to put my recipe … [Read more...]
Baked Ricotta Cheesecake with Fig & Strawberry Compote
This story begins and ends with me eating cake for breakfast so, if you get worried along the way, be safe in the knowledge that everything will be ok. On cheesecake and fat If you are going to eat cheesecake just accept that it should be full fat. You can try to mess with it, go low-fat, but honestly ... why bother? It's cheesecake. I'm not going to get into the pro/con argument over fat, there are plenty of people leading that particular charge just fine on their own, but keep in mind … [Read more...]
Gumtree Garden – The Rocks, Sydney (feeding my design addiction)
If there were more hours in the day what would you like to do? Of course there are the obvious answers -- spend more time with family, cure hunger, create world peace (I'm so Miss Universe material) -- but those aside what would hobby would you take up? What skill would you learn just for yourself? It should come as no surprise that I'm an extremely visual person and, although food is my first love, I have a secret, burning passion for design. I would love to be able to take a room and … [Read more...]
Chargrilled Broad Beans
I'm kind of stuck right now. Pulled this way and that, feeling as if very few things are actually moving in a forward direction while others zoom right past. I haven't been posting much lately as I can't seem to find anything to write. The recipes come, as do the photos, but then I simply draw a blank. I thought taking a bit of time out would help, reignite the words perhaps, but it hasn't. So instead of waiting or writing rubbish just to fill in spaces I'm going to stick with what works … [Read more...]
November Photo Challenge 2013 #eatfoodphotos: The Food Photo-A-Day!
I tried this month, I really did, weeks ago. And then somehow it was the end of the month - how does that happen? Anyway here it is, a new Food Photo a Day list for November! I've changed up the hashtag this time around so rather than updating it each month we have our own little ongoing #eatfoodphotos collection where you can see all the pics from the monthly challenges. I’ll be playing along per usual on Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr – pop by and say hello. It’s easy to join in for … [Read more...]
In My Kitchen: September/October 2013
As good as it was to be off on another adventure it is so very good to be back in my own kitchen and eating veggies on a regular basis. I contemplated doing a collage of the food we ate while we were away but there is just too much of it... I'm not even kidding. Most of the fun things from our holiday ended up on Instagram so if you are looking to waste time, plan an eating holiday, or just make yourself hungry go for it. In the meantime here are a few things from before we left, things … [Read more...]
Grape & Rosemary Focaccia – Schiacciata Con l’Uva
The air is heady and sweet, greeting us as we turn into the driveway, painting our thoughts purple. It is the scent of bubblegum and ice blocks and lollies, the scent associated with most grape-flavoured childhood treats, yet not usually with real grapes. We stand in the middle of the wide green yard, taking in the vineyard's proud perfume for a moment before we wave absentmindedly back at the farmhouse and head for the leafy rows. Dodging dogs, skipping over patches of poison ivy … [Read more...]
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