When I was living in the UK, I joined a book club with a great bunch of people who quickly became good friends. We’d pick a book. Meet every six weeks or so. Talk about the book. Our likes and dislikes. And when we were finished, we’d rate the book out of five. The evenings […]
It’s been a good few months now since I packed up home in London and returned to Sydney and I’m surprised to realise just how quickly I’d started to take the everyday things here for granted within such a relatively short period of time. Over the past two weeks I’ve had a chance to play […]
I’ve experimented with various chocolate cake recipes over the years, but it’s this boiled chocolate cake which I keep returning to time and again, thanks to its simplicity and the wonderfully moist cake the recipe produces each time without fail. It also holds a particularly special place in my heart, being the first cake I […]
I love salads. This might be a little surprising, given the conspicuous absence of any salads here on A Sweet Muddle before today, but I do. I love making them. I love creating new variations of them. And of course, I love eating them. When it comes to salads, the options are endless. Along with […]
A little while back now, I came across a recipe and accompanying photos for a lime flavoured granita, and it looked so mouth-wateringly tasty and refreshing that I’ve been wanting to try my hand at making my own ever since. Granita, also known as granita siciliana, is a semi-frozen icy dessert somewhat similar to sorbet […]
I know technically its not yet summer, but summer is just around the corner and it certainly has been feeling a lot like it of late. On those summery days when the mercury isn’t set to spike off the charts, I find that a light soup is a great way to enjoy some of summer’s […]
I’m sure most of you are by now familiar with Dia de Muertos or Day of the Dead. For the benefit of those who aren’t, it’s a traditional Mexican festival honouring their dearly departed, which unlike its name suggests falls over not one, but two days – the 1st and 2nd November. Its origin stems […]
For those of you reading this from somewhere in the US or Canada, you might be surprised to know that there was a time not so long ago when Halloween wasn’t celebrated here in Australia. Imagine that. A childhood with no Halloween. No trick or treating, no costumes and no carving jack-o-lanterns. While it’s […]