My mother has a fantastic recipe for Almond crescents, which for some reason I found myself craving last weekend. She hasn’t baked them in an incredibly long time, so I’ve no idea why my craving for them set in so strongly over the weekend. I’ve never made them myself before, and unfortunately for me I […]
Happy Australia Day everyone! For those of you reading this from somewhere in Australia, I hope you have a fantastic day and are enjoying your long weekend! And for everyone else? Why not join in our national celebrations today by making some of these gorgeous mini pavlovas!
It’s a particularly grey and gloomy view from my window today. It’s also Wednesday, hump day, and I seem to have a case of the mid-week blues. So to make a somewhat grey Wednesday a little brighter… well, at least for the berry lovers amongst us, I thought I’d share this quick berry tart with […]
Watermelon holds a special place in my heart. So juicy, sweet and refreshing. One of life’s simple pleasures, especially on a swelteringly hot day. When I was a child, my mother used to tell me that my love for watermelon had to do with it being one of the things she craved most during those […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Follow my blog with Bloglovin With summer just around the corner, and the run of indulgent sweets on the blog of late, I thought I’d try and share something with you this week that is not only is a little decadent, but is also good for you (in small doses). It’s not as impossible as […]