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- Oct 5
Flakes
"flake - a small, very thin layer or piece of something, especially one that has broken off from something" Oxford Learners'...
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- Sep 30
Two English experiments
"We would be foolish not to try everything at least once." Nigel Slater I seem to have been on a bit of an English kick of late. Is...
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- Sep 11
Flummery
"The word 'flummery' later came to have generally pejorative connotations of a bland, empty, and unsatisfying food. From this use,...
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- Sep 2
Fruit toad in the hole - Clafoutis
"This seemingly simple recipe baffled me for many years, as I endlessly ended up with a leaden duffer of a pud, so much so that I quite...
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- Aug 30
Bitter sweet - chocolate mousse memories
"No matter how many new desserts come along, the classic chocolate mousse is rarely met with anything but delight." Nigel Slater This is...
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- Jun 7
Lemon curd - sweet or savoury?
"The best lemon curd is the colour of the sun" Nigel Slater I made some lemon curd the other day. Not something I do on a regular basis...
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- May 21
Mundane to trendy and back to mundane
"blandly milky, comfortingly stodgy, and just the thing to use up all the staling half loaves left hanging around by Christmas guests who...
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- May 15
Smidgens
"Smidgen - a small amount of something." Oxford Languages Smidgens the chocolates Actually Smidgens are also an American chocolate...
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- May 7
A rainy day dish
"The recipe is pretty simple, but not for the calorie-conscious" Australian Food Timeline It's a miserable day and we have promised to...
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- May 4
Coincidence, heaven and bougatsa
"a dessert called bougatsa made her believe in heaven." Michelle de Kretser Next week is book group week and I am currently reading the...
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- Apr 16
Knafeh
The picture above is from the latest Coles Magazine and featured in their Cooking Club segment - in which one of the' ordinary' people...
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- Mar 3
Pears and prunes
" He doesn't bore you with gracious cadence and profound emptiness" Jane Grigson Well I suspect that I am about to bore you but probably...
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- Jan 27
Whim whams
"This kind of thing is more a delicious mouthful at the end of a meal, than a pudding." Jane Grigson It's not the end of a meal - I'm...
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- Jan 11
By the way
"By the way - used to introduce a new subject to be considered or to give further information" Cambridge English Dictionary Yes it's one...
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- Dec 30, 2022
I have six egg yolks
"they are a magical ingredient that can transform a drab dish into something divine and spectacular." Tom Hunt You might remember that...
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- Dec 23, 2022
Baubles
"Bauble - a showy but worthless or useless thing" Collins English Dictionary In our house it's sort of Christmas Eve today because...
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- Nov 26, 2022
Baked apples - so many ways
"All millionaires love a baked apple" Ronald Firbank This all started with a purchase of a big bag of i'Mperfect apples from Coles by...
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- Nov 13, 2022
Trifles
"Trifle - a matter or object of little value or importance." Cambridge English Dictionary I guess I'm hoping that what I write, although...
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- Oct 30, 2022
Don't throw that spent corn cob away
"Spent corn cobs harbour masses of flavour that is a shame to waste." Tom Hunt Because - would you believe? - you can make this gorgeous...
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- Jun 20, 2022
Affagato in the Yarra Valley
"a yin-yang culinary affair, resulting in a moment of instant bliss. It’s easy to marvel at the sheer effortlessness of it all with that...
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