Pretzels
“Meet the teacher day” means kids home in the middle of the week. It means other kids hanging out here too and lots of hungry people.…
Ode to a celeriac
I picked up this gorgeous guy at the grocery store. Have you ever cooked with celeriac? For such an ugly vegetable it quite honestly produces the…
A year of deliciousness
Last night’s Masterchef was all about the Country Women’s Association and their classic baking recipes – lamingtons, scones, neopolitan cake, fruit cake, and a jam. The…
School Lunches – words and pictures
When I was little I went to a nice school in a leafy suburb in Adelaide. It was the 1970s so we wore roman sandals and my uniform…
If you’ve got cake, girl, you’ve got friends
*** UPDATED to say it’s SELF RAISING FLOUR! Sorry! *** After the day before yesterday’s cake baking revelations I meant to publish the revised recipe as…
Cake Sabotage
Ahhhahaha!! Let me say that again; AHAHAHHHHAHAHAH! That’s ten years of pent-up baking angst. We have had an ongoing cake drama, my mum and I –…