When I was in Ethiopia for two months, I re-read the Harry Potter books to get that warm, cosy feeling of being somewhere familiar. Everything around me was completely different to anything I was used to. The language was different, mini buses that fit more people than they should were different and the delicious injera … More Simple sushi makes anywhere feel like home
Airy cafes with greenery cascading down the walls and naked lightbulbs hanging from the ceiling weren’t the first to discover that brownies could be the perfect vessel for hiding nutritious veggies. Sweet potato brownies may be having a moment right now but many years ago my family found out the shocking way that the rich, … More Hiding veggies in baking is an age-old tradition, just ask Mum
Sometimes you just need to make bread to switch off the screen and give your brain a break. To learn the art of something other than how to get the most likes on a post. To relish the satisfaction of something gratifying that can’t be obtained in an instant and keeps giving for much longer. … More Sometimes you just need to make bread
Gelatine treats me like a lover who’s scorned him. After one big stuff up that left his integrity in ruins, I’ve made a couple of other missteps along the way that have destroyed what was left of his goodwill. The stuff up happened when I was young, naive and just starting to dabble in cookery. … More Berry Cashew Cheesecake
Building egg baskets out of spotty, pastel paper and sticking cotton buds on bunny ears are rites of passage for little tackers at Easter time. But when you’re over the age of 13 and don’t have kids, it can be a little harder to justify your love of Easter art and craft. For those of … More Raw Chocolate Caramel-Filled Easter Eggs
There is no better insight into a chef’s love of food than their compiling of recipes into a cookbook, and passion is what jumps out from every page of Neil Perry’s most recent culinary Bible, Simply Good Food. The dark tones used throughout the book are reminiscent of candle-lit dinners and allude to Perry’s love of … More Neil Perry’s Guide to Keeping it Simple, Stupid
Overnight oats are porridge’s cooler, less needy cousin that don’t need all the microwave zapping, mindless stirring and tongue burning that ain’t nobody got time for in the morning. Throw them together the night before, which will take about as much effort as preparing a bowl of Nutri-Grain, and in the morning you can press … More Snoozers’ Strawberry Overnight Oats
Visiting Seven Seeds gives you a sense of what it was like when Alice fell down the rabbit hole. You will most likely walk past it several times before realising it’s there, because an industrial door and some grey-blue bricks carefully disguise it. But once you make the discovery and push through that heavy door, … More Seven Seeds — Carlton’s Own Wonderland
Bliss balls have gone mainstream and kale’s cruciferious companions are green with envy at its popularity, and all the while chickpea cupcakes are dying to be cut a break. It could be that us health nuts have just been really good at keeping them a secret, or maybe it’s the fact that eating them seems … More Chocolate Chickpea Cupcakes
St Rose is like a younger sibling that is determined to take steps two-at-a-time so they don’t miss out on any of the action. With the role models of Top Paddock, Three Bags Full and Auction Rooms, this small Essendon café has been taking quantum leaps in order to keep up with the big boys of Melbourne brunch. … More St Rose Strides Ahead
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