Occasional stories, food and travel inspiration
I've been meaning to make chocolate bark ever since I saw Chocome's deluxe version at the Adelaide Good Food & Wine Show back in October. Then ...
My brother likes buying things. Like most males, he doesn't buy a lot of things but when he does shop, he buys big-ticket items. A windsurfer. A vi...
We always have a big lunch on Christmas Day with around two dozen family and friends. It's always a joyful day, with incredible food (everybody brings...
I love watching people cook. People always do things differently to me, in ways I had never considered. So I always learn about something new - a ...
Eating healthier is something I'm always keen on. I don't mean eating less fat because I don't believe in diets - dieting is like having no sex or no ...
There is an easy way and a hard way to do anything. According to my mother, I always pick the hard way. It's just one of my charming personality tr...
I'm a big fan of acclaimed Australian/Sri-Lankan cookbook author, Charmaine Solomon. The woman can really cook. And she can write, too, having trai...
We have this amazing smallgoods producer in South Australia called Standom, who make all kinds of smoked and preserved meat products. How good are ...
'Tis the season to be jolly, tra la la la la, la la la la. Regular readers will know that we had a rather spectacular Great Australian Pavlova Blog...
I'm secretly day-dreaming about moving my family to the Barossa Valley, Australia's most famous wine region. If we were living in the Barossa Valle...
Designed to showcase the skill of the Chef and the kitchen, the degustation menu is as much about showmanship and spectacle as it is about the creativ...
Welcome to The Great Australian Pavlova Blog Hop! This post should really be called How Not To Make a Pavlova. Let me explain. A few weeks ago ...
