Author Archives: Michelle

Dip Fromage Frais Coriandre (Fresh Cheese & Cilantro Dip)

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Michelle

This little appetizer is so easy you could almost call it a suggestion rather than a recipe, and it comes from one of my most loved sites – Chocolate & Zucchini. This blog has a wonderful array of recipes, in … Continue reading →

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Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Michelle

The desire to make this cake came last Sunday night whilst I was watching one of my favourite TV shows – Desperate Housewives. For those of you that know the character Bree, she is a phenomonal cook and made a Pineapple Upside … Continue reading →

Posted in Cakes, Fruit, Morning Teas/High Teas | 5 Comments

Salad of Duck, Fennel & Watercress

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Michelle

  Almost anything with duck is a favourite dish of mine, Peking Duck, Duck Confit, Duck on Pork Belly with Lentils (an old Bayswater Brasserie favourite) – even a duck terrine. Having said that I don’t actually cook with it alot, … Continue reading →

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Gnocchi with Short Rib Ragu

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Michelle

I know this is hardly a Spring dish but I just thought I would get in one last cool weather comfort meal before we are suffocated in the insane heat and humidity that Summer (and Spring) can bring to a big city. … Continue reading →

Posted in Mains, Meat, Pasta/Noodles | 2 Comments

Momofuku Blueberry & Cream Cookies

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Michelle

I had a few kitchen mishaps today which resulted in a quick flick through my must-cook-cookie-compendium to find something to bake for this afternoons post. It wasn’t a difficult choice, I have made two things created by Christina Tosi and … Continue reading →

Posted in Biscuits/Cookies/Slices/Bars, Childrens Parties, Morning Teas/High Teas, Picnic Food | 3 Comments

Chocolate Marmalade Dessert Cake

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Michelle

For me, this cake has Easter written all over it – and not because it contains chocolate but because it was served to me one Easter as part of what has to be the best Easter brunch I have ever … Continue reading →

Posted in Cakes, Chocolate, Desserts, Morning Teas/High Teas, Picnic Food | 2 Comments

Hot Cross Buns

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Michelle

Up until now every Easter has been the same. Me, getting up at the crack of dawn to make Hot Cross Buns – pummelling my way through a truckload of dough, making awkward looking crosses, ceremoniously taking them out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Breads, Breakfast, Morning Teas/High Teas | 6 Comments

Orange Butter Biscuits with Cointreau Glaze

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Michelle

  These biscuits (cookies) came to be when I tried to re-create a favourite of mine from my childhood (circa 1970’s).  They were an Arnotts biscuit in the shape of a flower with a hole in the middle and orange … Continue reading →

Posted in Biscuits/Cookies/Slices/Bars, Morning Teas/High Teas, Picnic Food | 3 Comments

Romesco Potatoes

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Michelle

This recipe comes from one of my favourite cook books, Sunday Suppers at Lucques. Its author Suzanne Goin never fails to please with her gift of producing recipes that can only be described as spectacular (the Hazelnut Brown Butter Cake … Continue reading →

Posted in Sides, Vegetables, Vegetarian | 3 Comments

Blini with Smoked Salmon & Roe

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Michelle

I have had more unappealing blinis in my cocktailing years than I would like to admit and I have often wondered how something so simple can go so horribly wrong but I think some of it has to do with … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, Morning Teas/High Teas, Nibbles & hors d'oeuvres, Picnic Food, Seafood, Starters | 1 Comment