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Chewy Chunky Blondies

  My daughters announced today that it was cookie time again, it must have been torture for them waiting so long – I mean it’s been a week since we made the Linzer Cookies – a whole week!  what a terrible … Continue reading

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Wagyu Beef & Shiitake Pies

There was a breath of Spring in the air today and it felt really good not to go outside looking like a sherpa. It is still too early to hang out at the markets looking for spring produce but I … Continue reading

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White Chocolate Cheesecakes

  It’s Valentines Day tomorrow and we have a special tradition in our fairly new family and that is to celebrate the day as a family. To cut a long story short – my husband and I also have another anniversary in early March, … Continue reading

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Roasted Winter Vegetables with Polenta and Salsa Verde

  I made something like this many years ago for a dinner party because I had a few vegetarian friends coming over. Everyone liked it so much that my poor roast sat there virtually untouched. I have since searched high … Continue reading

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Linzer Heart Cookies

  I love the sentiment of Valentines Day, cards with tender tones, flowers and various tokens of admiration – quite clearly I am a total romantic. I also love hearts, so it’s alot of fun to have Valentines Day as a reason to decorate … Continue reading

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Apple & Pear Amaretti Crumbles

  Your humble fruit crumble takes on a rustic Italian feel with this lovely, feel good, wintery dessert. I love this particular recipe because it contains marsala, almond meal and crushed amaretti biscuits, giving it quite a distinct almond flavour with a … Continue reading

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Broccolini with Italian Herb Oil

  Is broccolini the pretty sibling of broccoli? no, it’s more of a step sibling – actually being a hybrid of broccoli and kai-lan (a Chinese broccoli – not the cartoon character). It is sweeter in taste than the stockier looking broccoli … Continue reading

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Olive Oil and Sauternes Cake with Roast Pears

  Once again I get to raphsodise about yet another Neil Perry masterpiece. I found this recipe while I was trawling through my Neil Perry file looking for one of his Thai curries to cook. I was thinking that something hot, spicy and … Continue reading

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Lemon Tassies

Did you know that lemon is the new chocolate? I read this somewhere recently and I would have to agree. It appears that all over the place people are casting aside their slabs of couverture chocolate, cocoa and chocolate drops to celebrate this … Continue reading

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English Flapjacks

Flapjacks are one of those things that take me back to a certain time in my life and it wasn’t that long ago. I had just given birth to my first daughter, so grappling with no sleep and the initial … Continue reading

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