Sweets
“We’re not making Quay food today,” Peter Gilmore tells us, easing the blow with a friendly chuckle. “Tonight’s all about ways we can make home entertaining easier.” I couldn’t have been more relieved to hear this: his Quay cookbook – though an amazing visual read...
You’ve never had French toast like this before… This fantastic recipe by Peter Gilmore will make an excellent dessert and equally an amazing indulgent breakfast. The custard soaked brioche is the real highlight of this dish and the double-sided caramel coating is just the icing...
When I was in the Hunter Valley a couple of weeks ago, I had the most amazing ricotta hotcakes prepared by Ben Farley, the founder of Bar-Be School. I dare say they were better than the ones at Bills, so I thought I’d share this...
With last year’s gingerbread tree a giant success, we were ready to up the ante for this year’s Christmas party centrepiece with a gingerbread house! While my friends and I joked about making it lifesize (a la Heston’s Feasts), we knew the sensible approach would...
In keeping with our office’s Melbourne Cup tradition, we all brought in a plate of something sweet to celebrate the big race. I decided to go with pink lamingtons, which seemed suitably festive given the theme. I adapted a recipe I found on Taste and...
I recently received an invitation to attend a cooking class with Casa Barilla. It was upon receiving this invite that I realised I had never done a cooking class before. I wasn’t sure what to expect and dreaded reliving my high school food tech classes....
We had three of the Tastebuds over for dinner last Saturday to watch the Socceroos’ must-win match against Ghana. The Tastebuds tend to get a little carried away when we’re together – especially when it comes to food. With dessert already in the oven, we...
Have you ever had a love at first sight moment with food? I sure have, and I fell hard. The sticky date pudding on last season’s Masterchef set my heart aflutter and it took me a good while to recover. Sticky date pudding is the...
I love seeing new recipes that take a fresh spin on an old classic. And who better to inspire me this Christmas season than the master of reinvention, Adriano Zumbo? This month’s Gourmet Traveller magazine features a collection of Christmas themed recipes from Adriano Zumbo....
What better way to spend your Sunday than a High Tea brunch with your very best girls? I always feel a little cheated paying $45 a head for High Tea. So I set out trying to recreate the special experience at home. I made all...
On a high after my first winning batch of macarons, I cracked four eggs and aged the egg whites over the work week in anticipation for a mega macaron making session on Friday night. But when Friday rolled by, Mr. Taste spilt most of my...
Two dozen eggs, four packets of almond meal and a kilo of icing sugar later…. I finally made my first successful batch of macarons. All in all, I tried three methods, six different recipes and read another 20 – and it was a recipe by...
