White Chocolate Bread Pudding Made with Tea Infused Cream

May 5, 2013
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A month or so ago I received a high tea cookbook from the PR company for Dilmah Tea. Along with the book came an invitation to submit a recipe for their contest. The contest is for recipes where Dilmah tea is used in some way, either a recipe or a pairing. I flipped through the [...]

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In My Kitchen

May 3, 2013
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I’ve been wanting to do an “in my kitchen” post for oh, a year now, but so much going on, nothing much IN my kitchen to talk about or I forgot.  It’s one of those reasons all the time. Today is different.  I got some cool things last weekend.  Last week I received my much [...]

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Food Styling, Food Photography & Food Tales

May 2, 2013
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Food Tales is a joint venture of the Queensland Writers Centre and the State Library of Queensland where they feature some of Queensland and Australia’s best-loved food writers.  They are held in different parts of the state and it’s always about writing and food. On May 11th at the Maleny Community Center’s newly refurbished auditorium, [...]

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Meet Fran Flint

April 28, 2013
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Can you believe it? Another Yank in Oz who loves to cook. Fran Flint even studied French cuisine at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris so I suspect that puts her 11 notches ahead of me. That’s okay because I’m pretty sure I can learn a trick or two from her.  I think we all can. [...]

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“It Don’t Rot”

April 27, 2013
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I know, another story from the olden days but I promise this one is very relevant to our lives today.  My grandmother was born in 1879.  Yeah, scary.  She was over 50 when my mother, her 13th child, was born and although my mother didn’t start having babies early,  I’m no spring chicken. When you’re [...]

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How Artistic is YOUR Food?

April 24, 2013
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After looking at the creations that Leah Rosenberg of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has made, I look at my food photos and think, “I think I could’a done better.”  Aren’t these dishes clever? Leah was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan but was raised in Canada.  She’s a painter, sculptor and cake maker.  [...]

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Tomato Chilli Jam

April 22, 2013
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I like ketchup.  I eat it with a meat pie or on a burger or with my fries.  When I was served this tomato chilli jam recently I instantly thought, “give me ketchup.”  I’m quite grateful that I didn’t say what I was thinking because it was really good.  It was tomatoey but it also [...]

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My Audience of One

April 20, 2013
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I was at a local business get-together recently and someone asked me who my audience was, expecting me to say, “Women, 30-55, 2.1 children, works full time, etc.”  You know the drill with the 30-second elevator speech. At this point the group scene was like a cartoon with about 8 people who’d been in other [...]

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Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Topping

April 18, 2013
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Although I’m a dinky di Aussie, I’m also a true blue American. A sweet potato casserole is ALWAYS on my Thanksgiving table (which ends up being Spring here) and if I’m honest it would be on every table I sit down at if it weren’t for that quick but frightening peek of my lard ass [...]

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