Nick and I got married a just over a month ago. Unfortunately I do not have the words to describe it without resorting to cliché, so all I will say is that we both thought the wedding was great. Here are some details and pictures… Our wedding was reasonably untraditional. It began in the evening … Continue reading »
There are times when I feel like my cooking has gone well, but rarely have I made something so successful as this sorbet. When I discovered how easy it was to make sorbet with an ice cream maker, during my month of being vegan, I decided to experiment a little, and came up with this. … Continue reading »
I have a great weakness for custard (crème anglaise) – I suspect about fifty per cent of desserts and cakes could be improved with some custard poured over them. This is, I have realised since moving to the United States, a rather English mentality. While I would smother apple crumble or Eve’s pudding in thick, … Continue reading »
Once again, it is the time of year when I put up my very-belated post about the most recent Christmas. Plenty of reasons why it is a bit late this year - the whole time really was packed with big events, but, as always, my parents put on a beautiful Christmas in their home in Sydney. … Continue reading »
I have been placed in charge of doing desserts this Christmas, and I have already begun making food-based Christmas gifts, so there is a lot of season-appropriate recipe-posting to come. However, I suspect most posts will come after Christmas (at least after the point at which they would be much good for anyone who wanted to … Continue reading »
So I am back in Australia again, and in between working on funding applications and a paper on the public accessibility of concepts, I have also been also ‘organizing’ my wedding (which is in less than three weeks). Well, organize is putting it loosely as we did most of the prep work while in the … Continue reading »
