Plum and Avocado Pastries

Hard to pass the window of Fatto a Mano without stopping to look for today’s surprise. The odd combination of … More

Pea Buckwheat and Mint Salad

Ode to a salad consumed at Peppermint Bay: Prepare 1 cup of buckwheat following directions on the packet. Drain and … More

Banana and Oat Breakfast Cake is a crowd-pleasing addition to the holiday baking arsenal: a cake with the texture of a … More

Experimented with the basic muffin technique today. Spooned a third of a teaspoon of drained peppercorns pickled in vinegar into each … More

Have been baking a batch of Honey-toasted Fruit Muesli almost weekly. Varied the seeds and fruit added to the mixture; … More

Assembled a meal from recipes featured on recently aired SBS cooking shows and its food site. Peter Kuruvita’s Beetroot curry with … More

Crumb envy? Seek the perfect muffin technique, rather than the perfect muffin recipe. Remove 2 eggs from the refrigerator Measure … More

Bit behind in cataloging recipes on the blog. Catching up with pizza toppings enjoyed lately.They all start with a bare, … More

Braised a batch of Oxtail with Orange, Olives and Walnuts, but decomposed the recipe so that diners could pick and … More

Linking a post from my other blog as it shows the food we have been enjoying in Sri Lanka.