Chocolate & Raspberry Brownies

Chocolate & Raspberry Brownies Like this recipe? You’ll love my online cooking class featuring the food of America’s Deep South! This American classic is one of the easiest sweet treats to make. The recipe could be written in one sentence: melt butter and chocolate, whisk eggs and sugar, combine, fold in flour and bake. The […]

Classic Pavlova

Classic Pavlova Like this classic pavlova recipe? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class inspired by Matt Moran! Let’s skip the Australia vs New Zealand debate and just agree that a classic pavlova (as light as the ballerina Anna Pavlova), is delicious and much easier to make than it looks. The secret to a light […]

Mozzarella Grilled in Lemon Leaves

Mozzarella Grilled in Lemon Leaves Join my food & wine tour to Southern Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! I discovered mozzarella grilled in lemon leaves on the Amalfi coast, where lemons are a way of life. It’s delicious and so very simple to make, especially if you (or a neighbour) have a lemon […]

Date and Walnut Roll

Date & Walnut Roll Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class inspired by Matt Moran! If I’m baking, it has to be super-easy, like this delicious date and walnut roll that I don’t even need to get the electric mixer out for. I remember my Aunty Dorothy making these when I was […]

Breakfast Parfait

Breakfast Parfait Like this recipe?Find more delicious brunch recipes here! I’m not much for breakfast, except on weekends when I have time for a leisurely brunch on the veranda with a big bowl of coffee and my latest cookbook. Then I do like the crunch of toasted muesli (especially Phillippa’s cranberry granola) with the creamy […]

Lime Slice

Lime Slice Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Caribbean cooking class inspired by Paul Carmichael! I recently had an abundance of limes, so made this delicious lime slice. You could use lemons, oranges or any other citrus, you might just want to adjust the sugar level depending on the sweetness of the juice. The […]

Spiced Orange Ice Cream Sandwich

Spiced Orange Ice Cream Sandwich Like this recipe? You’ll love my online cooking class Inspired by Janni Kyritsis! I created these spiced orange ice cream sandwiches as ‘hot & cold cross buns’ for Good Friday, using a cross template cut from cardboard to decorate the top. They’re great anytime though decorated with other shapes, such […]

Warm Duck & Orange Salad

Warm Duck & Orange Salad Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! I created this recipe one day when I wanted to make duck à l’orange, but it was so hot that it morphed into a warm salad instead. Duck breasts are surprisingly easy to cook, or pick […]

Orange Pots de Crème

Orange Pots de Crème Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! Isn’t nature clever, making citrus fruit abundant in winter when we need its vitamin C most? These easy custard pots are a great way to use excess oranges; the recipe is inspired by one from Stephanie Alexander’s […]

Orange & Almond Impossible Pie

Orange & Almond Impossible Pie Like this recipe? You’ll love my online cooking class featuring the food of America’s Deep South! Impossible pie is so named because all the ingredients are mixed together in one bowl and then ‘miraculously’ separate into three layers in the oven, giving a soft pie base, a creamy custard filling […]

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