Monthly Archives: October 2008
A contrary Spring, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Biscuits.
Spring is not behaving. I mentioned it before, when a sticky date decadence appeared earlier in October, but this is just out of control. Miserable rain, blustery conditions have seen Sydneysiders unpack their recently mothballed winter clothes and grudgingly pull their heavy jackets back into service. Only to be followed mere days later by midsummer [...]
Pasta Primavera
Springtime. Springtime means new blooms, hayfever, the end of stewing for another season (and the start of salads) and new vegetables. How better to celebrate Spring (and the onset of actual Spring weather, here in Sydney) than with a Pasta Primavera. Fresh, lightly cooked asparagus, colourful shards of juicy capsicum, underpinned with a classic soffritto [...]
The most divine lemon cheesecake.
This cheesecake was a happy mistake. I wanted to make something for dessert, and for some reason had all the ingredients for this cake, except biscuits for a base. The idea of an extra lemony lemon cheesecake grabbed me, though, and a lack of biscuits couldn’t dissuade me. I got the idea of making a [...]
Spiced Cauliflower Soup
It is a joy not to rush. A lazy Sunday morning, a relaxing summer evening, sleeping in, dawdling. It is a beautiful thing to take things slowly, to simply enjoy the moment. I feel the same way about discovery. To find everything out at once would be overwhelming, disappointingly leaving nothing for the future. This [...]
Radish and Apple Salad.
A radish is a strange beast. Juicy and spicy and crispy. It is also a polarising vegetable. I used to never buy them (though I did often eat freshly picked specimens at home), but I was yet to be converted to radishism. F, on the other hand was definitely in the ‘i hate radishes’ camp, [...]
