My cookbook collection has grown over the years with most sitting on my bookshelf collecting dust. I tend to google just before cooking with the intention of saving time, but it doesn’t always work out that way. So one of my many 2015 New Years Foodie Resolutions is to start cooking more recipes from my…
It was a pleasant surprise to receive Sophie Zalokar’s beautiful new cookbook Food of the Southern Forests in the post. I had met Sophie earlier this year as part of Taste Great Southern and was inspired by her passion for the Western Australia’s Southern Forests Region. Over a coffee, I learnt how Sophie started out…
I pretty much use Continental French Onion Simmer Soup for everything except soup I love that it is an easy way to add flavour to whatever I’m cooking. My two fav dishes to make with Continental French Onion Simmer Soup is a Cream Cheese dip and my trusty Potato Bake. The French Onion Cream Cheese Dip is my…
I love my sweets and will always check out the dessert menu before deciding on mains and entrees. So with my new found time at home and in the kitchen I’ve been getting into my baking. When I was working full-time in the city, one of the girls in my department used to bring in the…
Since the arrival of junior burger I’ve gotten to know my kitchen very well! For those of you who follow my blog you’ll recall I was dining out 4 out of 7 nights with the “intent” of cooking more. Each year the goal to cook more was on my New Year’s Resolution list but as the year went…
It was a pleasure to be invited to celebrate the launch of Jazz Apple’s 2014 season and taste the first apples fresh off the orchard at Crown Perth’s Bistro Guillaume last Wednesday evening. Since meeting local producers and chefs in Western Australia’s Great Southern at the beginning of the year, I’ve been absolutely inspired by…
I’ve been craving (and eating) all things sweet last month thanks to junior burger, so when Pure Glow Cleanse approached me to do a 3-day cold-pressed juice detox I thought it would be a fab idea. Pure Glow Cleanse started in April 2013 when there were no cold-pressed juice cleanse detox delivery companies operating in…
I get absolutely inspired by foodies who have the drive and courage to turn their dreams into reality. Today I met Jac Olsen, a young Perth Chef by trade, who just launched Au Naturale’, a cold pressed juice delivery business. Jac grew up living by the beach in the northern suburbs of Perth and always…
From speaking to my friends, it seems that there’s an arrangement where one partner does the cooking and the other the dishes. In my house, burger boy manages the outside duties like mowing the lawn and taking the rubbish out whilst the kitchen is all mine – cooking and cleaning. I’m a pretty messy cook,…
Last week, I was challenged to develop Australia’s best chocolate raspberry brownie in celebration of Nespresso’s limited edition Cioccorosso (intensity 6) variation blend. And boy it was a challenge for me! As most of you know I don’t usually bake, the first brownie I ever made was Donna Hay’s molten chocolate chunk brownie packet mix…
22/11/13 update - Thanks everyone for entering my Wiltshire Enamelware competition and sharing your Christmas food festivities! Congrats to winners Wendy Le Fevre, Melissa Jones & Katherine Ryan who have each won a super cute retro Wiltshire Enamelware Set. Here’s what Wendy, Melissa & Katherine will be eating over Christmas: Wendy “It’s always a…
Thanks to Woolworths, I have a $100 gift voucher to give to one foodie cravings reader and a basket of Woolworths Macro Gluten Free products to put to the test. There’s been a lot of talk about healthier eating of late so for your chance to WIN a $100 Woolworths Voucher, simply share your favourite healthy…
The winner of a Scanpan Three-Piece Saucepan Set thanks to Kitchenware Superstore is Ali. Ali can’t live without her oven: “My oven recently stopped working, and I’ve only been using the stovetop. It’s been awful, so my vote goes for an oven!!!” Thanks for entering everyone! —- Thanks to Kitchenware Superstore, I have this shiny three-piece…
I love hearing stories about those who take the plunge to start their own business, so when I was approached by Paul Trappitt to help spread the word about his new Perth venture, FreedomWiFi, I was more than happy to write a sponsored post. Paul’s timing was perfect. On Tuesday, I was woken up the…
I’m not usually a bourbon drinker but my burger boy loves his bourbon so when a sponsored American Honey opportunity came up, he was pretty keen. I picked up this massive 1L bottle of Wild Turkey American Honey from Dan Murphy’s ($54.99) tonight and took it home to a happy burger boy. I’m told the…
