Making a splash at the end of the holidays

The end of the holidays is here.  Eloise is back at school today and my little girls are having their Best Start assessments before they start officially on Thursday.  I'm probably one of the few parents around who has not been counting down the days til the end of the holidays - quite the opposite.  I've been trying to savour...

Sunday Baking Project: Decadent birthday cake - Bombe Alaska

When I was a child, this was my birthday cake of choice.  I've said before I'm not really a huge cake lover and I've never been fond of icing as a child but sweet tooth?  Yes, I put my hand up proudly.  Bombe Alaska was 'the' dessert of the 70's along with crepes suzette - but of course no-one wants to give flaming crepes...

Easy peasy tangy tamarind drumsticks

Now I realise you probably won't have tamarind paste in your fridge or pantry - but it's a worthwhile paste to have as it forms the base of many a thai curry and these - which I think have middle eastern origins.  I wanted to serve something aromatic, a little spicy with some freshness and really - this is a fabulous spring or summer...

A glimpse at our Australia day - how was yours?

Last year I chastised myself as I hardly took any photos - luckily my friends did but this year we took it to new levels -hardly anyone did!  Only a few and mainly of food (this I call food bloggers curse) but I hope you like them.  Good news is I have a whole lotta new recipes to share with you in the coming days! It was a pretty...

Disneyland's Bengal Beef skewers!

Yes, I'm serious.  Disneyland has a cookbook - a few actually.  This recipe got my attention because they are one of the more popular dishes at Disneyland and it looked spicy, but not too spicy, not too many ingredients and using every day ingredients. I have adapted it for Australian ingredients so it's not strictly kosher but...

Stationery! My tips and something to win!

Now you may think the only stationery you're going to need this year is for the kids.  Yes, well most schools do distribute a stationery list and then if you have older kids they'll be begging you for the latest, coolest, 'everyone's got' bits of stationery. I found myself buying a lot more stationery last year.   Permanent markers...