This week’s Tuesday with Dorie recipe is Blue Cheese and Fig Bites, baked in mini muffin tins.  I subbed blue cheese for cheddar, fresh fig...

Who doesn't love an Aussie sausage roll?  Spicy mince, flaky pastry and tomato sauce (of course!) merge to make one delicious, popula...

This month's recipe from my Red Tractor calendar is Wattleseed Blinis.   As the name suggests, these blinis are flavoured with wattle...

This week's French Fridays with Dorie recipe has nothing to do with fish or sealife of any kind.  Hurrah!  However, it is rather a ...

We did try to eat [the Poulet en Gelee a l'Estragon].  It wasn't that bad, though when Eric saw it, his face went a shade or two...

A fast and tasty treat for Christmas party nibbles is this recipe from Table for Two for Maple Cinnamon Spiced Nuts. I Googled relent...

  If you like mini food and want ideas for your next tea party, may I recommend caramelised onion galettes with goat's cheese, a si...

For my recent monumental ladies afternoon tea, salmon blini were also on the menu.  I thought this one was a bit risky because of how thi...

It is the middle of winter here in Melbourne - it is grey and blustery and cold.  All zucchini plants are very sensibly hibernating for t...

This week's Wednesday with Donna Hay recipe is sausage rolls, selected by me.  The recipe is in Modern Classics I , or online here ....

Continuing on the great Christmas cookoff, today's treat is spiced nuts, made using this recipe from Taste.  Of course, you don...

French Fridays with Dorie this week ventures into the slightly scary - Chicken Liver Gateau with Pickled Onions. This did not appeal t...

This week's Wednesday with Donna Hay is hosted by Kayte , who chose Donna's artichoke and feta tarts with tomato salad.  You can ...

With Christmas having come and gone, we are now looking forward to New Year.  If you are hosting a New Year's party, drinks and nibb...

Hooray, it's Friday again!  I am having some pretty turgid weeks lately, so it always brings a smile to my dial when I make it to yet...

This week's French Friday with Dorie recipe is hummus.  This dip was blessedly quick and easy to make by blending together chickpeas...

This week's French Fridays with Dorie recipe is tomato-cheese tartlets.  These really couldn't be simpler - rounds of puff pastr...

I love a bit of smoked salmon every now and again, and this week, Dorie aided and abetted my hankering with our French Fridays with Dorie ...

This week's French Fridays with Dorie recipe (which happens to be Good Friday) is Mustard Batons. Just as it says on the tin, these ar...

I am attracted by the unusual - something a little different from the norm that strikes my fancy.  Recently in my pilates class, one of the...