My magazine cull yielded many recipe treasures, which I am now storing in a large box.  Some of the recipes are for baking (of course!),...

I am a girl who likes to eat - not like Andrew Denton , just for fuel, but because I really, really enjoy it.  I love trying new things, ...

It was my birthday recently, and as it seemed a bit sad not to have a cake, I made my own chocolate cupcakes, pictured above. To make ...

Welcome to another French Friday with Dorie. This week's recipe is Dieter's Tartine. This dish is comprised of toasted sourdou...

I have been feeling a little world weary lately, so I decided to bake some cookies, despite the heat, to cheer me up.  A little while ba...

Today is my colleague Lee's 40th birthday.  Happy birthday Lee!  Lee is hosting a wonderful party for the occasion, into which she ha...

As I write this, I am feeling shattered. No, nothing personal has happened. Rather, I have just watched the last episode of Dr Who featur...

Are your teeth aching after yesterday's Daring Bakers and TWD posts? Feeling the need for some powerful antacids? That's OK, this...

Happy Friday everyone! It's a good one for me because for the first weekend in ages, I don't have anywhere that I have to be or any...

My how time flies when you're having fun. I cannot believe that it has been 12 months since the last World Bread Day . However, today is...

Good morning!! We had muffins with Dorie yesterday (and weren't they delicious!); today we are having more muffins - banana date muffin...

Birthdays at my work always come in twos and threes, and so it was last week. Chris celebrated his birthday on the Monday, followed by our ...

It was a busy week for birthdays in our office last week - which meant there was a lot of baking, but not much blogging, at my end. We had...

Ivy of Kopiaste and Ben of What's Cooking? are hosting an event called Fat Chefs or Skinny Gourmets? For this event, you have to make...

Lee works in our accounts section. He is lots of fun to work with, and really cares about helping out, even if our business colleagues are s...

On a cool night, there is nothing like lasagne to warm you inside and out. Although I am not afraid to eat the full fat version of lasagne, ...

Recently, I learned about the existence of the dragon fruit (also known as the pitaya) from Pixie's post on them. I loved the beauty o...

About 4 years ago, I lost 20kg, and for the first 12 months I was so terrified that I would pile all the weight back on that I made the same...

Cakelaw was, for a long time, on the heavier side, and only lost weight about 4 years ago on her GP's advice to help her temperamental b...

This week, I tried yet another recipe from the National Heart Foundation's The New Classic Cookbook - a beef, broccoli and orange stir ...