I love dates - they are lollies from a tree. When I saw Neil Perry's recipe for a date and frangipane tart , I was immediately on to ...

The weather has been less that salubrious lately (by Australian standards - I realise that we have it easy compared with some of you). ...

Soon her eye fell on a little glass box that was lying under the table: she opened it, and found in it a very small cake, on which the wo...

Our last recipe for August's Tuesday with Dorie is Double-Corn Tea Cake.  This is a rather unusual cake - it is made with yellow cor...

I am a sucker for pancakes, but I don't get to make them very often.  They take a little longer than porridge, and are a little bit ...

This week's Tuesday with Dorie recipe is Crash-O-Cookies.  These cookies are named after Dorie's family friend, Crash, who paint...

With the advent of the movie A Quiet Passion , Emily Dickinson has come to the fore of public consciousness.  I had never previously he...