I’ve made this cake twice in the last week. Well, technically, I’ve made it three times, but the first time it was the Women’s Weekly Banana Passionfruit Cake, which I must have made a dozen times in the last six…
Recipe: Vegan Choc-Mint Checkerboard Cake
I have wanted to try my hand at a checkerboard cake for ages, but have never quite gotten around to it. But every March, Andrew’s birthday comes around, which means that the search begins for a new variation on chocolate…
Recipe: Blackberry and Ricotta Cheesecake with lavender and candied Yuzu
Oh, I made such a big mistake when I was on leave. I went to Toorak to visit the Xocoalatl store, and on the way back I found the Prahran Market, which turns out to be a Catherine trap of…
Recipe: Vegetable Pikelets
I visited my best friend in Darwin last week. It wasn’t the most successful visit we’ve had – my friend has a toddler, and he was sick, and then he gave his lurgy to his dad, and then his mum.…
Review: Vegetarian India, by Madhur Jaffrey
So that was a longer break than I had planned. Basically, I went back to work, where there were grants, organising our participation in Midsumma, and the aftermath of the restructure – I have lost six labs and gained six…
Review: Xenia Food Store
I’ve been wanting to try out Xenia for months, ever since I went looking for a place for a work function in East Brunswick that could 1) seat 50+ people 2) several of whom were vegan and 3) several more…