I’ve spent the last couple of days at the Cake, Bake and Sweets Show in Melbourne. So, judging by the crowds, has most of the rest of Melbourne, but just in case anyone missed it, I thought I’d write a…
Review: Cake, Bake and Sweets Show, Melbourne
Category: Food festivals
International Raw Food Day!
Just a quick post to note that it’s International Raw Food Day today! I’m having a rather tired week, and I’ve also injured myself slightly, making me more inclined to curl up in bed feeling sorry for myself than to…
Recipe: Lentil, Mushroom & Cashew Bolognese That Really Tastes Alarmingly Like the Meaty Kind
Honestly, I’m so ridiculously pleased with myself right now. I’ve tried the odd lentil bolognese or lentil moussaka recipe before, and the results have been entirely edible and all, but this one actually tastes like the real thing. Well, my…
Pantry Challenge Day 26, with a long walk and a chocolate festival
I was invited by a friend to join her at a Chocolate Festival being held at the Immigration Museum today, and I wanted to get in a long walk so that my GCC team could continue to hold on to…
Recipe: Lentils and Quinoa with Tomato, Fennel and Pepper
This is another random pantry special that turned out very pleasingly. It started off being based on Diana Henry’s recipe for lentils with peppers, but then it mutated into a one-pot dish involving quinoa and black lentils instead of red,…
Anyone can cook vegetarian food: Let there be legumes!
I know, I know – it’s the great vegetarian cliché, isn’t it? Vegetarians eat three things: mushrooms, eggplants and chickpeas. Generally on rice. Or at least, that’s what a lot of caterers seem to think (sometimes, they forget about the…
My Weekend: World Vegan Day and Pots of Herbs
My aims for this weekend were twofold: to attend World Vegan Day, and to finally tidy up our rather disgraceful back porch (I’d do a before and after post, but I am far too ashamed of the before state to…
World Vegan Day
Is anyone else from this corner of the blogosphere going to the Princes Park event? It would be nice to meet some fellow bloggers.
Chocolate Rush Festival
Today, I decided to check out the Chocolate Rush Festival, which is running in Melbourne this weekend. I wasn’t originally planning to blog about it (I’ve read not one, but *two* food-infested novels in the last two days which I…