A C&C Christmas: Mini Christmas Cakes
on Nov 15, 2009 in Holiday Food Fruit Cakes Christmas Christmas. Got to have the ham and definitely must have Christmas Fruit Cake. Love them or hate them, this gung-ho, boozed up, man of a cake embodies all that is Yuletide in each bite of its dry and dense texture. I just don't feel right without it b...

Summer Loving: Strawberries and Cream Semifreddo
on Nov 11, 2009 in Fruit Ice Cream Summer Desserts Semifreddo served 3 ways: as a 'Christmas pudding', in glasses and in one communal serving dishThe countdown to Christmas has truly begun and I've gone a little batty with party planning and menu strategising. Think of me as your friendly (but slight...

A C&C Christmas: Strawberries and Cream Semifreddo
on Nov 11, 2009 in Fruit Ice Cream Christmas Summer Desserts Semifreddo served 3 ways: as a 'Christmas pudding', in glasses and in one communal serving dishThe countdown to Christmas has truly begun and I've gone a little batty with party planning and menu strategising. Think of me as your friendly (but slight...

The Counter, Crows Nest
on Nov 10, 2009 in Cafe Burgers American Restaurant The Counter caters for all appetites!This was the night where a few lessons were learnt on this night:#1 No matter the size of the event or the number of trays carried around by harried waiters, you will never be 100% satisfied with canapés. This ni...

I went to Adriano Zumbo and all I ate were 48 macarons...
on Nov 8, 2009 in Adriano Zumbo Food Events Desserts Macarons, macarons everywhere!"I feel like I'm about to give birth to a macaron!"Yet another gem from the ever quotable Steph who summed up all of our feelings in one humourous line.Yes it was famed patissiere Adriano Zumbo's birthday last Friday and...

SIFF Food Bloggers' Secret Dinner
on Nov 3, 2009 in Food Ventures Food Events SIFF Clockwise from top-left: the long-anticipated message; can you guess where the secret dinner was?; our lovely hostess Lili; gotta love a kooky clockHave you ever allowed a stranger to dictate your dinner plans? I certainly haven't but on this Saturda...

Goodbye SIFF: Perama Sugar Hit x 2! (as well as other treats)
on Nov 2, 2009 in Greek Restaurant SIFF Desserts Street lights and low lights are my enemies. So apologies for the crap photos!Well the SIFF is over for another year and I'm ashamed to admit that I didn't really participate all that much. I feel like a hippy who forgot to attend woodstock but at le...

SIFF Sugar Hit: The Four Seasons Hotel
on Oct 28, 2009 in Food Events SIFF Desserts {A community announcement}The Sydney International Food Festival ends this Saturday so that means you now have only 3 nights left to experience a late night Sugar Hit for yourself and a dose of cognac or dessert wine. After literally hooving down our...

Daring Bakers Challenge: Macarons
on Oct 26, 2009 in Macarons Daring Bakers Sweet Delights French {Introduction}The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe.Did you know this month I've virtually baked no...

SIFF Sugar Hit: Sydney Harbour Marriott (and a 'sticky' whinge)
on Oct 23, 2009 in Wine Food Events SIFF Desserts Last night, myself and two fellow sugar fiends had only one thing on our minds other than the weekend. Sugar Hits. Well that and a dinner of sticky chicken wings and duck pizza at The Aussie but we were determined for a sweet double hitter to end the...