Baking

Happy Mother’s Day with S’Mores Semifreddo

To all mothers and motherly figures:

To those who have transitioned
From rebellious teenager
To responsible parent
Without any training in between
Ride on…..with greased elbows
And joyous hearts
For the smile of a child
Wipes many tears away

Oz, 8th May, 2011

Happy Mother’s Day! May your offspring have a strong legacy, which embraces everything you are and wish for them!

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S'More Semifreddo, courtsey of Sarah Shatz, food52

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Easter Egg Lamington Cake Pops…That Were Not!

Rhema. The revelation word. A-ha moments – they happen every day. Simple statements filled with deep insights which cause one to take pause and reflect.

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Daring Cooks April Challenge: Edible Savoury Containers

After Masterchef Australia on my TV watch list…..at a close second is ‘Desperate Housewives’. To think that for so long, I ignored it, till my husband got the DVDs from the video club a few months ago and we watched every episode of the last season, every night.

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Wholegrain Bread Baking with Spelt

False confidence. False humility. They all point to the same thing.

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Green Chile Soft Pretzels For St Patrick’s Day

This post is a tribute to St Patrick, the saint I’ve never met.

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Coming to America & Coconut Jam Drops

So I teased you in my last post about ‘Coming to America’. Its all part of my bubbling excitement because the fartherest west I’ve been is Barbados – I know, its not a bad bookend. Now, I am glad, just like Eddie Murphy was in his film version ‘Coming to America’.
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A Platter of Savoury Turkish Delights

Our gastro travels on this week’s culinary tour brings us to Turkey, a country I love for its yogurt – a pot is always on stand-by in our fridge.

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Pan Micha from Panama, Une Miche from France

A bridge
A connection
Worlds. Hopes. Dreams, woven
Destinies united
Over water
Across land
Cultures, cuisines, language & skin
United in humanity
Separated by oceans and seas
Mountains and valleys

The Brief

Welcome to the 2011 Culinary Tour, organised by Joan of Foodalogue.CulinarytourLG_finalTour1

  • Traditional: make one of the country’s national or traditional dishes.
  • Contemporary: take a traditional recipe and contemporize  it.
  • Or, using the flavors and techniques of the country we are visiting, create your own recipe.
  • Today we begin in Panama, a country famous for its canal, its bridge linking North and South America.

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    How to make Pithiviers

    ‘Children of Nowadays’, as we Nigerians would say, exasperated or marveling at some stroke of childhood genius…or not. Sometimes, hand on large African hips, an adult finger would point back at child… inquiring and seeking confirmation.

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    Apple and Cobnut (Fresh hazelnut) Cake

    Welcome to my winter wonderland. After two years, my brolly wants to become a parachute, lured by the attraction of stormy weather, when autumn’s golden leaves slowly dance, passing the baton on to pretty bare branches and gusts of snow.

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