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Warm Chocolate and Banana Tart

Leah — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:38:50 +0000

This recipe is from a blog I recently discovered called “Citrus and Candy”. If this recipe is anything to go by, the author is some kind of diabolical pastry-chef genius. Also, I would love to be able to take photo lessons from her!

Imagine rich chocolate ganache. Add in a homemade pie shell. Then consider the [...]

Food Bloggers’ Dinner – The Gunshop

Leah — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:42:26 +0000

About once every month, a group of people with little in common aside from a shared love of food and an interest in blogging/tweeting about it meet up for dinner. You might remember I posted about my first such dinner at Tognini’s a few months ago. Tuesday night was the first time I’ve been able [...]

Weeknight meal – Cauliflower pancakes

Leah — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:52:15 +0000

I have a confession to make – I don’t really like cauliflower. I love its cousin broccoli, but cauliflower leaves me cold.

I’m usually all about letting the flavours of vegetables shine through. I try to serve vegetables with every meal, and I’m happy to just have plain steamed greens most of the time. Plain [...]

Chicken tagine with preserved lemon and green olives

Leah — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:00:43 +0000

I have been a bit uninspired in the kitchen of late (yes, it happens to us all). I’ve been cooking, just nothing terribly interesting.

However, I did have this one in my drafts folder, and thought it worthy of a post. I love Moroccan food, and we even lugged a tagine home from Morocco in [...]

Restaurant Review – Salopian Inn, McLaren Vale

Leah — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:27:07 +0000

Upon the recommendation of our good friend D, we had lunch at the Salopian Inn whilst we visited McLaren Vale. I’m glad we did, although perhaps my jeans weren’t so happy about it.

The place was packed for Sunday lunch and we didn’t have a booking but we were fortunate enough to grab the last table.

We [...]

Restaurant Review – Maggie Beer’s Farm Shop

Leah — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:55:57 +0000

Maggie Beer is a food legend, and a personal icon of mine. Unfortunately, Maggie was in Brisbane the weekend we were in Adelaide! The next best thing was visiting Pheasant Farm and Maggie’s Farm Shop in the Barossa.

I couldn’t visit the farm without trying Maggie’s pheasant pie (or terrine as it was served). This was [...]