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A Vanilla Slice Worth Driving 100km For

As far as vanilla slices go, the Sorrento version from Just Fine Foods Delicatessen (23 Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento, Victoria) has got to be one of the better ones. I do have a slight criticism though. They are very hard to eat!

Layers of crisp puff pastry barely contain the indulgence of creamy [...]

Written by mellie on January 29th, 2006 | Tags: , | 29 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Five Food Challenges for 2006

I’ve been tagged by Ed over at Tomato for my first ever meme – Five Food Challenges for 2006. It is good to set some goals for the year. So here they are!

1. Cinnamon BunsMy mission in 2006 is to replicate the amazingly delectable cinnamon buns I was lucky enough to consume when [...]

Written by mellie on January 24th, 2006 | Tags: | 7 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Pistachio Layer Cake with Nougat Cream

Sometimes a recipe just grabs you by the apron ties and begs to be baked. A Pistachio Layer Cake with Nougat Cream led me astray this weekend. Oh my.

The method and ingredient list is rather impressive, although I had to tweak a few of the ingredients as to what was at [...]

Written by mellie on January 22nd, 2006 | Tags: , , | 2 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

The Beginning Of A New Chef Patissier

So here I am. 31 years of age. And I’m about to have a huge career change.

After plugging away at local government/health care type work for the last ten years, I have decided I want to do something I am a little more passionate about. And what is that? Well it is cook! [...]

Written by mellie on January 18th, 2006 | Tags: | 6 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post