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Blood Orange & Rosemary Marmalade

Useless factoids: Orange is notably one of the most common words in the English language that does not rhyme with any other word.

Hmm. You learn something new every day.

Well then. Blood oranges. Beautiful, non? Whilst this probably isn’t the best specimen of a true blood orange, it does offer such a stunning [...]

Written by mellie on August 26th, 2006 | Tags: | 12 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

All Fired Up about Biscotto di Nonno

All Fired Up Ceramic Cafe 568 Hamton Street, Hamptom 03 9533 5528

Babysitting last weekend was a real hoot. Not only did we cook pizza and rocky road brownies, but we also spent some time at All Fired Up Cafe. The premise is simple. Rock up and pick out a blank piece of ceramicware [...]

Written by mellie on August 19th, 2006 | Tags: | 16 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Piadina Slowfood

Piadina SlowfoodRear 57 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne(03) 9662 2277

I am not going to bore you with one of my usual half-baked reviews, as Ukulele did a damn fine job at We Do Chew Our Food. I just wanted to confirm what, in Ukulele’s own words, is a “fucking scrumptious” dedication to food that [...]

Written by mellie on August 15th, 2006 | Tags: | 4 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Rocky Road Brownies

Here is part two in my series entitled “Babysitting and the art of distraction – cooking with kids”, which follows on from the kid-friendly pizza experience. This recipe is a sure fire winner. Where can one go wrong with chocolate and marshmallows? And let me just say that these are evil, wicked, nasty, horrible, [...]

Written by mellie on August 13th, 2006 | Tags: | 4 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Pizza (the easy peasy kid-friendly way)

I find cooking to be an excellent distraction to keep children amused when babysitting. A friends wedding anniversary was my excuse to teach a 7 year old and 9 year old the finer art of pizza making. And what is really good about this recipe is the dough is relatively trouble free. No rolling. [...]

Written by mellie on August 12th, 2006 | Tags: | 5 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post
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