The Edible Birds Nest: Easter Lunch

A little taste of our Easter table this year…           It was more of an Autumn inspired Easter table this year with dried hydrangeas in the place of…

Heirloom tomato wholemeal galette.

There are only a few ingredients which have the ability to be as delicious in their pure, unadulterated state as they are incorporated in a brilliant recipe. To me, the…

Sweet Sweet Love.

Last year I used Valentine’s as a day to start working on my intimate dining concept for Bligh St. Bistro and I have to say that it made me feel…

Busy Bee.

  I’ve been a busy bee of late. I’ve been catering for a few big events and hosting private dinners at Bligh St Bistro (some of which will be shared here…

Vegan (for a week).

  Post Sugar-induced coma from the wonderful winter market in Annandale last weekend, I felt it totally apt to bring up our fun adventure into being Vegan (for a week)…

Painted Cookies.

My sister really hated being pregnant (this does relate back to cookies in the end, for those of you that are worried).   Instead of glowing, radiant and ‘barefoot in…

Pie to the face.

  There’s nothing better than a good excuse to bake (if you like baking of course). And what could be better than the good old Queen’s birthday (I think this…

Into the Woods.

Last weekend we embarked on a wonderful trip to the state forest.   This trip wasn’t only to prance around with forest fairies and breathe in copious amounts of fresh…

A visit from Lexington Food Co.

Recently I met the fabulous owner of Lexington Food Co.   Alex is an Italian goddess whose family traditions of making beautiful preserves have led her down the path of…

Biscotti Mountain for Mum.

My mum loves biscotti. My Italian friends’ dad makes the best biscotti I have ever tasted. Subsequently, this was an obvious choice for a mother’s day baked good. These biscotti…