As you may have gathered, from all the time I spend a) cooking and b) writing about cooking, we don’t eat out much. But I’ve actually eaten out twice in the last fortnight, both times at the same place. This…
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For those who expressed concern earlier…
I am pleased to report that the sourdough lives. It was a bit sluggish this morning, though, so I gave it an extra feed of organic rye flour and bottled water after I removed the part I was going to…
Disaster!
I had a glass of water with my dinner, and it tasted like Adelaide water. Actually, it tasted worse than Adelaide water. I used to rather like drinking Adelaide water (It’s an acquired taste. One acquires it in order to…
Review: Wild Sourdough: The Natural Way to Bake, by Yoke Mardewi
As I type this, my sourdough starter has been living with me for eight days, and it is not dead yet! On the contrary, it’s sitting on a bench in the kitchen, looking hopeful, because tomorrow is baking day. I…
Excited Catherine Post – Courses and Confectionery
I was going to call this post “Cooking!!!”, but in a blog of this kind, that seemed a little redundant. And then I was going to call it “Brief Excited Catherine Post”, but it didn’t stay brief for very long. …
Review: Agnes and the Hitman, by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer
Wednesday seems to have become Frivolous Post Day on this blog. It’s the middle of the week, I don’t feel terribly food inspired, and MasterChef generally has a long episode on a Wednesday and eats my evening. Also, while I…
Recipe: Beetroot Gnocchi
Back before I started obsessing over sourdough, I reviewed Apples for Jam by Tessa Kiros. I’ve been wondering which recipe to choose from her book to share with you as an example of her work. Should I pick the gorgeous…
Leftovers for Lunch: Roasted Vegetable and Chickpea Salad
I love roast vegetables. About once a fortnight, I will do a huge roast vegetable fest – one enormous tray of potatoes, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, carrots, onions and beetroot, cut into chunks and the potato and beetroot parboiled, and then…
In which I am unintimidating
I visited my brother and sister-in-law today for lunch. We had Mexican food, cooked by my brother, followed by cupcakes, cooked by my sister-in-law, who expressed what I hope was humorous concern about baking cakes for me. Fortunately, I came…
Recipe: Spiced Pear Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake
This recipe is adapted from the Gingerbread book I reviewed a week or so ago – I meant to post a recipe to go with the review, but then I made the cake and forgot to photograph it and then…