Between work, singing and this allegedly-healthy global walking challenge, I seem to be in a constant state of exhaustion at present, which is not conducive to blog posts. It doesn’t help that I’m so tired I’m actually following recipes at…
Category: pistachio
Recipe: Linzer Torte, Traditional and Sydney Road Style
Mothers’ Day has never been something we’ve really celebrated in our family (Mum just wasn’t into it. Maybe because I would have quite liked to do breakfast in bed when I was little, and she feared what I would do…
Recipe: Baklava
I promise there will be a Timon post in the next day or two, but I’m still rather bushed from the last few weeks, and photo posts always take me hours, so you will just have to make do with…
Recipe: Pistachio and Cardamom Kourabiedes
I intended to go to the Food Bloggers’ picnic in Melbourne today, but just couldn’t drag myself out of bed again today. And then I spent the day alternating between lurching, zombie-like around the house, and feverishly baking because I…
Recipe: Strawberry and Almond Cupcakes with Crystallised Rose Petals
Strawberries are incredibly cheap at the moment – cheaper than I’ve seen them in several years, in fact. And they are also very good, even the supermarket ones. I have no idea why this is, but that isn’t stopping me…
Recipe: Rosemary Chicken Skewers with Fruity Pilaf
I wanted to do something beautiful with those rosemary branches. That’s pretty much all the commentary this gets, because that was the entire inspiration for this meal. This recipe is truly mine – I’ve made jewelled pilafs to a number…
Recipe: Date and Pistachio Petits Fours (Mersu)
Inspired by The Silk Road Gourmet’s Mesopotamian Cookoff, I went a little crazy in the kitchen today and made not one, not two, but three versions of Mersu. The sum of the Mersu recipe was “Ingredients: dates and pistachios”. The…