Zucchini Slice

Every time zucchinis turn up in my veg box (no, I will not call them courgettes), I have a craving to turn them into Creamy Zucchini Pasta. But I’ve resisted that urge and gone back to basics with an ‘Australian classic’ – at least, I don’t believe another nation has claimed this as their own…

Lemon Delicious

Self-saucing puddings have always fascinated me. I mean, sauces usually get poured on top of the dessert. But with these puddlings, they look just like a normal cake, but have a secret, gooey sauce underneath! Last weekend, I tried my friend’s ‘5-starred’ lemon delicious recipe. It looked so simple, I wasn’t completely convinced it would work – but thankfully (as we had guests), it did.

Lemon Delicious

Cookbook Review: The Silver Spoon

The Silver Spoon cookbook

This week is Italian week. Maybe not anywhere else, apart from our little flat in East London, but I have made this declaration on receiving a copy of The Silver Spoon. This 1200+ page book is supposedly the ‘bible of authentic Italian cooking’ and has only been fairly recently translated into English. So far, I’m loving it. I wouldn’t suggest buying it for the pictures – they definitely went for an ‘authentic’ look, rather than an appetizing one. And maybe those who complain the ingredient amounts are off in this translation are right (I don’t cook exactly to recipes, so I couldn’t say), but it does has a wealth of ideas and information.

Sausage in a Pot

London is so big, that perhaps I can be forgiven for not discovering this amazing, unassuming little sausage shop earlier. It took a fellow Australian who had been in the city for less than a week to introduce me to Biggles Gourmet Sausages, ‘London’s first all-sausage emporium’ – and am I glad he did!