I am quite partial to a fried food. OK that’s a hideous understatement. When I booked a trip to the USA this year I immediately Googled “ultimate fried foods in US” and was giddy with excitement. But let’s get real here. Frying your food is the surest way to make an unhealthy snack. So when the lovely...
If Willy Wonka was a mad candy scientist in today’s modern world he would have been the poster-child for happy lab. When you walk into a happy lab store, all is not what it seems. Test tubes of ‘pills’ are actually jelly beans, beakers hold chocolate buttons and soda bomb candies, and petri dishes have gummy...
Do you want to whip up a cake just like Adriano Zumbo? Silly question! Well now you can because Zumbo has kindly created a one of a kind recipe in support of Cancer Council’s Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea. Summer Fruit Daze by Adriano Zumbo is a zesty orange and coconut flourless cake topped with lemon...
ANZAC biscuits are the business. I wish these were readily consumed all year round and not just to commemorate ANZAC Day on April 25. But have you ever wondered how they go their name? ANZAC biscuits were the invention of worried wives and girlfriends of soldiers serving in World War 1. Concerned their men-folk weren’t...
Whoopie Pies, sometimes called Whoopie Cakes, taste like the delish offspring of a cake and a cookie. This traditional US bakery treat is sweeping the world by storm and has been heralded as “the next cupcake” baked good craze. Mama Sweet and Sister Sweet in pure gift-giving coincidence BOTH gave me whoopie pie tins for...
Adriano Zumbo is the King of Macarons, or should I say ‘Zumbarons’. First, Adriano Zumbo acquired Sydney, then Australia and I’m pretty sure that soon world domination as the Macaron King will follow. It’s only a matter of time. I am fortunate enough to live only a hop, skip and a jump from his Zumbo...
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