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Dark Chocolate Caramel Pudding & a Review of Alter Eco Pacific Chocolate

I love chocolate so much.  I love white, milk, semisweet, bittersweet, dark, I just love it all.  For me, chocolate is a food to slowly enjoy, to eat little bits at a time, to hide away so no one else will steal it from me, Read more

Ghermez Cupcakes: Review #2

I love cupcake bakeries.  I’ve recently had a fascination with Ghermez Cupcakes (read my first review on their mini cupcakes and see photos from their bakery) and have been following them on Facebook and Twitter Read more

Lemon Macarons

I often take the kids to Kmart so they can have a look at the toys and I can have a look at the books – they often have some of the best cookbooks at the best prices.  Last week, while browsing there, I found a book called “Macaroons“, with 30 macaron recipes, for only $9. Read more

Zoku Quick Pop Maker Giveaway

***This giveaway is now closed; winner announced below***

Good news, everyone!  I was so rapt with my new Zoku Quick Pop maker, that with the help of Kitchenware Direct, I will be giving one away to a very lucky Australian resident (sorry for those of you in the US!)! Read more

Zoku Quick Pop Maker + Recipes

It just turned winter here in Sydney.  Fellow Sydney residents will think I’m crazy for posting about popsicles when it’s so chilly outside, but my friends in the US have just seen the first of summer and will, I’m sure, welcome some recipes for popsicles! Read more

Strawberry Polka-dot Milkshakes

Whether it’s strawberry, chocolate or vanilla, and whether it came from the ice cream “shoppe” or from your very own kitchen, most people have a childhood memory of milkshakes. Read more

Rainbow Cupcakes For Cancer Research

Last Friday, my daughter’s school was hosting an Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea fundraiser.  Newsletters were sent out asking parents for donations to a cupcake stall that the students could buy from during recess to raise money for cancer research. Read more

Ghermez Cupcakes

A couple of weeks ago, my husband, 5-year-old daughter and I were hurrying through Sydney on a chilly Tuesday morning to get to the US Embassy to renew my daughter’s US passport; we were hurrying because my husband needed to get to work and my daughter needed to get to school. Read more

Filipino Fried Noodles With Chicken And Beans

I love to be in the kitchen mixing and baking; there isn’t really anywhere else I’d like to be.  I’ve stated before that I prefer baking over cooking and this is probably because I don’t like all the prep work that cooking involves, namely chopping vegetables! Read more

Salted Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

I’ve came to a decision.  Chocolate and peanut butter make the best flavor combination ever.  And chocolate peanut butter cups are the best things I have ever eaten. Read more

Face Your Food Fears

Before I start telling you about this awesome pizza that I made, let me first apologize for the poor quality of the single photo that I have of it! Read more