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Limoncello (Italian Lemon Liquor) – Part Two

Time flies when you’re having fun… Or at least it does when you’ve got a heap of blog entries to write and not much free time to actually do it. The 45 days from my first limoncello post passed by in a yellow-coloured, lemony-fresh flash, and now we find ourselves needing to strain [...]

General Admission – Chocolate Rush Festival 2011

Following on last week’s post on the chocolate and cognac pairing that we did at the Chocolate Rush Festival, this week I’m presenting the rest of the fun we got up to while we were there! We had a fabulous time, and while I’m not new to the idea of going to conventions [...]

Chocolate and Cognac Pairing – Chocolate Rush Festival 2011

A few weeks ago, I finally found a Melbourne-based podcast on RRR community radio called Eat It hosted by Cam Smith and Matt Steadman. And while my usual podcast playlist is very good (Splendid Table, KCRW Good Food and The Sporkful), they all have the drawback of being American, meaning [...]

Maangchi’s Emergency Kimchi

Korean cuisine has probably my biggest food discovery in 2011. Before this, I’ve only been to a Korean barbecue restaurant twice, and both times I was intimidated by the noise, smell and having your own personal grill to try ordering on my own. Then I manned up and went to [...]

This Is Where All The Rum Went! Into My Rumballs!

The Doctor is not really a sweets-type of person. Which is kind of funny, since I’ve practically got condensed milk running through my veins (explains the high blood pressure, right??). But as long as I can remember, rumballs have been his favourite homemade treat. We’ve also had a bottle of [...]