Writer, EaterAnd so six months of squeezing piping bags, banging trays, swearing at ovens and buying plastic boxes every time they're on special has come to an end. Here's my 2010 macaron sign-off.
Last minute book gift ideas on The Gastronomer's Bookshelf
If you're stuck for present ideas, or end up with some gift vouchers for Christmas, have a look at the list of book ideas I put together on The Gastronomer's Bookshelf in our 2010 Year-end feature. And of course, there are heaps of reviews on the site to whet your appetite as well.
One last round of pre-orders! [FINISHED]
I'm pleased to announce another round of pre-orders, for collection on Thursday! [MAXIMUM NUMBER RECEIVED] You can place an order for a random mix of either five or ten macarons. No flavour requests this time, sorry (Thurs is too busy for me to prepare personalised selections). See the Christmas announcement for an idea of the [...]
Christmas week: ending my macaron season with a bang!
Every day in the week before Christmas there'll be macarons at Liaison Café. And there'll be quite a lot. And there'll be pretty Christmas ones. I've been baking my buns off to get enough stock ready for this special week. [ALL GONE!] [UPDATED ON: Thursday] The macarons will usually be available from approximately 10am and [...]
Ginger and orange for Fri 17th Dec, 2010
What a lovely pair for Friday! JUDY dark, all gingery, and an orangey friend… BETH dark: orange dark chocolate ganache. JUDY dark: ginger in dark chocolate ganache. And get ready for next week's Christmas macarons (hint: lots of macarons!). More news tomorrow.
TASTY PRESERVES
Danish frisky creamy balls
All over Denmark you see signs for frisky creamy balls. At first it seems very odd and rather tasteless, until you realise you're mistranslating. Welcome to the world of fluffy chocolate coated delights... with recipe!
Read more Fri 15 May, 2009Father's Day: tarte tatin and éclairs redux
With frozen éclair shells still quite fresh in the freezer, what better to do than give them a little warmth and crisping for Father's Day? And to break the monotony, I tried my hand at a tarte tatin for the first time, with delicious results (and some...
Read more Sun 07 Sep, 2008Review: Maggie's Harvest, by Maggie Beer
Beautiful. Maggie Beer, one of the three modern female icons of Australian food, has written a book to weigh down your lap as you browse, read and cook from its pages. A wonderfully presented work, with well crafted content perfectly...
Read more Mon 29 Oct, 2007Spring harvest in Paris
All sorts of things grow when the weather is going crazy. In Paris this week, the temperature fluctuated between 14C and rainy and 35C and excruciatingly humid. I got home from a day of walking around the rive gauche (Left Bank = mix of university, studenty, somewhat...
Read more Fri 29 May, 2009Some disappointments don't need naming
Allegedly popular and probably good -- a recent tip-off about a new fancy-cake-place in Melbourne. It was the sort of tip you might embrace with exuberant expectation, but which history has taught you to approach circumspectly for fear of desperate disappointment. The place will not be named. I'm not convinced it deserves publicity. [...]
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