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22
Aug
2010
A well earned break
Mr Bake & Bloom & I have taken off to Sydney,Thredbo & finally Canberra for just over a week. We arrived at Thredbo today & had a great day snowboarding.
I will be back from Monday the 30th with news of my first wedding gig!
14
Aug
2010
Traybon Winners!
Thanks to everyone who participated in my first giveaway!
The winners are:
I like tools and gadgets in the kitchen as much as the next girl, but if I had to be truly honest, I’d say that I can probably live without almost all of them. All except for my trusty kitchenaid mixer. That baby has been my trusty companion for 5 years now and I can’t even imagine doing without it. These pans appeal to my dislike of doing the dishes and look like they would make beautifully packaged treats. Great find!
AND
Denise
Dishwasher, hands down. not having to hand wash dishes makes me MUCH more apt to cook and bake.
I couldn’t agree more Denise.
Congratulations ladies, I will be in touch soon to send you your goodie packs.
21
Jul
2010
Yes I am alive & baking (Macarons & Pancakes)
Soooooooo ……….I have a new pad.
I am feeling pretty fancy on account of it being incredibly too large for my needs, I like to saunter around it’s naked, unfurnished rooms while waving like the queen. I like to stand on the balcony that adjoins my bedroom, look out far to the city skyline & think everything the light touches is my kingdom.
It has been 3 weeks but my garage is still full of boxes. Sadly 3 of those boxes contain shoes, it is ridiculous….I am ridiculous.
10
May
2010
Small Triumphs – Mothers Day & Macarons
No one has attempted as many bad batches of those perfect Parisian cookies as I have. My macarons have stuck to the paper & lost their bottoms, cracked at the top, failed to rise, had big awful air pockets…you name it, I have seen it.
I have tried the French meringue method, the Italian meringue method & the little known Swiss meringue method all with disappointing results. All in all I would say I have made over 35 batches of failed macarons in the last 2 years.
Much of the problem lay within my own patience. I have incorrectly read recipes more times than I care to mention.
14
Apr
2010
My food blogging idols
Approximately 2 years ago I had never written anything more significant than a sharply worded letter to an airline or bank & I believed a blog was something you did in the bathroom & required you to light a match after. How your life can change so quickly is beyond me.
I stumbled upon blogging innocently enough while googling recipe ideas, I am sure I had seen them before that but I never paid it much attention. But in my vagrant googling I discovered a few blogs that inspired me to begin my own.
