May 15, 2013
Hellooooo out there? Are you still with me? Sorry for the long silence but I finally have my computer back now so hopefully I’ll be a bit more forthcoming with posts!
Not a lot of promises there however, I’m about to move into a bit of a busy period with the launch of my book (squeeeee!!!) on July 5th and the ensuing media storm (cough cough). Well OK, probably not that busy but my husband is home in 29 sleeps (not that I’m counting or anything) so I will be a bit busy… tidying the house before...
Read more
April 19, 2013
You don’t have to make 360, and ship them off overseas like I did*, but do have a go at these super easy, super delicious biscuits this ANZAC Day.
They’re great to make with kids as they are a melt-and-mix recipe and the recipe easily doubles (or quadruples in my case) to make a bigger batch.
Once you’ve mastered the basics, have a go at one of the variations below. They all bring an extra element of yumminess to the kiwi classic.
Enjoy!
xAlice
* low on pics due to my comput...
Read more
April 5, 2013
As I have lamented previously in my blog, I hate soggy bottoms on my cheesecakes because it seems that no matter how carefully I wrap the darn spring form tin in tinfoil it always leaks. So when I was contacted to see if I’d like to try out the new Profiline PushPan (which promises leak free baking) I thought “yeah right, heard that before!” (you may’ve guessed but I’m a bit of sceptic when it comes to advertising – I think it’s my marketing background, I know the tricks they use!).
So it was ...
Read more
March 27, 2013
Now that my book is all complete and well on its way to the printer, I thought I give you a wee insight into how the editing and design process went.
Having come from a book publishing background (admittedly in marketing and sales, not the pre- production side) I thought I had a pretty good handle on how it would go. Or not.
I’d send my manuscript in, there would be a few changes made (spelling and grammar not being a strong point of mine), the designer would pretty it up and we’d be away. Or n...
Read more
March 16, 2013
I’d say this was celebration of St Patrick’s Day tomorrow but in truth I came up with this recipe because I had bananas that needed using before they began to look like something from a 2,000 year old Egyptian tomb. This time of year they seem to last about two days before they go brown and horrid so we’re drinking a lot of banana smoothies at the moment as I’m well over them.
Trolling though my (ever growing) collection of cookbooks I happened upon a recipe in the Joy the Baker cookbook ...
Read more
