How many chocolate cake recipes do you have? I bet you have quite a few, gathered over the years. Just in case you need some more take a look at little cookbook just republished by Penguin, containing fabulous chocolate cake recipes. Some are great for family afternoon teas, others definitely for the grown-ups …
I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody (Lily Tomlin)
I think it’s time to say something …
ABC’s Australian Story has just aired an amazing two-part series called Desperate Remedies featuring a woman with bowel cancer. It was rivetting television. How fortuitous that Jean Hailes’ latest newsletter is about bowel cancer …
With details of the proposed carbon tax being presented over the weekend it seems that we in Australia are finally taking steps to address climate change. Have you heard of Paul Gilding? Well, read and listen to what he has to say - it’s a very challenging picture he paints of our future - but as his bookcover hints there will be blue sky beyond …
Can you ever have enough cook books? I never ask myself that question for fear of the wrong answer. Cookbooks, old and new, provide constant inspiration so Bake by Tina Bester is now on my bookshelf too …
What is an aristologist? Read a delightful quote from an early Australian cookery book written by such a person …
