You Are Cream PieYou're the perfect combo of simplicity and divinity. Those who like you live for understated pleasures. What kind of pie are you? You Are Cream PieYou're the perfect combo of simplicity and divinity. Those who like you live for understated pleasures. What kind of pie are you? ...

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I woke up this morning when my dad knocked on my door and said, "Hey Sarah, you've got a package here from England".Woohoo!This is my Christmas gift from my friend DG! And it totally rocks! (Pun intended, see below).She got me...stashSome fab artisan chocolate from Rococo Artisan Bar in Chelsea, London... one bar caramelised almond, one bar sea...

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Golden Fruit CakeGolden Fruit Cake is a rich, buttery, light cake, ideal for the festive season and a nic change from the traditional style of fruit cake.250g sultanas125g mixed peel60g slivered almonds125g glacé cherries125g glacé pineapple125g glacé apricots125g glacé ginger250g butter1 teaspoon grated lemon rind1 cup castor sugar4 eggs1 1/2 cups plain flourLine a deep, 20cm round cake...

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I woke up this morning to a wonderful thing - the warm, inviting smell of baking. Mum was making her fabulous Christmas cupcakes.These are actually from a Women's Weekly cookbook, Best Recipes from the Weekly, but don't let that put you off, they are brilliant. It's actually the recipe for Golden Fruit Cake (I'll post the recipe later),...

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My brother recently completed all his university subjects, and will graduate next year in March. So to celebrate, we went out to dinner at Silks in Crown. (Right next to my old restaurant, The Conservatory). It was all so delicious, washed down with a bottle of 1995 Dom Perignon champagne.We'd never been to Silks before, but it had...

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Oh my god, how stoked am I?! I've had a dish named after me! That's right, li'l old me!Lisa created the dish... and it is named... "Awesome AussieSarah Chicken".yes, a dish I've named after our dish aussiesarah. It's chicken sprinkled w/Ranch dressing mix, roasted on rice, then sliced red peppers added and doused w/Tabasco at table. Ace!And how...

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Nigel Slater (aka my future husband) has a blog!Check out his website... there's information on the man himself, his new book The Kitchen Diaries, a blog, and an "ask Nigel" section.http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/microsites/nigelslater/default.aspx ...

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Today was the first day of summer, a gorgeous 34 degree day, with endless blue skies, a warm breeze and sun, sun, sun! So, my friend George and I donned our bikinis, and drove down to Rowville to pick up our boy Markii, and went to Edithvale beach to make the most of this wonderful day.Mark made a...

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Ever since our blogger dinner, I've been inspired to update here much more often! Woohoo!Last night I went out clubbing with my friend Georgina, and at about 1:30am, we started getting very hungry.Me: You hungry?George: WHAT???Me: YOU HUNGRY?George: YES!Me: What do you wanna eat?George: WHAAAAT???Me: WHAT... DO... YOU... WANNA... EAT?George: WHAAAAAAT???Over the racket of hard house music emanating...

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GranolaThis morning I made "Andy's Fairfield Granola" from Nigella Lawson's Feast. This is one of my favourite recipes, and definitely the one I've made the most often out of Feast. Recently my breakfasts have been quite lackluster... so I'm looking forward to having a good bowlful of healthy deliciousness tomorrow morning.Me: Hey guys, I'm gonna make the Nigella...

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Well this is the most action Sarah Cooks has seen in a long, long while!I’ve only just realised that there are quite a few food bloggers in Melbourne who, like myself, are keen on eating and cooking and blogging! Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been getting acquainted with some of these blogs (links to come shortly),...

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I’m back!This is only the second non-How to Eat recipe I’ve made during my whole project, and it was worth it!At the start of the exam period, my Magnolia Bakery cookbooks arrived in the mail from Amazon. They’re soooooo gorgeous! I ordered The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook, More from Magnolia and The Buttercup Bake Shop Cookbook. They’ve got wonderfully...

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