I have gone cooking crazy! I've waited ages to get How To Eat, and now that I've got it, I'm throwing myself straight in... and am going to be cooking all the recipes out of it this year. Check out my progress at the following link...Sarah Discovers How To EatI think I will still be cooking stuff from...
Having recently substantially increased my cookbook collection due to my birthday, I thought it was time to present them to you here, at Sarah Cooks. (PS this only includes cookbooks that I've bought/received for MYSELF, not my mum's ones.)Reading cookbooks is my thing. Many people my age seem to fill the meaningless stretch of time that we call...
Last night I had a couple of friends over for a quiet night at home. Thus, a chocolate cake was in order. I was going to do the Malteaser Cake again, but I thought I really should try a new one (there are at least 12 on my to-do list). So, I ended up choosing to do the...
On Monday this week, I popped into Borders near uni and picked up two new books – Nigel Slater’s Real Food and his autobiography, Toast. I’ve wanted these books for a while, ever since I’d seen his program Real Food on Lifestyle Food. Click here for some more comments on his deliciously erotic program.Nigel SlaterWhat can I say?...
Today is my dad’s birthday, and we went to The Brasserie in Crown for lunch. It’s such a fab restaurant. They’ve got a 3 courses for $41.90 lunch deal which provides excellent value.This morning before we left I got a bit excited and started surfing through the menu on the net... The Brasserie at CrownWe sat outside on...
Mmm… yummy yummy food.CanapésUnfortunately I didn’t take any photos of the canapés! I was too excited talking to everyone.Congo Potato round with Mountain Pepper dusted Atlantic Salmon and Crème FraicheMarrakech Lamb skewers, served with cucumber & mint yoghurtRoasted pumpkin and spinach risotto balls, served with a red capsicum mayonnaiseMainsThere was a 50/50 choice of either swordfish or steak.Seared...
So, my 21st birthday cake. It was a chocolate cake. In fact, the ultimate chocolate cake. It was Nigella Lawson’s Chocolate Fudge Cake, from Nigella Bites. I made it in triple quantities, baked it on Wednesday in two 24cm square tins at 160o for 1 hour and 40 minutes each.I then iced them on Thursday night, also in...
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