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Sarah Cooks: 11/1/08 - 12/1/08
Beef

Acland Street Sunday Outing

11/27/2008 10:41:00 PM
Beef Burger for Sandra, hold the lettuce and tomatoes, $13.50My bro and I have gotten into the habit of embarking on little outings on Sunday afternoons - shopping, restaurants for lunch, that sort of thing - and last week we decided to head to Acland St, an visited an old favourite of ours, Leroy Espresso.Leroy Espresso191 Acland StSt...

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Random

Did I ever really need all of those?

11/23/2008 10:16:00 PM
Goodbye pile of food magazines dating back to 1999. Hello bedroom floor, which I haven't seen since at least 2003....!(N.B. this pile isn't even half of what I had, collecting dust, in my room. Clearing up can be sooo liberating!) ...

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Chinese

Peking Duck

11/22/2008 08:32:00 PM
Is there a sight more beautiful than a big glistening pile of crispy roasted duck? Our favourite Peking Duck is at Little Beijing House, a semi-local, casual and friendly suburban restaurant. It is quite a small place, and is really popular, so I'd recommend booking. And, when booking it's usually a good idea to let them know you...

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Cake

Tiramisu Layer Cake

11/15/2008 11:26:00 AM
More Nigella Christmas. The Tiramisu layer cake was one of the first recipes that caught my eye in this gorgeous book. I brought it out as dessert when we had a small BBQ, and found myself going back for more throughout the week.The layers are made up of alcohol-soaked chocolate cake slices, alternated with a traditional mascarpone-and-egg-based cream....

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Curry

Ying Thai 2

11/12/2008 09:22:00 PM
Coconut milk-free vegetable curry in hot potYing Thai 2110 Lygon StreetCarlton Vic 3053(03) 9639-1697I haven't had Thai food in aaages, so I was very glad when my friend Adri suggested Ying Thai 2 for a Sunday-night catch up. We rocked up at 6pm on a Sunday night, and it was a lot busier than we expected. We were...

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Chocolate

Halloween Cupcakes

11/10/2008 08:31:00 PM
Black as the night!For Halloween, I attended a Halloween party (or should I say "Spooktacular '08"?), and had ambitious plans to bring savoury food (Nigella's fully-loaded potato skins), as well as black and white cupcakes with a web pattern on them. The party was on a Friday, and on the Thursday I bought black colouring and black gel...

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Bacon

Sauerkraut mit Fleisch und Kartoffelbrei

11/08/2008 01:03:00 AM
Sarah's Sauerkraut and SausagesOh, lecker! I was so incredibly pleased with tonight's dinner. Forgive me while I boast and gush. It was my turn to cook dinner tonight; it was cold and I really wanted proper home-style cooking. I decided on Sauerkraut and meat, the way my host-mama in Germany made for me. I didn't have a recipe,...

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Bacon

Lunch: BLT

11/05/2008 09:08:00 PM
I only have half an hour for lunch breaks, so I like to bring my own lunch with me. On those days that I forget to bring it, I usually end up inhaling a dodgy pide and chips, a focaccia, or bain-marie Chinese takeaway at a nearby food court, before hot footing it back to my desk. This...

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Beef

3 Dinners: Random

11/04/2008 08:45:00 PM
No theme this week, just a selection of rather random dinners.T-Bone Steak with Onion SauceYou may recall that I had 2 massive t-bone steaks leftover from my Grand Final BBQ lunch. For a Sunday-night dinner I defrosted them and grilled them in the same herb mix that I'd used for the BBQ lunch. To go with, I went...

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Breakfast

Croissants

11/02/2008 01:51:00 AM
A big batch of croissants was the highlight of my recent Brunch for Breast Cancer. The recipe came from The Roux Brothers on Patisserie book, my go-to text for all things French patisserie. The things I knock up in my kitchen will never, could never, be as perfect and gorgeous as the delicacies gracing those glossy pages, but...

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