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Sarah Cooks: 8/1/12 - 9/1/12
Bars

The Unblogged Files: August

8/31/2012 11:59:00 PM
Woah, August has just flown by! There was that little Sydney trip, which I'm still in the process of blogging. Apart from that, I'm happily back to working full time after having taken a much needed and very welcome eight month break. This means I haven't been going out as much (Mama needs her beauty sleep!), but I've...

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Beef

Baked Pasta with Eggplant, Beef and Cheese

8/29/2012 08:59:00 PM
Can you believe it's almost September?! Where has the year gone? Whilst the first, tentative, signs of Spring seem to be on their way - the nights don't come quite so quickly now, the flowers have started to bloom - the nights can still be bitingly cold, and comfort food is still very much on the menu. I...

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Bars

Sydney 2012: White Hart, Neutral Bay

8/26/2012 09:17:00 PM
How cute is that? Little patch of astroturf, a mini watering can with "the aroma of freshly cut grass", and a little pile of chocolate cookie "dirt" with little jelly worms inside. This was part of the "British Summer Garden Martini" at White Hart in Neutral Bay, where we took advantage of Sydney's great late-winter weather by enjoying...

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Cake

Amerikaner

8/25/2012 10:23:00 PM
Amerikaner Here are the first things I baked in the new house! Amerikaner! I felt like something sweet and light, and above all, easy to bake. Amerikaner are a vanilla-flavoured soft cookie, decorated with white icing and melted chocolate. I'm told that they were brought over to Germany by American GI's at the end of WWII - hence the name Amerikaner -...

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Cafes

Sydney 2012: Flour & Stone, Woolloomooloo

8/22/2012 07:46:00 AM
In my last post about our Sydney trip (Adriano Zumbo at The Star), I told you that I love rustic, home-style cakes - so you can imagine my delight when I walked into Flour and Stone the next morning and saw this gorgeous spread! Mismatched cake stands, wooden boards, beautiful handmade cakes, donuts, cookies and tarts. Gorgeous! Flour...

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