These are your codes to unlocking all sorts of awesome! Be warned, there is a lot of love and exclamation going on in this post. This time, I have arranged it by application…
for the FACE…
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The Parnell French Market is amazing. A perfect way to spend an early Sunday morning. The almond croissants baked there are unbelievable. Layers of sticky flaky pastry, filled with almond whip, rolled into a crescent and scattered with fine icing sugar. I swear, there is nothing better than that first drop of hot almond cream [...]
Amaretto cookies are gifts from the Italian gods (just like macarons are kisses from French goddesses). Each has a crunchy shell on the outside that melts into a sugary mess on the tip of your tongue, lashing your taste buds with almond. Excellent with coffee or tea.
Tip: Give someone you love a box of amaretto [...]
Full of pure joy. It’s a snuggle up with a blanket on the couch kind of evening and I have my comfort food of choice. My flatmate Roz loves giant licorice all sorts after a stressful day, except she doesn’t eat the green ones. Hot cups of tea also help… making our fingers, bellies and [...]
Thursday, October 2, 2008
I wanted one of these so badly as a kid, hell I still want one now! Dr. Dreadful’s Squeemy Snack Lab provides hours of disgusting fun. Mmmm squidgy eyeballs, sugary intestines, fluorescent boogers - putrid treats! The language on the packaging alone makes me gurgle with delight, so I can only guess how thrilled I [...]
Sunday, September 28, 2008
“French macarons are the new cupcakes.”
- The Coveted on Twitter
I definitely agree! Not to be confused with macaroons (English style cookies that the Famous 5 and their ilk liked to scoff), macarons are soft, pretty and tasty! Think of them like a delicious sandwich - 2 sides of delicious cookie, with a chewy ganache [...]
Thursday, August 28, 2008
[A departure from our normal programming... However it is stylish to be well fed and stylish to impress people with your baking skills, so there you go!]
drop scones with maple syrup and cream by ramtops.
In the last 24 hours or so I have cooked about 150 pikelets. You may know them as drop scones or [...]
