Here in Australia, we celebrate Christmas in summer when cherries are in season. In Adelaide, South Australia, we have a fantastic cherry growing region in the Adelaide Hills, just a short drive from the city centre. It's fitting, then, that an Australian Christmas is all about the cherries (and the chocolate). And how we love them! But this year hasn't been a great cherry season, so they're … [Read more...]
Gluten-free gifts
My parents were and are both teachers. There are teachers through my entire extended family. In fact, of all my aunts and uncles, there is only one who is not a teacher. One of my strongest memories of school finishing for the Christmas/summer break was the amount of chocolate and sweet treats that my parents brought home, having received gift after gift from students and colleagues. To the young … [Read more...]
Gluten-free wicked chocolate balls
As the Christmas season is almost upon us, this blog will take a different direction over the next few weeks, focussing on festive fare. This will especially be the case because we are now on our long summer school break and so I won't be packing too many lunchboxes for the time being. But before we get to these wicked chocolate balls, it was my very great honour this week to be nominated for the … [Read more...]
Review: Together We Cook
Here's a fantastic idea that fills a gap in the cake market. Together We Cook is an online cake business that specialises in novelty and occasion cake kits, delivering them to your door. I've been thinking about this post for a little while now, considering how best to describe TWC's product. A cake mix for people who don't like cake mixes, perhaps? ... Except that when I received my gluten-free … [Read more...]