The Big Book of Beautiful Biscuits & Nana’s Biscuit Tin

There’s a recipe book that graces the shelves of many in Australia, The Big Book of Beautiful Biscuits, and like, mine, I’m sure they are well used.

The Big Book of Beautiful Biscuits – Ever reliable recipes

When I was a child, my nana, Elvie McDonald, would bake up a storm, filling biscuit (cookie) tins with a variety of biscuits, to be gifted to each of her adult children’s families.  We all had favourites, for me it was her melting moments, others loved her gingernuts, others, Anzacs, and so on, and it was a sad day when the last of your favourites had vanished from the tin.  When the tin was empty, it would be returned to nana, and she would use it to store her baked goods in throughout the year, before beginning the cycle again.  While I don’t have one of her large biscuit tins, I do have a smaller tin,  and use it to, fittingly, store my biscuit cutters in.

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Cook Book Club: The Food of France / La cuisine de France

I may have one or two French, or French inspired recipe books on my shelves, and as you wander from room to room in our home, you are likely to find more!

 

My French food journey began in earnest, in 2009, on our first visit to France.   As part of my planning, I read everything that I could get my hands on, in an attempt to learn about the culture, the traditions, the food, and did everything I could to try and grasp a little of the language, which is how I met my, now, best friend, Véronique. Continue reading

Snack pots to go.

I love this book, I’ve had it on my shelf for about five years now, and it regularly comes out for ideas and inspiration.

Bento Power by Sara Kiyo Popowa

I was asked to run a few classes for home-schooled children recently, and wanted to bring healthy delicious food for them to enjoy, and be a little creative with.  The final session this term was Bento Boxes.

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