Mardi Michels 
Les Petits Chefs are back for term 3! We have a wonderful programme of visiting chefs and field trips lined up this term and I can’t wait to share what we get up to! The first week of any term in club is always a bit unknown for me because team tryouts are still taking … Read more
The Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi this week was an apple matafan (“Mata-what?” According to Genius Kitchen, “a matafan is a thick crepe; there are a few variations. For centuries, this was a daily dish for the local peasant. Eaten in the morning, matafans sustained him/her through a long day of work … Read more
It’s a quick and easy – and very pink! – recipe for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen this week – beet hummus. It’s a quick and easy recipe that comes together in a flash (I used my mini hand blender set and it worked really well – for making smaller … Read more
(Classic South Australian treats from my childhood – Farmers Union Iced Coffee and Fruchocs) When I was in Australia recently, I took a few days to head back to Adelaide, my hometown. It’s been a while since I’ve spent much time there (most visits were one or two days only over the past decade) so … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was one I’d never heard of before – kamish – and the recipe was contributed to Dorie’s Cookies by my good friend Adell Shneer (who’s worked with my Petits Chefs many times over the years making cookies of a different kind!) Dorie says: When I was … Read more
Today’s book review is about not judging a book by its cover. I remember the first time I read about Jackie Kai Ellis and thinking “Wow, she has such a great life!”. Founder of the successful Beaucoup Bakery and The Paris Tours, Jackie seemed to have it all – living between Vancouver and Paris, a … Read more