Archive for the ‘Food History’ Category

Utter Crepe-ulence! Banana and Salted Caramel Crepe’s

Utter Crepe-ulence! Banana and Salted Caramel Crepe’s
Crepes by Bridget I weighed. I tested. I tasted. I rejected. My thirst for finding the best crepe recipe was unquenchable. I was living life on the boulevard of broken dreams, having been let down by so many crepe recipes that had been unable to deliver their promised thin pancake goodness. I was feeling...
July 15th, 2009 | Dessert, Food History, Food quotes, Recipes, Sweets, Uncategorized | Read More

Eating Aloha: Malasada’s Put the “OoooO” in Dough-nut

Eating Aloha: Malasada’s Put the “OoooO” in Dough-nut
Eating Aloha… A Cooks Journey Through the Radiant Island of Oahu The first sound that escaped my lips once my teeth sank  through the buttery crisp shell into the warm moist interior of my first Malasada was Oooooh My Goodness… ‘OMG’ for short. I was lounging on a park bench...
June 19th, 2009 | Bakery, Bridgets favorites, Eating Aloha, Food Folklore, Food History, Hawaii, Pastries, Recipes, Review, Sweets, kitchen equipment, twitter | Read More

Biscuits to Remember… Delicious ANZAC’s.

photo by Bridget My great great Uncle, ‘Uncle Champ’ was one of the many hundreds of thousands of Australian and New Zealand men or ANZAC’s that went to war for their country in the early 1900′s . Fortunately for our family, Uncle Champ came home after his tour of duty. The word...
April 21st, 2009 | Bakery, Food History, Recipes | Read More

Biscuits to Remember… Delicious ANZAC's.

photo by Bridget My great great Uncle, ‘Uncle Champ’ was one of the many hundreds of thousands of Australian and New Zealand men or ANZAC’s that went to war for their country in the early 1900′s . Fortunately for our family, Uncle Champ came home after his tour of duty. The word...
April 21st, 2009 | Bakery, Food History, Recipes | Read More

How To Make Pavlova ~ New Zealand Style

How To Make Pavlova ~ New Zealand Style
photo by farm4 “To follow, without halt, one aim: There’s the secret of success.” Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) It seems that  Australians and New Zealanders have taken this famous quote by Anna Pavlova the Russian ballerina to heart when placing claim on some popular Southern Hemisphere...
April 15th, 2009 | Bakery, Dessert, Food Folklore, Food History, Food quotes, How to's, New Zealand, Pavlova, Recipes | Read More

The Art of Chai…Bridget’s Ultimate Masala Chai Recipe

photo by sethbaur Don’t you just adore food posts that start with..”So as legend has it… “ You  know that you’re going to be in for a real treat and hopefully they have attached a kicking recipe to draw you along  into the story even further. Well that’s my cue to...
April 10th, 2009 | Beverages, Bridgets favorites, Drinks, Food History | Read More

The Art of Chai…Bridget's Ultimate Masala Chai Recipe

photo by sethbaur Don’t you just adore food posts that start with..”So as legend has it… “ You know that you’re going to be in for a real treat and hopefully they have attached a kicking recipe to draw you along into the story even further. Well that’s my cue to...
April 10th, 2009 | Beverages, Bridgets favorites, Drinks, Food History | Read More

Food Folklore… Tasty Reasons To Eat Hot Cross Buns

photo by tico24 Served piping hot from the oven slathered in a rich helping of butter and its Good Morning Good Friday!! Have you ever wondered where this Easter tradition stemmed from and how can you could get your hands on some more hot buns? Most people believe that the hot cross bun symbolizes the...
April 9th, 2009 | Bakery, Food Folklore, Food History, Food Humour, Recipes, Uncategorized | Read More

15 Powerful reasons to eat chocolate

photo by Lisa Brewster 15 Powerful reasons to eat chocolate t’ will make old women young and fresh Create new motions of the flesh And cause them to long for you-know-what When they but taste CHOC-O-LATE William Wordsworth (1770-1850)  British poet Early Central American cultures worshipped and...
April 7th, 2009 | Cakes, Chocolate, Food History, Food Humour, Food quotes, Health benefits, Recipes | Read More

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