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August 2009

Lost in a Colombian Rainforest – Adriano Zumbo Cakes

August 27, 2009

Had enough of Zumbo yet? If not, here’s a little more. Escape from a Colombian Rainforest, referred to at the store by one of the counter staff as “Escape from a Colombian Car Park”. I’m sure you’ve seen the cake a number of times. I even passed up the opportunity to try this out during [...]

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A Slice of the Action – Masterchef Chocolate Mousse Cake

August 25, 2009

I was fortunate enough to have won the opportunity to buy the chocolate mousse cake pictured above. Yes, won the opportunity to buy the cake. If you don’t already know, you’ll see what I mean when you read on. There’s a lot of hype surrounding the chocolate mousse cake. It was initially introduced as a [...]

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The ‘tao of Benchmarking – Doytao Drummoyne

August 20, 2009

Pad Thai. It’s somewhat of a benchmark dish for me; a common point of reference from which the quality of one Thai restaurant is judged over another. This particular version of the dish is from the Doytao restaurant located in Drummoyne, though there are a number of branches located within Sydney. From discussions I’ve had [...]

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Tupperwareness – Tupperware Party

August 18, 2009

For those of you that don’t already know her, this is Sheryl aka Shez from the food blog One Bite More. She had kindly invited me as well as a small handful of food bloggers over to her place for a party. We’re not talking any old party here either… Ok, now that we have [...]

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Truth or Daring – Daring Cooks Challenge August 2009

August 14, 2009

I present to you the Daring Cooks Challenge for August 2009 – rice with mushrooms, cuttlefish and artichokes; essentially a paella. The original recipe is by José Andrés (apparently a Spanish chef of high regard, who has trained under Ferran Adria) selected by this months Daring Cooks host, Olga of Olga’s Recipes. Ok, let’s be [...]

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Plus ça Change… – Soft Launch of theheartoffood.com

August 12, 2009

The full saying goes “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” (click on link for pronunciation audio). It’s a phrase attributed to French critic, journalist and novelist Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, often translated into the English as “the more things change, the more they stay the same”. The phrase is one that I have some [...]

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