Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Celebrations

I feel like this blog has turned into a cooking blog rather than sewing/patchwork/stitching one over the past little while...and here again I am showing photos of more food! A very dear friend turned 50 this weekend just past and I made some lemon slice and macarons for her afternoon tea, as shown in the above photo.
Her brother Phil made a baked cheesecake (below)....though not like any baked cheesecake that I have ever seen...he has such a gift for making cakes...he used to work with Gabriel Gate and Jeff Jansz many years ago on"What's Cooking"...he was the one who made the "here's one I prepared earlier" items....he now makes the occasional wedding cake and special cakes for loved ones....the cake stand is made of toffee...as are the "gems" hanging around the stand...not only did it look wonderful, it was delicious to eat....

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Food Glorious Food

It has yet again been a while since posting....but blogger has changed the way things work so I have been struggling to work out how to do posts on the new format....and you know how some things are just too hard to persevere with at times....any how....here are a few photos of things I have been doing of late....
Last week was my Birthday and being born on Anzac Day, I decided to make some Anzac biscuits.....

 The lovely Lisa that I work with delivered this gorgeous box of treats to my door.....

As you would also know, I had a lovely holiday in Europe last year and from my time spent in Italy, I was really keen to have an Italian Inspired dinner Party....well, last Saturday night, my idea finally came to fruition and I cooked up an absolute storm....on the menu was:
Antipasto Platter with handmade "Lumacelle" a delightfully yummy savoury bread I tasted whilst in Orvieto
Wild Boar Ragu with Chestnut Polenta (I also tasted wild boar in Italy...it is so very delicious)
For dessert I made Vanilla and Honey Pannacotta with poached quinces
To have with coffee, I made Canolli filled with Ricotta and Mascarpone cheese with Grand Marnier, some Biscotti called Tozzetti and bought some Italian Nougat.
Sadly I forgot to take photos of much of the meal, however I did manage a few photos.....
  The invitation......

the Antipasto Platter.....

Leftover cannoli........

...and a selection of other delights left over......