The old idiom goes that a picture says a thousand words, well I wager that chocolate cake is also verbose. Chocolate cake can say a very many things. Chocolate cake can say Happy ...
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food for football fans
Bearhands comes from a fairly distinguished rugby league background. In fact, I can have a particularly ill-timed (or well-timed) case the mumps to thank for Bearhands becoming a farmer instead of a ...
genius ideas and double chocolate peanut butter cookies
This post is brought to you by Volvo. I dedicate this post, and these delicious biscuits, to the inventors and their eureka moments without which we’d still be ironing our clothes (and our hair for ...
why saffron is so expensive & why growing saffron is like having a high-maintenance girlfriend
Saffron has fascinated me since I was a child. I remember regarding the little vial with wonder. These curious looking orange threads worth more than gold? It seemed incredible to me. Last week when ...
slow cooker osso bucco
I knew my life would change dramatically when I became a stay at home mother. I knew I'd miss the chat in the office, having a lunch break, nicking out for a coffee. I did not anticipate falling out ...
easy shepherd’s pie
Bearhands and I bought the farm in 2005. We were a three man team - Bearhands, Tiger and I (not even kidding!). I worked my off-farm job from 5am-2pm then came home, changed, and got on the harvester ...