my edible life

September 11, 2011

Hardware Societe

This is a very overdue review. I ate at this cafe almost daily when I was pregnant and I miss it almost every day since leaving work in the city to have Alice. I would sit at the long bench at the back, as it was always so busy, and would read my books on […]

September 11, 2011

Pear and Nutmeg Cake

When I was at our local fruit and veg place (‘go’ the West St shops, you rock the cheap produce) I spotted a bag of ripe pears and as on a budget decided to grab them and to make something interesting.

September 9, 2011

Lemon Meringue Pie using Agave

I have been trialing Agave syrup rather than using sugar in my baking and this recipe has been an outstanding success!! This recipe was a mix of a couple I found online, I have copied them here with the substitutions. The meringue is an Italian one, where you heat some sugar (Agave) syrup to skin […]

August 28, 2011

North Cafe

Oh yes, another Melbourne cafe….but this one is a nice change…the Decaf coffee is good ( very hard to find) and I did not get a sneer when I asked for it. They serve a small-ish menu of straigh forward breakfast food, which looked great as it went past us to other tables when deciding. […]

August 21, 2011

Hellenic republic revisited

We went back…. After trying the breakfast at Hellenic over a year ago we had not been back. But for my birthday this year Greg took me there as a treat … And it was really lovely. We had simple fare, poached eggs with sides of sausage, bacon and chickpea and tomato stew with feta […]

July 31, 2011

Mini eclairs to treat mothers group

A container full of bite sized eclairs are just waiting for me to fill them … The cream is whipped into shape with vanilla and little bit of sugar… If I had not just brushed my teeth I would eat one RIGHT NOW!