I was unbelievably excited to come across a bounty of blood oranges in the imperfect pick section (there is a special place in my heart...

Once a year, in December, I make fruitcake. It's my grandmother's recipe . In my family, it was first made by her, then by my mo...

I had a traumatic week last week. Not world-endingly traumatic, just the kind that could be cured by cake. So I made one. During a heatw...

This week I made two chocolate cakes. Both were oil (rather than butter) based. One was a triumph and the other... the less said about ...

When I moved to Sydney and, ultimately, out of home, my farewell present from my friends was a food processor. The same one is still ...

It's been way too hot. On days where the only way to survive is to seek out a cinema or shopping centre and its air-conditioning, on...

Sometimes, words are hard to come by. And for those times, there's cake. This one happily requires very few words as there are but...

Some things are worth making just for the name alone. Or in this case if you're travelling north to work with a colleague who's ...

Food presents are my favourite. Among the best I've received in recent years: vanilla beans from Bali, a catering-size container of...

I don't cook a lot of Asian food. It's not because I don't like it. The problem - such that it is - is that I live somewhere...

This week, it got cold, and I got a cold. Let me start by saying I am no good at being sick. By this I mean I am not stoic in suffering....

In this, my first week in Denmark, I've become a little obsessed with skyr. I first became aware of it when I saw it on the menu at ...

Certain food I associate with certain people. Chutney, for instance, is my mum's domain. My friend Tammy is famous for her croissa...

In Australia, the closest we get to anything white at this time of year is pavlova, a show-stopper dessert made with egg whites and suga...

My mother used to bribe us with food. Neither my brother or I had much interest in learning the piano but we had boundless enthusiasm fo...

Last week it was my friend Joanna's birthday. So I made her a cake. When I'm cooking for Joanna, the stakes are high. She'...

I eat everything - meat, dairy, gluten, sugar... everything that is, except what those with food allergies, dietary restrictions or part...

If you’re in your thirties, live in Australia and like to cook, odds are that prominent in your kitchen is a fat orang e tome.  Stephanie...

So I had some egg whites to use up.  The last few weeks I've been running down my supplies, eating my way through the contents of my ...