christmas

Holiday Wreath Bread

August 3, 2010

“How would someone who really knows you describe your WORST qualities?” That is one of the questions from the Masterchef season three online application form. There is a whole lot more questions in the application – 82 questions to be exact but this question is one of the toughest, after that silly “Where would you [...]

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Christmas Apricot Glazed Ham

July 21, 2010

It’s Ham-mertime! Question – What is a must have for you during Christmas? A leg ham, a turkey or a kilo of prawns? Seafood is undeniably the biggest seller here in Australia during the summer Christmas. For me (and also the Pom), is always about the meat but having said that, we actually haven’t baked [...]

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It’s Christmas in July! A Yuletide dinner party at ATFT’s HQ

July 19, 2010

I ♥ YULE. Celebrating Christmas in July here in Australia makes absolutely perfect sense. For those who migrated to Australia from the Northern Hemisphere will never get used to having Christmas in a scorching hot summer in December. The Pom who has moved here for more than 9 years still prefer hot roast dinner with brussel [...]

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Orphan’s Christmas Picnic at Balls Head Reserve

December 26, 2009

Season‘s greetings! I have to admit, overeating is a bitch! I feel fat and lethargic from excessive consumption, and have to visit the bathroom two or three times a day is simply abnormal. (I know is too much information, tough!) When I thought I finally have some down time to relax from all the frenzy [...]

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Pistachio Chocolate Marshmallow

November 2, 2009

Is it wrong to start thinking what food to make for this Christmas already? Hence, I present you the pistachio chocolate marshmallows. Trick ‘cha! These were actually made for the Halloween over the weekend. I actually had not prepare anything for the Trick or Treaters, so decided to churn up these quick and easy pistachio [...]

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Christmas Day lunch

December 27, 2008

“one… two… one… two… am I still alive?” I am over-eating, over indulged, and overloaded over this Christmas and is not even over yet! The Christmas Day lunch this year probably one of the best I’ve had for a long time. Since Mr P and I don’t have any family members here in Australia, we [...]

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You give a little love, this Christmas

December 23, 2008

Yes! I did! I went to Oxfam unwrapped website and bought a little superfly piglet for someone less fortunate in Solomon Islands this Christmas! I am guilty as charge as I know that I don’t get involved in charity causes as much as I would like to. Hence I always try to give as much [...]

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Festive Christmas Rum Balls

December 22, 2008

If diamonds are a girl’s best friend, then this festive rum ball will be everyone’s BFF this Christmas. Every year around festive season, it has become a tradition for me and Mr D to get together, sit down and make a massive batch of rum balls to give it to relatives and friends. There’s no [...]

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Alphabet cookies this Xmas!

December 20, 2008

It’s that time of year again to dust off that mixer sitting in the cupboard, line up all the baking trays on the kitchen bench, bake your favorite cookies and fill the room with aromatic spice this Christmas! I am bit late on this whole 12-days of cookies baking frenzy like every other foodbloggers been [...]

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