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On cheese scones and the golden years of retirement

25/8/2017

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Cheese scones - photo Liz Posmyk Good Things
Christine's cheese scones and afternoon tea
"Come for afternoon tea and I'll show you my new dining room furniture," read the invitation messaged by a dear friend. "I'll make some cheese scones and we can sit and chat over a gin and tonic."


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On gluten-free shortbread, coveting things and my new rolling pins

16/10/2016

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Gluten free shortbread and In My Wood Rolling pins
Being in my 50s, I seem to have reached that stage in my life where I have everything I could want and need, and I rarely ever covet anything. 


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Old fashioned creamy lattice slice with passionfruit 

22/6/2016

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Old fashioned lattice slice with passionfruit icing
Old fashioned creamy lattice slice with passionfruit icing (image courtesy Australian Passionfruit)
When my oldest child (my son) was just a wee baby, I lived two doors away from Val, a lovely stay-at-home mum, who had two little boys of her own. Like me, Val loved to cook, and we spent many happy hours together cooking, taste-testing and discussing recipes - particularly the quick and simple, old fashioned Aussie kind.


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Anzac Biscuits - a snippet of history and a handful of the best recipes

19/4/2016

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'Vintage' photo of Anzac Biscuits by Liz Posmyk
As we approach Anzac Day (April 25), I check my larder for supplies of rolled oats and golden syrup - to be certain that I have enough to bake at least one, if not two, batches of my Anzac Biscuits. 


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Strawberry pistachio shortcakes

4/11/2015

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Strawberry pistachio shortcake by Liz Posmyk, Good Things
'More?!' asked my neighbour the fireman, smiling and eyes wide at the sight of me standing on his doorstep with a large punnet of freshly-picked, home grown strawberries. 'I'm afraid so,' I replied. 'Do you think you can manage to eat them?' We won't have any problems with that,' he laughed. 'I'll get the strawberry fairy onto them.'


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On Shrewsbury biscuits and bickie tins

20/9/2015

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Shrewsbury biscuits by Liz Posmyk, Good Things
‘We are the everyday biscuit capital of the world,’ says Nigel Slater in Eating for England: the Delights & Eccentricities of the British at Table. ‘What France is to cheese and Italy is to pasta, Britain is to the biscuit. The tin, with its tight lid and cute pictures, is a playground for those who like their snacks sweet and crisp and reeking of tradition. Welcome to the British biscuit tin.’


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Parmesan biscuit bites - Biscottini di Parmigiano 

4/2/2015

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Parmesan biscuit bites - Biscottini di Parmigiano
'The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.'
                                          — Josiah Gilbert Holland, American writer and poet, 1819-1881


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A conversation with Liz Harfull author of The Australian Blue Ribbon Cookbook

2/11/2014

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Liz Harfull author of the Blue Ribbon Cookbooks
Liz Harfull, author, cook and cookery judge (image courtesy Allen & Unwin)
South Australian journalist, rural storyteller and writer, Liz Harfull, says she has what is possibly one of the best jobs in the world. Indeed, I feel more than a little envious when I learn that she has spent the last four years travelling around, visiting several of Australia's country and royal shows. 


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A conversation with Emma Galloway My Darling Lemon Thyme and Emma's Quinoa + Lemon ANZAC biscuits

31/3/2014

 
Emma Galloway - My Darling Lemon Thyme in conversation with Bizzy Lizzy
Emma Galloway, image courtesy HarperCollins
'Our family of seven ... lived in a wooden house built by my father — its stained glass windows greeted anyone who approached the front door. Drinking water came straight from the sky and into our tank, fruit and vegetables were grown in the traditional way and we collected raw goat's milk from a farm at the end of our winding gravel road, both to drink and make yoghurt. Looking back, it seems like a fairy-tale, but it's exactly the life I now want to give my own two children.'                   
     — Emma Galloway, in the introduction to My Darling Lemon Thyme - Recipes from my real food kitchen


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Triple chocolate chip cookies

30/1/2014

 
Triple chocolate chip cookies by Liz Posmyk, Good Things
'Who dat?,' Peter called out playfully as he opened the front door. Hearing giggles, he knew it would be our neighbour's children back for a another helping of my freshly-baked triple chocolate chip cookies. I had made a double batch and, judging by the delicious aromas wafting from my kitchen, and the look on the little ones' faces, they were really good.


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