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Spinach and ricotta filo (phyllo) pies

16/10/2017

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Spinach and ricotta filo pies - Liz Posmyk Good Things
Popping in briefly to say hello and share with you a fresh and fast recipe that's also low in fat and ever-so delicious.


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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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Grilled haloumi with soumac and pomegranate dressing

12/4/2016

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Grilled haloumi with soumac and pomegranate dressing from Spice Journey by Shane Delia
Shane Delia's grilled haloumi with soumac and pomegranate dressing (image courtesy Murdoch Books)
There's something very alluring about an award-winning chef who says "I'm not a natural TV presenter or a travel guide. I'm not a celebrity chef, or wanting to be. I am just a cook from Melbourne who loves his life and all that it encompasses."


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On making mascarpone in a yoghurt maker

18/4/2015

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Beautifully soft and creamy home made mascarpone atop berry pancakes by Liz Posmyk Good Things
Mascarpone made an appearance in my kitchen in the late 1970s, when I first tried my hand at making that wonderful layered Italian dessert, Tiramisu. Now, almost forty years later, I wish I had a penny for all the times I have purchased a tub of the rich and creamy curd 'cheese'. If only I had tried making it home back then! 


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The art of making cheese - blessed are the cheesemakers

8/12/2014

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Susan Meagher from The Cheesemaking Workshop bakes a feta and olive pullapart loaf
Susan Meagher from The Cheesemaking Workshop bakes a feta and olive pullapart loaf
'Early next morning, a shrill whistle woke Heidi up. She opened her eyes. A ray of sunlight came through the window, falling on her bed and making the hay shine like gold. Very surprised, she looked round her, trying to think where she was. Then, hearing her grandfather's voice, she remembered what had happened the day before, and her spirits rose. She was longing to see the goats again. Jumping out of bed, she climbed down the ladder and ran out to the front of the hut. Peter was there with his goats and her grandfather was on his way to open the door of the goat-shed. Heidi dashed over to see the goats and say good morning to them. "Come here, you mustn't go without some food," called her grandfather, putting a huge piece of bread and a huge piece of cheese into the haversack.'
                                      -  Excerpt from Heidi (Happy Days chapter) by Johanna Spyri, 1964


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Honey and Thyme Baked Camembert

19/11/2013

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Honey and Thyme Baked Camembert
'Cheese courses are too often overlooked, which is a crime when you have [such good] camembert. Half the cheeses were split lengthways and layered with the earthy lushness of local truffles, while the others were drizzled with honey and thyme before being baked. Both lifted the already beautiful cheeses, but for me the oozing joy of the baked version was really hard to beat.'
                    — Tommy Hoschke, Capital Gourmand, Appetite for Excellence Hunt and Gather Dinner, 2012


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