web site last updated Sunday 2, September, 2018
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Some savvy tips for preserving to ensure that your time and effort is not wasted and also mainly eliminates the need for storage refrigeration until you open the jar….click here ….posted September 2, 2018! |
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By special request we take a look at a couple of new models in home vac machines and explore cutting down your plastic usage with what appears to be improvements in their reusable storage containers, starting with the fact that they actually stack in the current version! We are waiting for a reply to our email to Sunbeam with some questions about their new models…their promised 3 business days response is hardly what one expects in this day and age! Shoudl be some time later in the week for this one. ….post updated September 2, 2018! |
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Please use recipes from the main navigation…this is just the start! ….posted August 25, 2018!
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click here for the full recipe and instructions posted Wednesday August 8, 2018 |
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Book Review Well we think there are some good ideas..but made ‘simple’, really!!! without some serious bread baking skills you will never get these recipes to work???? ….posted August 22, 2018! |
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We adore Melbourne for its vibrant food and art scene and unique shopping especially vintage shopping…….just one revisit and six new restaurant reviews….. click here updated…. Wednesday 8 August, 2018!
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We all buy on-line, but how often do you take the time to read the terms and conditions? Well a recent experience we have had trying to return a domestic sous-vide appliance while still under warranty started with a demand for a $24 payment for return postage, followed by a list of fairly unacceptable terms and conditions that may have cost as much as we could buy a new one. It led us to take a look at the terms and conditions of similar equipment to discover vastly different terms and conditions. Still working on this one as it has turned into a much more complicated piece than expected. Add to that we don’t have the benefit of a legal team and need to make sure our facts are absolutely right. AO July 25, 2018 |
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This is just the start as we have realised a much more in-depth article is required, especially explaining the advances in induction cooktops….just the start! Our recommendations are based on first hand experience using induction hotplates in our own kitchen with items that we have purchased and other kitchens both domestic and commercial where we have had the opportunity to have a play or talk to chefs who use them on a daily basis. posted Sunday May 26, 2018 |
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Two amazing books purchased last year…Torrablanca 2 and Ramon Morato’s Chocolate, so much to try…so much to learn! |
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The very first thing you notice in France today is the lack of overweight residents. Then you notice the abundance of excellent bread, still baked twice daily; this is followed by exquisite melt in the mouth pastries, that eaten in excess would surely lead to obesity. The French still take weekends and free time seriously and the shopping/market day is Saturday. They patiently queue at the best butchers, the fromagerie, the poultry shop…well they queue everywhere good produce it to be found. a work in progress! |