Christmas recipes from Julie Biuso’s “Sweet Feast.”

Do Christmas desserts and treats have to be loaded with calories or are there some which are relatively fat free and healthy but still delicious? I had a chat about this recently with Julie Biuso, food editor of Taste Magazine and author of recently published “Sweet Feast”. It’s packed full of tempting desserts and baking, [...]

Christmas Baking for the Slack Mummy’s Club

Slack Mummies haven’t spent much time in their kitchens lately but sooner or later Christmas will catch up with them and they’ll have to make a bit of an effort. I am sure they would rather drop into Nosh or Farro Fresh and buy up some Christmas goodies to brazenly pass off as their own.But [...]

In the Melting Pot with Michael Van de Elzen

I am in the Melting Pot Cooking Theatre at Nosh in Mount Eden with 45 other foodies eager to start a 2 hour workshop with Celebrity Chef Michael Van de Elzen. He is about to demonstrate some of the recipes from “The Molten Cookbook” which has just been published. I’ve been an admirer of his [...]

In the Melting Pot with with Michael Van de Elzen

I am in the Melting Pot Cooking Theatre at Nosh in Mount Eden with 45 other foodies eager to start a 2 hour workshop with Celebrity Chef Michael Van de Elzen. He is about to demonstrate some of the recipes from “The Molten Cookbook” which has just been published. I’ve been an admirer of his [...]

The Best Whiskey Christmas Cake Recipe

My quest for the best Christmas cake to bake this year is over. The winning recipe was for a Whiskey cake which is effortless, moist, fruity and not too expensive. Up until last week there were three in the running. The first: Dame Alison Holst’s Pineapple Christmas cake which she says has been baked and [...]