Week 12 of the Cookbook Challenge, the theme is Eggs. One of my favourite foods, they can be so healthy and can also be so naughty…this recipe is a naughty one. Zabaglione is one of my favourite indulgences – this is however the first time I’ve ever attempted making it properly. In the 1980s there used to be a lot of gelatarias that made Zabaglione gelati and now it’s so hard to find…am...

What better place to review on an almost 40 degree Melbourne day than a gelateria? Gelatissimo is in Lygon St, Carlton (currently their only location in Victoria, hopefully more will be popping up soon though) near the corner of Grattan St. The best part? Half of their flavours (all the sorbets) are gluten free, including my personal favourite, Blood Orange….yummmm. Other sorbet flavours include Green...

Week 11 of the Cookbook Challenge with a theme of Mixed. I had a massive cabbage in my fridge on the weekend so went hunting for an interesting coleslaw recipe. As often is the case, Jamie Oliver helped me out with The Best Winter Veg Coleslaw – goes well in summer too, very refreshing. Ingredients 2 carrots, different colours if you can find them, peeled 1 bulb fennel, trimmed use at least 2 of the following:...

A few years ago you’d have buckley’s chance of finding any gluten free pasta on Lygon St…today it seems like every second restaurant is offering it, which is a good thing of course. Zingarella is one of the nicer restaurants where you won’t get accosted by someone out the front trying to convince you to eat there with a free round of drinks or convincing you the food is fantastic because...

Week 10 of the Cookbook Challenge and the theme is Cool. I happened to be in an Asian grocery when thinking of inspiration and decided on rice paper rolls. I went with a recipe from a Marie Claire cookbook called Cooking, which is actually written by Donna Hay. Ingredients 12 rice paper sheets 1 cup snow pea sprouts (I’m not sure what this is, I just used bean sprouts!) 1/2 cup shredded carrot 1/2 cup...

This is the first of many posts about gluten free eating when travelling around Australia. Hopefully these posts will help you convince yourself that you need to take that holiday! My first travel review is of Port Douglas, which is very gluten free friendly with a lot of choice for both casual and more formal dining. Plus they have a Coles supermarket for any snacks you need to top up on. By no means is this...

OK everyone knows Boost Juice, if you don’t you need to get out more! For anyone not sure of what they can / can’t have they have detailed allergy information for all of their juices, smoothies and soups, including what is / is not gluten free. You can pick up a booklet in store or click here to download from their website. My personal favourite is the Strawberry Squeeze smoothie VN:F [1.8.1_1037] What...

Week 9 of the Cookbook Challenge with a theme of Berry. I went with a very imaginative Berry Crumble from one of my Christmas presents, a book that I have been eyeing off since it came out – Stephanie Alexander’s Kitchen Garden Companion – half cook book half gardening book. Now I just need to get a place with a garden! Ingredients 50g unsalted butter 400g rasberries, blackberries, mulberries...

Budapest Restaurant has been on my list to try for aaaaaages, and finally last week I did. There are not a lot of Hungarian restaurants in Melbourne but of the few that exist this one is towards the top of the list. And I have high standards – my background is Hungarian so I’m used to a lot of very nice home cooking from parents and grandparents. This meal felt like a home cooked meal and the servings...

I think I need to change how I choose my recipes – I tend to choose things that look pretty easy enough but end up being a lot more complicated and as a result, never look anything like what they are supposed to! This was one of those recipes. Week 8 of the Cookbook Challenge had the theme of Sweet so I turned to one of my Christmas presents, Movida Rustica, which is full of beautiful Spanish recipes....