Banana and berry muffins

If the kids are getting under your feet at weekends or during school holidays, get them baking muffins.
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Coffee creme caramel

If your dinner parties find you spending more time in the kitchen than with your guests, here's a dessert you can make the day before.
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Cocktails?

Spring carnival time is upon us and it's a good excuse to have a cocktail or two. Here are some samples from a great little cocktail book being released this month.
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My blog

Swiss restaurant owner Hans Locher (right) had some novel ideas for his menu so he started advertising for the key ingredient. About five litres of the stuff on a regular basis would do it. Then the authorities stepped in.
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Oz bloggers

I've added a list of Australian food blogs to my Links section. I know bloggers sometimes run out of steam so I've included only those blogs that were current at the time of writing and had articles posted in the previous month.

Books for cooks

Ferran Adria to visit Australia

This month Phaidon Press will publish A Day at elBulli: An insight into the ideas, methods and creativity of Ferran Adrià. The legendary chef will visit Australia to promote the title, which offers the first behind-the-scenes look inside the restaurant voted best in the world for the past three years. Read more >>>

The Cook's Shop

Drop by my aStore. It features favourite kitchen equipment, cookbooks, reference books, books written by chefs and foodies, and whatever else I think will interest food lovers. Check it out... or grab my free cookbook, The Novice Cook.