Gourmet crackers
“Why pay a fortune for fancy crackers when you can make your own? These crisp, twice-baked treats are simple, customisable and delicious. The apricot and nut flavourings are a personal favourite — sweet, nutty and irresistible!” - Anna Cameron
Millionaire’s shortbread
“It’s not clear whether the reference to wealth here relates to the caloric value of this chocolate-topped caramel slice, or the fact that sugar and chocolate were out of reach for the average Scottish peasant back in the day. Let’s just settle on the fact that this is R I C H. And delicious. A small piece, savoured slowly, is perfect….” – Michael & Pippa James
Potato-stuffed flatbreads
These flatbreads are fun to put together and they’re versatile too. You could serve them as a side for a soup, or with a Middle-Eastern themed roast lamb dinner, or even as leftovers for breakfast, reheated in the oven until the bread-y part turns crisp. We like serving them as part of a mezze (also spelled ‘meze’) spread…
Biscuits without Borders: Naankhatai by Sid Sahrawat
Here it’s the turn of Sid Sahrawat, the executive chef and owner of Cassia, Sid at The French Café, Anise and KOL, which he runs with his wife and business partner Chandni Sahrawat. Sid is originally from Chandigarh in northern India...
Morning glory breakfast bread
We’re always looking for ways to level up our breakfast routine because it’s easy to get bored with toast and jam, no matter how artisanal and generally amazing they both are. In our quest for a More Exciting Breakfast, we came across a recipe for Morning Glory Muffins, invented in…
Clean-the-fridge-out stuffed bread
This easy bread is a delish way to use up packet-ends and other odds and sods in your fridge. You know, the ones that are teetering on the cusp of their BBD but that you can’t bear to chuck out. And yes, we deliberately used the word ‘easy’ here; if you’ve read our…
Silverbeet and sardine pizza
Canned seafoods are quite the thing lately, aren’t they? Although the French (who pioneered sardine canning in the early 1800s), Spanish and Portuguese have known for quite some time that fish in a can is fab. While you can drop serious coin on boujee canned fish brands…