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Perfect pastry for the tropics

Perfect pastry for the tropics © Clare Richards 2009 – 2010

Pastry can easily be a very ordinary thing. Too hard, too soft, too stodgy, too thick when cooked; the dough too sticky and wet when mixed, or too liable to melt on you when rolled out. Add to that the very different [...]

Mum’s visit, and the recipe for Crystals

Crystals mixed drink © Clare Richards 2009

We are on the last night of mum’s visit, which has been two weeks of joy.  Sharing cooking, preparation, food, as well as many a swim and a wander.  Tonight we had a very simple meal of breadfruit chips, rump steak cooked on the BBQ and served with [...]