A very Strange thing...

Hi all!

I'm sorry, been rather MIA lately... I havent even done much cooking except for a batch of instant brownies the other weekend, which hardly constitutes as cooking, but it was nice to hold the handymix, smell the chocolate mixture and turn on the oven and smell the wonderful baking delights!

Anyhow, something really strange happened on my blog... maybe someone out there will know the answer, and maybe it isnt really that strange after all! 2 entries ago, I blogged on my new cooking books and inserted photos on it... and guess what, yes it has disappeared!!! No joke! Gone!!! I checked on my dashboard and it is meant to be there, but now it has gone! Disappeared off the face of the blog!

Are there blog police out there??? Have I violated or committed some sorta crime? Maybe the Nigella publishers have come and managed to somehow take it off the site... oh dear.... this is real weird!!!

Take care all............ I hope to post some food stuff up sometime!!!

Love, Liz :)

Poker Championship Night!

Had a lovely loooong weekend! The way a long weekend should be! Plenty of food, fun & friends!!! :) Eulynn and Terence hosted a "Poker Night" and provided loads of food, drink and atmosphere!!! Hehehe! (Will this be an annual/half yearly event???!!!) Thank you heaps guys, always such a blessing to receive such warm fellowship and good food!

In celebration of this event, and with a set of new Nigella cookie cutters that I got for my birthday, I made the agar jelly and used the tiny alphabet cookie cutters to mark the event! The top layer is made with coconut milk and the bottom layer was clear with green pandan essence! Refreshing on a hot summer's day! :)

Hope you all (in Perth) had a lovely long weekend too! Cant wait for Easter now!!! :)

2 New Friends!!! :)

Honestly, there is something just so very very exciting about cookbooks! It's unexplainable - perhaps it is an obsession? I know my friend, Eulynn will totally understand what I mean! It's like there are these wonderful, creative secrets hidden in the glossy, mouth watering, ever so tempting pictures, pages with food that can send your senses wild!!! Truly, a very nice afternoon would be a nice cuppa tea or coffee and a brand new cookbook or magazine on my lap!

So the above 2 books are new additions to my cookbook family - WELCOME WELCOME! I have heard so much about Nigella, and her Snow flecked brownies are THE best, no calories are spared, but hey if you're going to be eating calories, make sure you make it worth your while! But her books are always on the pricey side, and I find that her ingredients are weird... some weird animal or vegetable..... BUT.... this time, her book "Feast" seemed to well, really look like a feast! So yes, I decided to treat myself with some birthday money from my aunty and bought it!

And then the other book, "Dinner with friends" has some awesome recipes as well... it has different cuisines and geez, it all looks so darn yummy!!! Ahhhh these two "friends" sit faithfully by my bed, pages and pages of glorious food, ready to get to work! Really it should be called inspiration.

Stay tuned............. hopefully I shall get some time to try them out!

For those in Perth, have a happy long weekend!!! :)

(p.s. I've been SO busy lately, I havent had a chance to try out new recipes or even use my friend's bday gift to me yet! Looks like Vday month and flavour has come and gone... o dear...! Ahh - ha today I got another very nice birthday present that shall be put to use in the not too far future.....!:))