I saw a quince tree from a train window today. They grew in everyone’s yard when I was a child, next to the lemon tree, as much a part of the landcape as the Hills Hoist. Where are the quince trees of yesteryear? The quince trees have gone, I expect, due to total disinterest. They [...]

How absolutely simple is this? A simple pound cake – iced with chocolate – and some chocolate Easter Eggs plonked around the top. A bit rusty on the Pound Cake recipe? We don’t use lbs anymore but the name remains. Once you made a Pound Cake with a pound each of four ingredients: flour, butter, [...]

Sometimes you can get a perfect hot chocolate. Waiting for the bus after a little light shopping in Waringal Mall, Heidelberg, can be pretty dreary. There’s only so much time you can spend reading the thrilling brochures outside the travel shop or the newspaper reviews pinned on the window of the Pizzeria. I couldn’t resist [...]