Chocolate cupcakes with Nutella frosting
It’s been a while since I’ve made cupcakes, and in making some thank you packages for people who’ve helped me out with my business school applications, I decided the occasion was certainly special enough to warrant a bit of extra baking work. Cupcake/cake batter itself is incredibly easy to make – I find it typically … Continue reading
Butternut squash chickpea chili
I’ve had an amazing few days of hosting some Americans, and I have a good friend here who is staying for the whole next week, so this means heaps of time at all my favourite restaurants and bars and trying as many new ones as possible. Needless to say, after some very heavy socialising, sometimes … Continue reading
Amazing Asian fusion in NYC
At the tail-end of my trip to London I had the opportunity to go to NYC for just a few days to catch up with amazing people and of course eat a lot. A dear friend of mine once said that I “Ms. Pac-Man” my way through New York, essentially eating everything. (I have chosen … Continue reading
Malted chocolate pretzel blondies
I have to admit, I actually haven’t been particularly baking inspired lately. Much like with cooking, when I travel a lot, I tend to go back to familiar recipes that I love instead of seeking out new ones (trolling through food blogs does take a fair amount of time investment after all). So when I … Continue reading
Chocolate chip cookie dough peanut butter cups
Attention chocolate and peanut butter fans: this is your nirvana dessert. I don’t think I have ever had chocolate and peanut butter in a better combination than this. These are like an exciting peanut butter take on the chocolate chip cookie dough truffles I also greatly enjoy. Technically they require no baking but they do … Continue reading
Delightful culinary variety in London
As I’ve mentioned several times in this blog already, I recently had the opportunity to take a trip to one of my favourite cities in the world, London. The last time I was there was about two years ago and it was so wonderful not only to be there again but also to realize how … Continue reading
Chocolate oatmeal cookie dough sandwiches
The week before I left for my trip to London, I was just feeling the baking craving even more than usual. I have a lovely work friend from Melbourne who has been in town recently and since our paths were briefly intersecting I decided we were just going to live it up on a Wednesday … Continue reading
Chickpea ratatouille
FINALLY. A healthy recipe. I made this several weeks ago and was in a big rush before my trip so didn’t really get to actually document it with very many photos, but it’s so good that I had to write about it anyway. Like many of my favourite vegetarian recipes, the beauty with this one … Continue reading
Delicate innovation at Esq
Despite all the work my team was doing in Brisbane a few weeks ago, we did manage to get out to a few nice places, and Esq was one of the best of all. According to their website they were the most highly awarded restaurant in Brisbane last year, and after eating there, I can … Continue reading
Peanut butter pretzel cookies
Friends! I am so sorry for the radio silence. I have been in lovely London for the past six days working and exploring the city as my potential next home, and also the functionality of wordpress has failed me (the site is randomly breaking down), so the combination of those has resulted in far less … Continue reading
Yours truly
Passionate amateur baker and devotee of exploring the world through food
merrifood 