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Non Solo Pasta
As the name would suggest, Non Solo Pasta serves up not only pasta, but a myriad of other authentic Italian dishes. Heading in a peak lunch hour, the restaurant was hectically busy, so I was expecting...
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Almond & Coconut Pancakes
I currently have more nut products than I know what to do with (I'll do a post on that matter soon) so there's been a multitude of almond/hazelnut/general nutty based goods coming out of my kitchen. I...
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Venetian Almond and Carrot Cake
Having lots of almond products on hand means that lots of gluten-free baked goods are on the menu. With the excessive amounts of food that I've eaten in the last week or so, baking a relatively healthy...
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Cecconi's Cantina
I'd never heard of Cecconi's Cantina before it was recommended to me for dinner, but as it turns out, it has quite a celebrated history. An offshoot of the Cecconi's originally at Crown, this...
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Macarons and Macawrongs
I'll let everyone know from the start that this post does not contain a recipe. Why? Because even though it works, it's not a fool-proof recipe (you'll see what I mean soon), and there are plenty of...
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Lucky Nuts for Baking Greatness
Sponsored by NuffnangIt's around this time of the year that the toll of the year starts to set in - 10+ months of hectic, long-hour days that can roll into night. All I feel like doing is sitting down...
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Homemade Hazelnut and Chocolate Spread
I went through a phase in third year of university, during second semester exam time to be precise, where I existed solely on black coffee and pita bread topped with Nutella. Definitely not the...
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Queen Street Rescue
I'm always on the lookout for good restaurants close to work, mainly because there's a distinct lack of them on the western side of Elizabeth St. I was therefore pleasantly surprised when I caught up...
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Taste of Melbourne 2012
Taste of Melbourne is an annual festival that brings together top restaurants and produce suppliers together. I've previously attended the festival in 2011 and 2010. I was overwhelmed by the amount of...
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Peanut Butter and Coconut Cookies
Somewhat on a whim, I decided that I'd try to pull together some peanut butter cookies. No reason, other than I saw a large tub of peanut butter in the pantry and felt like making something with it. A...
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Straits of Malacca Malaysian
There's no shortage of restaurants that open late in the CBD, but there's always a limit on how far I'm willing to travel. On this particular occasion, anything further than 2 blocks from Bourke St...
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Having a Chocolate Fountain at Work is the Best
Hanging out with friends make for happy times. Hanging out with friends and food is even better. You know what I'm talking about; BBQs, movie nights at home, cupcake parties, ice-cream parties and in...
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Victoria Sponge Cake
There are some days that even when using the simplest of ingredients (butter, sugar, eggs and flour), things can go wrong. I'm not sure where my mind was, but I'd misremembered the contents of the...
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Banana and Muesli Loaf: A Guest Post on A Melbourne Girl at Heart
I wrote a guest post a while back for Ames, who started out as simply a friend-of-a-friend but is now one of my partners in food-blogging crime. The link to the guest post is here. Go on, go and visit...
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RaRamen
I very rarely spend time in Box Hill, preferring to instead split my time between the CBD and a few train stops further east from Box Hill. Seeing as there were errands to run, it seemed logical to...
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Oasis Bakery
I was silly enough to do Tough Mudder Melbourne 2012 earlier this year and came out of it wet, cold, muddy and bruised, yet somehow happy enough to sign up for round 2 in January 2013. With an event...
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Bouzy Rouge
It's definitely the season for celebrating; three weekends with BBQs, plus another BBQ for our work Christmas party. It's surprising that I found time for another dinner out, but an invite from Bouzy...
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Chez Dré
South Melbourne is close enough for me to walk to if I feel like taking a leisurely stroll for brunch, but my hectic life means that I rarely have the luxury to indulge in a slow morning/early...
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Merry Christmas!
Hi all! I hope you guys have had, or even yet still on, an enjoyable holiday. I'm still on mine, out in Mallacoota with days spent swimming in the surf, relaxing, and eating lots of delicious homemade...
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Trunk Diner
2013 is here already? Last year seems to have flashed by in a blur full of work, training, performances, mud races and of course lots of blogging including a site migration halfway through the year....
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