Almond Bread Biscotti
A traditional treat and perfect with coffee. This is a typical Italian ‘biscotti’ recipe which actually means it's baked twice. They...
Lemon Twist Biscuits
These gorgeous lemon twist biscuits are perfect to dunk in coffee, on any biscuit platter, any occasion, even for breakfast and can also...
Articles - Food, Travel and MasterChef
Melbourne My Style - Article by Melinda Sullivan - 17 July 2021 Craving comfort food during winter and another Melbourne lockdown? Master...
Focaccine - mini focaccia (without yeast)
Focaccine...mini focaccia created without yeast and either baked in the oven or padella (pan). It’s a quick dough to create and bake and...
Focaccine Ripiene al Forno - Baked/filled mini focaccia
Focaccine...baked mini focaccia filled with melted, oozing provola cheese then topped with extra virgin olive oil, rosemary & salt which...
Baked Zucchini Chips - Bastoncini di Zucchine al Forno
Fried or baked potato chips are my weakness and especially served with sour cream and chilli sauce. But these baked zucchini chips are...
Easy No Knead Bread
This recipe is so easy and absolutely no-knead..well a tiny bit of kneading but really no effort at all. It produces a gorgeous crunch...
Melbourne Italian Festa - 17 November 2019
I absolutely loved my breakfast brioche demonstration at the Melbourne Italian Festa and Italian Chamber of Commerce event! Another great...
1 Night in Abruzzo Dinner - 29 August 2019
An amazing dinner event ‘1 Night in Abruzzo’ was held at Nonna's Cucina Restaurant celebrating all things Italian. I was honoured to be...
My own Italy food tour: 3 April - 3 May 2019
There’s always excitement when planning a trip and this time even more so…my main focus was on food! Our first flight leg was a 14hr...
‘Party like a Parisian’ - OnePlate Fundraising Event - 13 October 2018
‘Party like a Parisian’ fundraising event! Being an ambassador for OnePlate and creating petit fours (sweet and savoury) for a French...
Sunshine Coast French Festival - 29 July 2018
I had joined forces with 2017 MasterChef alumni team Bryan Zhu, Michelle Lukman and Callan Smith. We were asked to create French food...
Chocolate Crackle Biscuits
Makes approx. 12-16 biscuits Ingredients: 50g dutch cocoa powder 150g caster sugar 60ml olive oil 2 eggs, lightly whisked 1 tsp vanilla...