Hard to believe, but it will be Sweet Tucker‘s 10th birthday in July this year! At first this space was designed to be a travel log, then an online journal, and now finally a recipe blog. In the first few years of posting recipes, I would sometimes only make things once before taking photos and uploading them.…
She was the matriarch. Small in stature, but respected. Strong but always gracious. Brought up five children and took her wayward husband back years after being abandoned for a younger woman. Like her own mother before her, she lived well into her 10th decade, only really succumbing to the inevitable frailty of old age in…
Everyone seems to be making Mango Lassi popsicles. And why not? Mango Lassi are sweet, creamy and incredibly delicious! I know, because I had one of the very best when in Darwin on our ‘babymoon’ eighteen months ago. As tourists, we of course had to visit the Mindil Beach markets on a Thursday evening, and…
These are for hubby. Sshhh… don’t tell him! They are also my first foray into the Sweet Adventures Blog Hop. The theme for December, as presented by 84th & 3rd is Truffles, and although my first thought when I heard that word was ‘round balls covered in chocolate’, JJ’s example recipe was nothing like it! So I…
It must be lazy Sunday afternoons that bring on the baking mood… come to think of it, it may be a subconscious habit – because every Sunday afternoon at boarding school while the younger kids napped, I was let loose on the kitchen unsupervised. I don’t remember now what successes came out of that experience,…
These beauties were originally made for Alex one Valentine’s Day. But more recently, the labour of love has been for his father, a person, who for reasons unknown, does not like to consume brown chocolate. Only white. Perfect for any occasion, but particularly a special occasion for a special person, these truffles are pure gold.…
