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Winter desserts

Hot apple pie

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Katrina Meynink Inspired by the best apple pie that Katrina has ever eaten.

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Homemade Snickers

How to get away with being a glutton

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Katrina Meynink Eating a slab of homemade snickers bar is socially acceptable, right?

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Roast chicken

Miraculous roast chicken

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Katrina Meynink Yes, we've been here before. No, we will never tire of roast chicken.

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Recipes

The biggest (and best) kind of morning tea

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Katrina Meynink A good cause, and lots of cake. Excellent combination.

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Indulgence

Oh yes, it's a cake in a jar

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Katrina Meynink Pushing aside initial suspicions, we've embraced the 'delicious and pretty things in jars' trend.

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Warming recipes

The comfort curry

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Katrina Meynink Nothing puts things right like a spicy, comforting curry.

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Slabs of decadence

A posh caramel slice

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Katrina Meynink You might think you shouldn't mess with a classic, but here's why it works.

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Tequila!

A recipe to keep summer going

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Katrina Meynink This tequila infused steak salad will preserve the memory of cocktails by the beach.

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Easter treat

Oh, the things you will do with Easter eggs

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Katrina Meynink For example, whip up a fallen chocolate souffle studded with 'birds eggs'.

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Easter brunch

Blurring the lines between dessert and breakfast

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Katrina Meynink So, the perfect recipe for Easter brunch, then.

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Utter indulgence

Yes, it's a Cadbury Creme Egg Pudding

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Katrina Meynink Oh my. Oh my. Oh my.

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Vegetarian ideas

A new way to do burger night

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Katrina Meynink This is a burger capable of silencing even those who believe that meat and only meat belongs on a bun.

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Afternoon tea

For when you need a cup of tea and "something

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Katrina Meynink It's 3pm, your blood sugar is dropping. These biscuits will save you.

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Cake!

It's our birthday, let's eat cake!

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Katrina Meynink Our favourite kitchen coquette has made us an incredible birthday cake for our 1st birthday.

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Food and romance

A Valentines Day feast

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Katrina Meynink Whatever your stance on Valentines Day, cooking up a feast for loved ones comes highly recommended.

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Cakespiration

This woman once made a cake for Elton John

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Katrina Meynink So it goes without saying that Lily Vanilli's new book is a required read for all bakers and sweet tooths alike.

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Re-worked Australian classics

This is how to do Australia Day feasting

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Katrina Meynink These lamb and lamington recipes are a twist on some old favourites.

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Quick dinner ideas

Rejoice, this dish is really fast to make

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Katrina Meynink Easy, quick and tasty this is the mid week hunger antidote, with socially acceptable left overs for lunch the next day.

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Delicious desserts

A taste of holidays

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Katrina Meynink This Bounty Bombe Alaska will take you right back to those heady days sunning oneself on the beach.

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Summer fare

Beer and prawns, feeling happy yet?

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Katrina Meynink There is little else in the culinary world that could encapsulate an Aussie summer more than beer and prawns.

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Christmas treats

How to make a Christmas tart

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Katrina Meynink There's nothing stressful about this festive tart, it just needs a little delightful holiday plodding at the stove.

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Christmas ideas

All hammed out?

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Katrina Meynink This side of beef is an excellent alternative to the endless rounds of ham that usually accompany Christmas.

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Christmas treats

A very minty Christmas

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Katrina Meynink These candy cane chocolate truffles are the Christmas equivalent of the after dinner mint.

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Fresh Mex salad

Fresh Mex

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Katrina Meynink An adaption of a famous Mexican chef's signature dish. Minus the crushed ants.

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Mmm delicious

Nice buns

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Katrina Meynink These sticky and sweet buns are just like a warm hug from a friend.

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Jazzed up cake

A perfectly complex carrot cake

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Katrina Meynink This is carrot cake, but not as you know it.

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Spring racing tipples

A sweet tipple in time for the races

Peach bellini

Katrina Meynink It's spring racing season, so don a hat, have a punt and definitely drink bellini slushies.

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Delicious BBQ ideas

Forget shrimp, lamb on the BBQ is perfect for summer

Lamb Pincho with tomato and quinoa tabouleh. Frank Camorra BBQ recipes for Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald. Photographed by Marina Oliphant. Food preparation by Steve Rogers.

Frank Camorra Tender lamb, vibrant spices and glowing coals equal perfect pinchos.

crowd pleasers

The eternal crowd pleaser

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Katrina Meynink It's hard to go wrong with pizza.

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Serious enjoyment

Throw it together, indulge, lie down

choc crumble

Katrina Meynink Bikini season be damned. Now is the time for decadence, because, well, why ever not?

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Summer salads

A taste of the tropics

coconu chicken

Katrina Meynink This coconut and mango chicken is just the thing to beat the heat with.

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Summer treats

A taste of summer

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Katrina Meynink Billowing white meringues, sticky and fresh red berries and whipped cream, this is summer on a spoon.

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Smoked salmon

Healthy summer salmon

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Katrina Meynink Smoked salmon with jalapeno freekah and blood orange salsa.

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Cake with a twist

Layers of decadence

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Katrina Meynink Oh go on, this espresso martini cake is all about living the good life.

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Recipe books

We research this season's cookbooks for you

Fromage blanc, recipes and images from The Gourmet Farmer Deli Book, by Matthew Evans, Nick Haddow and Ross O'Meara (Murdoch Books, September 2012, $50).

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STEPHANIE WOOD Stephanie Wood reviews the latest recipe book offerings - from make your own snags to limoncello.

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Fresh pasta ideas

Eat with the beet

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Katrina Meynink This spring inspired pasta is like a watercolour on a plate. Only way tastier.

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A fizzing good idea

A fizzing idea

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Katrina Meynink Coca cola chocolate fondant? Why ever not!

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Cleopatra's Lamb

Cleopatra inspired lamb

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Katrina Meynink Lamb simply adores a Cleopatra inspired bath in yoghurt marinade.

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Dessert

An accidentally marvelous dessert

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Katrina Meynink To say I devised macaron honeycomb would be a lie.

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Savoury tarts

A tart just made for tomatoes

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Katrina Meynink The tarte tartin has a charming, if dubious, heritage.

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BAKING

Why Beetroot Belongs in a Chocolate Tart

The beetroot balsamic chocolate tart.

Katrina Meynink The Kitchen Coquette understands that beetroot is not everyone's fave. But this special tart, (with balsamic vinegar!) is just the thing to change your mind.

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Mars Bar cookie

Death by chocolate

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Katrina Meynink These mars bar cookies are utter decadence on a plate. Who's with us?

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Savoury recipes

The sausage roll has had a makeover

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Katrina Meynink Sausage rolls that go way beyond the world of 2am regrets and kids birthday parties.

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Gourmet news wrap

Good food reading

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STEPHANIE WOOD Lobster rolls, foie gras ban, and an obituary for the word artisanal. Food columnist STEPHANIE WOOD brings you the best food news around the web.

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Chocolate tart

Why beetroot belongs in a chocolate tart

the beetroot balsamic chocolate tart.

KATRINA MEYNINK Beetroot isn’t everyone's favourite. But this special tart is just the thing to change your mind.

Baking

Berries in a cake

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Katrina Meynink I’ll take the good old humble CWA inspired teacake and all its variants any day of the week.

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Dining out

Are restaurants a waste of money?

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STEPHANIE WOOD With so many high-end closures in recent months, is it a sign that we're over fancy dining?

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Pasta

A love affair with pasta

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Katrina Meynink There is little else in this world as wondrous and as satisfying as a spectacular bowl of pasta

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Video tutorial

How to make the perfect roast chicken

Roast chicken

Katrina Meynink Katrina gives a video tutorial on how to perfect a roast chook, and a delicious recipe to try.

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Turkish delight tart

How to master pastry

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Katrina Meynink The Kitchen Coquette gives a how-to on pastry and a recipe for a delightfully lascivious Turkish delight tart.

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Baking

Tea is served

earl grey tea cakes

Katrina Meynink These sweet little tea cakes are perfectly zen.

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Dessert

The marriage of salty and sweet

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Katrina Meynink If a brewery and a cocoa farm had a romantic tryst these chocolate waffles with salted Guinness caramel would be their love child.

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Healthy food

A winter recipe that's kind to your waistline

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Katrina Meynink Lentils are a brilliant winter food - uber healthy, warming and a great source of protein.

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Food blogs

The food blogs that you need to be reading

Strawberry tart from islandmenu.com.au

Stephanie Wood The internet is a wonderful place. Especially when it comes to food blogs.

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Dessert

It's got meringue, it's got booze, it's got nutella. Need we go on?

Meringue tiramisu.

Katrina Meynink For those who love tiramusu, but prefer desserts with a bit more of a crunch. Then this is the 'after's' for you.

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