Wonderful emails from happy class participants bring a lot of joy to hearts

The lovely, kind, and most appreciated comments from you, our cooking class participants, bring us a lot of joy in knowing you gained and learned from your cooking class day. Sharing my cooking techniques, methods, and recipes all of which focus on making your life in the kitchen happy, is what Cooking on the Bay [...]

By |2023-11-10T14:57:35+11:00November 6th, 2023|Cooking classes, Testimonials - feedback from classes|Comments Off on Wonderful emails from happy class participants bring a lot of joy to hearts

Pithiviers with duck confit and mushrooms

On one of my early visits to France years ago, we stayed in a divine little Chambre d’Hôte, L ’Impasse du Temple, now called a Maison de Maître. It was located down a difficult to find narrow laneway, pre-GPS days, in a pretty, tiny town called Léran, in the Midi Pyrenées, near Mirepoix, a beautiful [...]

By |2023-08-19T16:49:05+10:00August 19th, 2023|Braising, Culinary Travel, Duck confit, Duck confit, Food, France, French food, French food, French Regional Cooking, On the Ridge at Kureelpa, Pithiviers - duck|Comments Off on Pithiviers with duck confit and mushrooms

Shortcrust pastry – Pâte Brissé

Both Pâte Brissé and Pâte Sucrée are short cut pastry; Pâte Brissé is the same as Pâte Sucrée but without the sugar. Ingredients: 200g flour 100g cold, unsalted butter, cut into pieces 1 egg yolk ½ tsp salt, omit if using salted butter 3 tbsp, 45ml, ice cold water - or [...]

By |2023-06-15T14:37:00+10:00June 15th, 2023|French Odyssey cooking class, Pastry - Short Crust - Pâte Brisée, Pastry Making, Pastry-Making, Recipes, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Shortcrust pastry – Pâte Brissé

Coronation Quiche

A few days before the Coronation of King Charles III, the BBC published this ‘official’ recipe from Buckingham Palace, created by Mark Flanagan and Lucy Wilson.  My long-time friend and cooking ‘partner’ Christine, who years ago inspired me to join her in learning to cook good French food, was quite taken by this quiche [...]

By |2023-06-19T12:04:58+10:00June 14th, 2023|Broad beans, Eggs, Mayonnaise, Mayonnaise, Recipes, Salads, Spinach, Tarts, Vegetables, Vinaigrete, Vinaigrette, Vinaigrette for salads|Comments Off on Coronation Quiche

Learn how to cook healthy, everyday meals – Give Real Food Real Flavour!

Do you want to learn how to cook healthy, everyday meals? Then my Cook Real Food – Eat Real Food Low Carb Healthy Fat program is just what you need. The beginning of the new year is a great time to start thinking about health and fitness; this program is a perfect starting point.  This [...]

By |2023-01-23T13:37:30+11:00January 23rd, 2023|Books and reading, Cook Real Food, Cooking classes, Desserts - chilled, Flavour, Flavour, Flavour, Healthy Family Meals, Low Carb, Salt, Salt - Murray River Sea Salt, Samin Nosrat|Comments Off on Learn how to cook healthy, everyday meals – Give Real Food Real Flavour!

Madeleines de Lorraine

My preparation for the French cooking classes morning tea often includes making Madeleines, the plump, little cakes, the French love to eat. Madeleines are moulded in the fluted scallop shape of the pilgrim’s shell, adding a lot to their appeal. Here is my mise en place, with ingredients weighed and measured;  next is the baking [...]

By |2022-10-18T18:28:37+11:00October 18th, 2022|Cakes, Cooking classes, French Cooking Classes, French food, French Odyssey cooking class, Madeleines, Recipes|Comments Off on Madeleines de Lorraine

Another Cooking Class – Italianicious – Cooking with Passion – at On the Ridge Cooking School at Kureelpa, in the Sunshine Coast hinterland

Cooking at Kureelpa is always a little different from being in the Cooking on the Bay Kitchen. There are the same ingredients that make the day special - the lovely people who come to cook, the excellent dishes, and the results are always delicious food.  At Kureelpa there is the addition of a marvellous back-drop [...]

By |2022-06-22T15:00:18+10:00June 22nd, 2022|Cooking classes, Cooking Classes at Kureelpa, Italian Food|Comments Off on Another Cooking Class – Italianicious – Cooking with Passion – at On the Ridge Cooking School at Kureelpa, in the Sunshine Coast hinterland

Spanish Cuisine Cooking Class at Kureelpa, Sunshine Coast Hinterland, with Cooking on the Bay

What a lovely day we had on Saturday when Cooking on the Bay cooked at my former cooking school venue, On the Ridge Cooking School in Kureelpa, in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast! Nine enthusiastic local and interstate cooks drove a variety of distances, the furthest was Sue from Mt Tamborine, a 3 hours [...]

By |2022-06-22T14:51:53+10:00June 22nd, 2022|Cooking classes, Cooking Classes at Kureelpa, Spanish cuisine|Comments Off on Spanish Cuisine Cooking Class at Kureelpa, Sunshine Coast Hinterland, with Cooking on the Bay

The news from my Kureelpa desk – Cooking on the Bay cooks at On the Ridge in Kureelpa, April 2022

Autumn on the Sunshine Coast brought some beautiful sunshine, as well as a few cool, cold, over-caste, very wet April days; showers, then sunshine, followed by more light rain, and then a heavy downpour before the sun shines again. This is wonderful for our garden, my herbs are flourishing, the trees and shrubs have luxurious, [...]

By |2022-05-12T15:36:42+10:00May 11th, 2022|Cooking classes, Cooking Classes at Kureelpa, On the Ridge at Kureelpa, Spanish cuisine|Comments Off on The news from my Kureelpa desk – Cooking on the Bay cooks at On the Ridge in Kureelpa, April 2022

Kitchen Steward is required for Cooking on the Bay Cooking School

Every so often I need to advertise for a 'Kitchen Steward' or kitchen assistant/helper to help me with cooking classes at Cooking on the Bay. My Kitchen Steward plays an important and valued role in contributing to the participant's enjoyment of the class. As those of you who have been here will appreciate. This time, [...]

By |2022-01-31T12:03:03+11:00January 31st, 2022|Cooking classes, Kitchen Stewards, Staff Advertisement, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Kitchen Steward is required for Cooking on the Bay Cooking School
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