Cooking on the Bay opened in June this year with the first class A Taste of Melbourne – Modern Australian Cuisine. Since then the classes have rolled on with many happy cooks coming through our doors...thanks to you all for contributing to a very happy and successful year at Cooking on the Bay. It is [...]
I love the aroma and flavour of vanilla, so I always keep the old dried pods in an open jar in the pantry...it gives a subtle hint of vanilla each time I open the door. We use lots of vanilla beans and the paste in cooking classes. It is a good indication of the passion [...]
Frequently after classes we receive some lovely emails from happy cooks...I occasionally add them to the Musings page and I thought you may also like to read a few recent ones... Hi Tonya, It was a fun day, learnt some things and enjoyed the whole experience. I cooked the soufflé for my husband when I went [...]
My mother was very successful making pavlovas...usually with bananas on top of the meringue, under the cream and with a fresh passionfruit drizzled on top. Everyone loved them - they were perfect. Now, they are back in the food magazines again! so i will occasionally cook them in class. traditionally we separate the egg whites, [...]
When I was a child, how I used to love going mushrooming with my grandparents at their farm in central Victoria. I still enjoy finding and collecting mushrooms, it is just a little harder these days. Back then it was so easy. We would take a knife and a large basket each and off we would [...]
