The Donnish Cook

"Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably." - C. S. Lewis I find great joy in cooking for family and friends, followed by reading in quiet corner accompanied with nothing else other than a good cup of tea. I love simplicity and edifying conversation, belly laughter and my ukulele.

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I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression.

Maya Angelou

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Food is all those substances which, submitted to the action of the stomach, can be assimilated or changed into life by digestion, and can thus repair the losses which the human body suffers through the act of living.

The Physiology of Taste, Brillat-Savarin

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Each Sunday I’m away housesitting I travel to my folks home for home church and cooking. Yesterday Dad went surfing then visited Twisted Sister, a crowd pleasing cafe in down town Byron Bay. He brought back two muffins. I kid you not, the muffins’ tops were as big as an adult male’s palm! Their given name? ‘Death by Muffin’. Quite apt, don’t you reckon? Flavoured apple and blueberry, with a generous sifting of icing sugar, I could only eat a quarter of it. It was so dense it was like biting into a freshly-baked loaf of banana bread. Yummo! 

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The beginning.

My brain has me convinced I can write a blog on what I read and eat (or create). It can’t be that difficult, can it? There’s always a first time for everything....Dear Lord!...What am I getting myself into?! Anyone got any tips on consuming foodie books?? Just go for it and see where I end up???