As we dip a toe into the warm waters of the party season, all eyes turn to easy entertaining. And for that, nothing beats a beautiful platter for your guests to nibble on as they arrive. Here are our top tips for creating a plateful of food that looks good enough to eat! Gone are … Read more
How to cook a burger should be easy, right? Burger patty, hot pan, cook. But there are few extra tips – plus how you construct your burger – that people miss out. Here are my top 10 tips on how to cook a perfect burger. There’s nothing like a perfectly cooked burger. I still dream … Read more
A good burger is a truly wonderful thing – a real delight. Far from the atrocities many a fast food joint throws at us, a well-made burger full of high quality ingredients makes for one of the best meals. Here’s our recipe to celebrate the International Burger Month of May. It warms my heart to see … Read more
Easter recipes all seem to contain chocolate eggs in some form or another, so we’ve decided to go buck the trend with something easy, delicious and distinctly Australian to make this Easter. If you like sweets, you’re probably a huge fan of Easter. It’s the time of year when you can eat as much chocolate … Read more
If you’ve ever had a macadamia nut, you’ll know how delicious they are. But until recently, we didn’t know how easy they are to work with – or how down right Australian they are! Here are 2 of our favourite party snack ideas for Australia’s biggest nut! We love making our own party and movie … Read more
For years there’s been a void between the humble pub chip and it’s south-of-the-border cousin, nachos. Thanks to our recent trip to San Francisco, the missing link has now been found; the void filled. This has to be the ultimate pub food – not to mention a trip down memory lane. We were out with … Read more
Granola is usually made with oats and other grains that contain gluten. But there is a way to make this tasty breakfast dish so that it’s safe for the celiac suffers and gluten-sensitive people among us to eat… Ever since Mrs Romance found out she was gluten intolerant, we’ve been looking around for gluten-free options … Read more
Mr Romance will do just about anything for these cookies: only 5 ingredients; the whole recipe takes less than 20 minutes to prepare and cook; they’re even gluten-free. I owe my love of food to my Italian father, but my love of being out of the kitchen to my intrepid mother. So while I love … Read more
Light and fluffy, yet rich, chocolaty and velvet smooth, Mrs Romance’s chocolate mousse is so good I shed a tear when she makes it… but I cry my eyes out when it’s all gone! Whenever friends ask us to bring round dessert for a dinner party, I get Mrs Romance on the case. Her Chocolate … Read more
I love cooking curries – especially for Mrs Romance. Over the next few Wednesdays I’ll be telling you how I cook my favourite Indian dishes in our curry series. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do! When I go out for a curry, I love the little sundry side dishes you can … Read more