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Every month or so we get work experience kids in from local schools, last week we were gifted with a lovely fellow named Patric, he's originally from Ghana but has been in Australia for 10 or so years. During the process of preparation we label each item once prepped and shelve it appropriately in the cool room. Here are some of Patrick's labels. 'Carrot' 'snow peas' 'pasta' 'dill' There was roomer that a container of onions was spelled 'unyins' but I never saw it.

I foolishly offers my services when a colleague said she required a cake in the shape of a fire engine. I now see why good cakes cost big money. $60 for ingredients + 7 hours creating... You do the math. For an end result that started collapsing under it's own weight, but apparently it went down well in the end, so all good I guess. Shaping the cake. Lessons and techniques Learnt; How to make fondant icing. You have to have a sturdy sponge. You have to have allow more time to finish your cake properly. All edible, The ground beneath was made from chocolate cake, gravel was poppy seeds and the grass was dried mint and parsley. Windows were made from toffee and ladder was made from White chocolate, In between the layers of sponge was chocolate mousse ganache, then all covered in strawberry jam before icing. the list goes on. I doubt I'll make a cake for anyone other than family in the future. Perhaps.

Sweet potato, goats cheese and pine-nut tortellini in a brown sage butter.

You don't spend 5 years in a pizza restaurant without picking up a slice or two, yup, still got it!

I've been a bit slack in my blog posts recently, well ever since the splurge I gave you from Darwin, there has been plenty of things to blog about but lazy ass me has been pissing around with modding my phone and catching up on Dexter. I made a cake for a colleague's partner he was a fireie so I made a fire engine cake. It took hours and I got all defeated towards the end of the finishing process, I took photos but my phone misplaced them and now I have no evidence. Anyway I thought I had better show you the applications I have on my phone for assisting my at work, I got rid of most of them 'the strong survive' My ever changing Home screen. Work folder. Blog press for posting blogs. Calculator for calculating. Chef for recipes and ordering. Chronology for multiple countdown timers. Convert Units for converting. Egg Timer for precise egg boiling. Ratio for all general savory and sweet ratios in cooking. Keep it real out there I'm thinking about making some chocolat