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Watch: How to make adorable Christmas tree cake pops

Watch: How to make adorable Christmas tree cake pops

By Philippa Warr , Dec 16, 2011

If you're looking for something a little bit different treat-wise this Christmas, why not try your hand at cake pops? They're straightforward to make and - with a dash of creativity - you...

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My Favourite Food: Sophie Dahl

My Favourite Food: Sophie Dahl

By Helen Costello , Sep 1, 2011

Sophie Dahl: author, passionate home cook, new mum and lover of very buttery mashed potatoes, preferably eaten with a spoon. Her new cook book, From Season to Season: A Year In Recipes is...

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Dannii Minogue: My fashionable friends' recipes

Dannii Minogue: My fashionable friends' recipes

By Dannii Minogue , Aug 30, 2011

It might be summer in London, but over here in Melbourne we're about to celebrate the run-up to warmer weather with Spring Fashion Week (September 5-11). In honour of the impending change in...

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The Great British Bake Off: how to bake the perfect Victoria sponge

The Great British Bake Off: how to bake the perfect Victoria sponge

By Helen Costello , Aug 24, 2011

For those unfamiliar with it, The Great British Bake Off is a highly addictive show in which twelve home bakers take part in a series of 'bake offs', testing every aspect of their...

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My Favourite Food: Angela Hartnett

My Favourite Food: Angela Hartnett

By Helen Costello , Jul 31, 2011

The most successful female chef in the UK today (she balks at this, but it's true), Angela Hartnett learned her trade standing shoulder to shoulder in some of the country's finest kitchens, often...

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My Favourite Food: Annabel Langbein

My Favourite Food: Annabel Langbein

By Helen Costello , Jul 9, 2011

Annabel Langbein is one of New Zealand's best loved food writers. With 17 cookbooks to her credit and the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for 'Best in the World for Easy Recipes' in the...

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Lorraine Pascale: More Baking Made Easy

Lorraine Pascale: More Baking Made Easy

By Helen Costello , May 24, 2011

Model turned tv chef and baking queen, Lorraine Pascale last week gave us her delicious recipes for Big Fat Carrot Cake and Pumpkin and Rosemary Muffins. This week, she shares her secrets to...

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How to make your own drinks

How to make your own drinks

By Helen Costello , May 15, 2011

If this title conjures up only a long-buried childhood memory of your dad escaping to the sanctuary of the garage to check on his plastic keg of beer kit bitter (no, just me...

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I still call Australia home

I still call Australia home

By Dannii Minogue , Jan 26, 2011

Dannii makes the most of the national celebrations. Photo: Alex Coppel From down here in the Southern Hemisphere it sometimes feels like life's one long party North of the equator. Pancake Day, Bonfire...

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Laura Santtini's lucky lentils

Laura Santtini's lucky lentils

By Laura Santtini , Jan 9, 2011

Christopher Scholey Lentils are considered to be lucky in Italy and always eaten on New Year's Eve as an auspicious way to bring in luck and money. I eat them all the year...

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Laura Santtini's chocolate mulled wine

Laura Santtini's chocolate mulled wine

By Laura Santtini , Dec 22, 2010

This recipe is for four as it is highly unlikely you will be allowed to drink this alone, but that said I often measure out a glass single glass of wine and pop...

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Fortnum & Mason's Sacher torte

Fortnum & Mason's Sacher torte

By Jessica Lewis , Nov 1, 2010

Fortnum & Mason in London has been selling beautiful, high quality tea for almost 300 hundred years and is one of the most elegant places to indulge in a luxurious afternoon tea. Tea...

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