I called my blog Feeding Time because feeding a family at my house can sometimes feel like feeding time at the zoo and truth be told, it applies to me as well. You see, I’m a bit of a greedy guts and when I get fixated on a taste or meal or if I’m really hungry I sometimes I think strapping on a feed bag would help things along, but alas I strive to be a dainty glutton.
I’m a freelance lifestyle writer specialising in food and music. I write reviews, reportage and articles for Foodepedia.co.uk and I am editor of Fifteen Questions. I featured as a Friend of Lurpak back in 2011 and appeared in their promotional recipe book with my banana bread recipe. And don’t forget my beloved MOTIF Magazine, a digital ditty, put together by my cousin Tegan and I that ran 4 issues from 2010-2011.
If you wish to contact me personally, my email is lara.c.coryatgmaildotcom
The photo below is one taken of me at a little restaurant in Blato, Croatia a few years ago. The food in my hand is called Prsurate, a little deep fried ball of yeasty dough. Sort of like Croatian donut holes. When made correctly, they are probably one of my favourite things to eat in the world. Hence the happy face and crazy eyes.
Before our meal was ready, someone passed around of plate of prsurate, and I thought it was my lucky day, as is this was not something restaurants serve. It is something mothers make at home for their families on special occasions.
Love the rice nd sugar tins at tge top of your page. Do you know where to buy them?
I believe they’re an Australian brand called Capri. It seems there’s quite a few types available on ebay etc. If you type in ‘Capri canisters Australia’. Or google ‘vintage’ or ‘retro’ canisters and you’ll find lots and lots.
Hi, I’m Julie, publisher of the Learn Your Christmas Carols blog. I’ve published lyrics and videos to nearly 100 different popular, traditional, funny and obscure holiday songs and had over 25,000 visitors. I’d like to include links to recipes, decorations and crafts this year, and am wondering if you have any content you’d like to contribute? The only requirement would be a link back in your sidebar or footer.
I’m asking you because I found some good holiday content on your site that deserves a wider audience. If you’re interested, please email me at juliegallaher@gmail.com or tweet me at http://twitter.com/juliegallaher
Hi Lara, my Mama made a very local variety of gnocchi (from Rijeka ). They a quite large at around 6 – 8 cm and stuffed with a quartered Angelina plum (tart/sweet). We call it gnocchi coi susini. They are so so so yummy in summer. I make it for the family but have yet to find anyone else who does. Have you ever heard of this? Betons32@tpg.com.au
Ana from the Suburban Peasant makes plum dumplings….http://thesuburbanpeasant.com/2012/08/31/plum-dumplings-knedle-sa-sljivama/
Hi Lara – great blog. I like how you do test your recipes. I stumbled across your blog as I had a complete disaster with the rose Carrini carrot cake recipe and I wanted to see if anybody else had feedback. I have her book and make cakes quite often and made this one for my husband’s birthday. Checking online I see that the American bloggers use a recipe with 4/5 carrots only or 2 cups rather than the 9 carrots specified in the book. I actually only used 7 carrots as 9 seemed so much and I ended up with probably 5 cups of grated carrots. The skewer came out clean after 40 minutes but then the cake wasn’t cooked so it had to go back in. My cake was oily, too wet and very heavy. I ended up cooking it for an extra 25 minutes in my fan forced oven and the oil and mixture were still bubbling around the edges so there was no way it was going to cook. There are many references to the cake online but very little feedback so I wonder how many people have tried to cook it. Wondering why the American recipe uses less carrots too as i see the recipe with 9 carrots online. Btw I wanted to leave a comment under the recipe but couldn’t.