TONYA’S MUSINGS
Tonya Jennings combines her passion for food and cooking with her beachside location on Port Phillip Bay at St Kilda, into developing and operating Cooking on the Bay Cooking School.
At Cooking on the Bay we encourage you to celebrate the richness and diversity that our food offers us and to enjoy cooking for your family and friends. Food plays an important part in our social process and affects our wellbeing. To cook from the heart and share around the table brings so much pleasure and ‘joie de vivre’.
Tonya’s Musings shares her foodie stories, tips, tricks and culinary travels….
TONYA’S LATEST MUSINGS
Lemon syrup buttermilk cake
Italians enjoy citrus cakes at breakfast time and so we always have one freshly baked for our arrival morning tea in the Italianicious Cooking classes at Cooking on the Bay. For some time now, [...]
Lemons – how much is the juice of a lemon?
In recipes, it is best to state lemon juice quantities in millilitres, rather than simply say the juice of a lemon. Often it is essential to be precise in the quantities one uses. When a [...]
In search of the perfect Tarte Tatin GalleryIn search of the perfect Tarte Tatin
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In search of the perfect Tarte Tatin
Years ago, in 2007, I attended La Varenne Cooking School in Burgundy, and one of the many dishes we cooked there with the chefs was the classic Tarte Tatin. The class was held in one [...]
Brown beef stock
This brown beef stock recipe forms part of my Mastery in the kitchen - the foundations of cookery - Stocks, sauces and soups program. To be a good cook you need to master the fundamentals [...]
How to clarify butter
Clarified butter, also called ghee, is made when the milk fat is rendered from butter to separate the milk solids and water from the butterfat. Melting the butter allows the components to separate by density. [...]
Pain d’épices – Burgundian Honey Spiced Bread GalleryPain d’épices – Burgundian Honey Spiced Bread
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Pain d’épices – Burgundian Honey Spiced Bread
Pain d’épices is a Burgundian classic; it is a lovely unusual ‘bread’ or ‘cake’ made with rye flour, spices and honey, without yeast, using baking powder and bicarbonate soda instead. It tastes something like [...]