Flags by food

I really liked this effort by digital agency Whybin TBWA to recreate each country’s flags for the Sydney International Food festival. As you’ll notice, each flag is made from food typical of that country, like pasta for Italy, cheese for France and sushi rolls for South Korea. All-in-all, I think they did a great job, except for the fact that the Greek flag should be blue and white, although admittedly there’s no blue food out there to work with!!

Cool eeeh??

Posted by Katie.

Brilliantly delicious brownies…

My lovely french, sorry Parisian (!), neighbour showed me how to make brownies the other day and not only they tasted amazing (ten times better than the ones at Starbucks) but they were also really easy and quick to make. So, to repay her kindness, I’ve decided to share her secret recipe with the whole wide world…!!!

200g butter
300g baking chocolate (half milk chocolate, half dark chocolate)
200g sugar
4 eggs
150g flour
50g walnuts
1tsp vanilla sugar

1. Pre-heat the oven.
2. Melt the butter and chocolate pieces in a small pan.
3. Remove from the heat, add the sugar and the vanilla and mix well.
4. Then mix in the eggs, one-by-one, followed by the flour, then the walnuts.
5. Finally, pour everything into a butter dish (36×24cm) and bake for 20-25 mins at 180C.

So hey presto, your brownies are ready in less time than it took me to write this post! Leave to cool down, then cut into pieces and they don’t necessarily need to be square- shaped… If you’re feeling particularly artistic one day, try making heart- shaped brownies or even Tetris brownies!