Apple Spiral with a "Deco-Pin" from Visual Food

Photo by Alessandra Zecchini ©

Today I received a present from Italy, from the talented Rita at Visual Food, the Blog

(aka A Mouse on the Table):

this little gadget!

So super cute!!! I tried it straight away on an apple, and I am already thinking about all the lovely things I could make! Maybe some raw food fusilli, decorations for cocktails e desserts, funky lunch boxes and side vegetables... do you have any other ideas for me? To give you an example Rita made this for Carnival! 

Thank you Rita, what a lovely present! 

Bron Marshall's Macaroons

On Christmas Eve I received a present from New Zealand food extraordinaire Bron Marshall:

a box of her home made macaroons. Pity that my photographic skills are not good enough, and it was evening... by the morning the macaroons were gone!

They came in four flavours: Pistachio, Lemon and Raspberry; Spiced Chocolate; Christmas Fruit; and Lime & Milk Chocolate. You can find the Lime & Milk Chocolate recipe here. We had them on Xmas Eve, after dinner, and loved each one of them! Thank you Bron, and thank you also for the beautiful tea-towel :-), too pretty to use as a tea-towel in fact!