meringue girls

As the Meringue Girls say "cupcakes, cakepops and macarons have had their day. Now is the age of the meringue". Looking at their beautiful creations I think they might be on to something. I saw these little meringues in Selfridges in London on my recent holiday and thought how perfectly proportioned they were. I didn't end up getting to taste one while I was there, probably because I was scoffing my face with some other treat, but after seeing them in the latest issue of Jamie magazine, I knew I had to look them up. 

The Meringue Girls, Alex and Stacey, are both trained chefs and handcraft all the meringues and create the flavours - the mojito one sound especially tasty. These use free range egg whites and they are naturally gluten free.  

I don't see them stocking their meringues in Sydney anytime soon, so I guess that just means I'll need to book another trip back to London - if I must! I'm excited that they have their first book coming out which will be available in September - I shall be purchasing it for myself! 

now i'm hungry

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Doesn't this salad look delicious? Oh yes it does. I don't get enthused about food, or should I say cooking, very often. I actually love looking at food, watching people make food, and most importantly eating food. But I rarely find myself in the kitchen cooking, apart from the odd batch of cupcakes. Hours and hours of watching MasterChef hasn't even got me motivated. I'm a little ashamed (or should that be very ashamed?) to admit that I have toast for dinner more often than I should. But the food, stylish photography and recipes from Love & Lemons may just turn me into a foodie yet. The recipes are mostly vegetarian and they look so fresh and easy to make. I may even try one of the recipes this weekend. Wish me luck!