If happiness was a book ...

Kim Evans has timed her book launch perfectly. Bikinis are packed away, thighs are hidden under 100 denier tights and let's face it, we're all looking for a little indulgence to sweeten the long and chilly winter. 

My love affair with Little & Friday is well-documented; it's one of the first places I take visitors, on route to Devonport for a wind-swept walk around Mt Victoria. The sweet treats are huge, rich and impossible to share. You may think you can split one but my advice is this: don't. Get one each and finish yours first, just in case...

The new Little & Friday cook book has recipes for all their favourites; even the legendary sausage rolls. If reports are on the money, we're in for a particularly bitter winter, so take action now. With this book, a little butter and some sugar, you'll have happiness in the bank for a rainy day.

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Nothing goes better with chocolate than chocolate

Chocolate cake from Little & Friday

Lucy Van Pelt, my worldly wisdom go-to, once said 'All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.'

When my sweet tooth comes a calling, I often come to with nose pressed against the counter window at Little & Friday in Belmont, and yesterday was one of those windy, grey days that just begs for a little culinary clemency.

Usually I can't resist the coconutty peaks of L&Fs chocolate lamington but I was wooed by something altogether more wicked: the chocolate cake. So simply named...so deceptively small...so sinfully gooey. Moist, dark cake with a hidden layer of cream, the deepest darkest ganache you could hope for and a topping of tart, smashed raspberries for colour. Think of the antioxidants...I told myself as I licked the spoon...

What about you, lovely readers? What is your favourite nosh for a cold day?

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