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Pink Meringue Butterfly Kisses, An Award & A Giveaway

I have been very busy over the past week and still have mountains of work ahead of me, but I just *had to* post something short and sweet. Very sweet.

It seems like I've gone meringue crazy ever since I posted last week's financiers, and remembered just how much else there is to make with egg whites other than macarons. And since Bruce and I both love the stuff, I've been making them in all shapes and forms.

Next week I'll be shooting my first wedding of the year and I'm very excited. I'm slightly nervous as it's for a dear friend of mine called Donna, who's getting married to Donna (yes, you did read that right!) and I hope I can capture some great moments for them both. I promise to post the pictures here once they're ready. Wish me luck!

I've also got 7 other massive projects that I'm currently working on, most of which I can't discuss, but let me tell you, they're taking up a lot of my time and keeping me up at night with excitement & dread (most of them are on a tight deadline). The ones I can discuss are the presentation I'm working on for Food Blogger Connect (oh my gosh - I'm so nervous!) and trying to design a new header and the right side bar of this blog - the details of which are very time-consuming.

Expect a lot more pink.

I also had some great news today: remember last week I was nominated for the Awesomest Food Blog award on the I Am Mommy blog? Well...

I WON!

I can't believe it! I'm so happy and I'd just like to thank each and every one of you that took time out to vote for me - I really, really, REALLY appreciate it!

As a *personal* thank you, I thought I'd run a little giveaway:

I recently discovered a stunning gem of a book that I now carry around everywhere with me. It's called Lazy Days & Beach Blankets, and I absolutely *adore* it. The images are breathtaking (I've highlighted about 50 so far!), the recipes are mouthwatering and the mood the book leaves you with is one of pure happiness. It's become one of my favourite cookbooks by far and so I went out and bought 3 copies to share with you because happiness like this just needs to be shared.

All you have to do to be in with a chance to win is leave a comment below. Open worldwide. Giveaway ends Sunday 16th May 2010.

Blueberry Macadamia Financiers

I'm loving spring.

It's probably the only season I consider to be so full of hope - I'm loving how green everything has turned, the expectations of summer and the dreams of beach holidays.

What I'm loving most, however, is the light.

In last week's post I used the first images of food I've ever taken outside, and I had to follow that with more sunlit images - happy & warm - perfect for the mood I'm trying to convey on this blog. I wish it could be like this all year round.

For this week's post I thought I'd make one of my favourite pastries: financiers. They're so easy to make, and so versatile when it comes to ingredients, I can't wait to make them again soon with different fruit and nut combinations. I especially love them when they're dusted with loads of icing sugar. 

I also have some very exciting news this week as I just found out I was nominated in the  'Awesomest Food Blog' category over at I Am Mommy. It's such an honour to be nominated especially as I'm in the company of such awesome food bloggers! You can vote for your favourite blog HERE.  

A big THANK YOU to all of you that sent me invitations last week to photograph your weddings. I am very grateful and hope I can do your weddings justice. I think I'm going to be a very busy boy this year.