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You know when you’re sitting at your desk, mentally calculating your annual leave days and constantly refreshing flight prices to Italy? Maybe you’ll meet a handsome stranger, you daydream! Perhaps the two of you will fall in love and just stay forever in a humble but beautiful Tuscan villa, where you learn the language, and perfect the art of perfect pasta-making with the help of a local Nonna. The life you’ve always known you deserve!

Okay, REALITY CHECK. Emiko Davies is living your fantasy. While traveling in Florence 13 years ago, she met a handsome local and never left. We first introduced you to Emiko – a foodie and author – a few weeks ago with her food-lovers mini-guide to Florence. Having penned two cookbooks (Florentine: The True Cuisine of Florence, Acquacotta, and a third book on the way!) Emiko certainly knows a thing or two about authentic Tuscan cooking.

We decided we weren’t *quite* ready to let her go just yet, and invited her back for a month of truly delicious Italian recipes!

Before we get into anything we must insist that you stop what you’re doing and watch this Bundt cake scene from My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which is possibly the humble Bundt’s most iconic moment in cinematic history.

Alright, now we’re all on the same page!

Over the course of this month, Nat Paull from Beatrix in North Melbourne has taken us on trips down memory lane with her Cocoa Meringue Roulade, delighted both our eyeballs and tastebuds with the most decadent Chocolate Creme Brûlée Tart, and transported us to afternoon tea-time at any time of the day with the perfect combination of crunchy, salty and gooey biscuits, her famous Almond Jaws.

We always knew that our time with Nat was going to come to an end, and if she must leave us, let her go out with a BUNDT.

A tiny little store nestled in the heart of North Melbourne on Queensberry Street, Beatrix is always bustling. Walking into Nat Paull’s storybook-level cute bakery feels like walking into the kitchen of your best friend (who also happens to be a world-class pastry chef).

Inside, you’ll find a gentle hubbub of loyal daily customers and delighted newcomers, sipping on tea or coffee, and nibbling on a delicious-looking something. Beatrix is just that kind of place – you can’t help but want to take a peek inside, and once inside… you just can’t leave without something sweet!

Emiko Davies is an Australian foodie, Italo-phile (is that a word?) author and photographer, based in Florence. The popular blogger has written two cookbooks on Italian cuisine (Florentine: The True Cuisine of Florence and Acquacotta) and is currently working on her third, due for release next year!

Having written extensively for titles including Conde Nast Traveler, Gourmet Traveller, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Jamie Magazine, Delicious and more… we’re PRETTY CHUFFED today, to feature Emiko’s mini-guide to Florence.

She’ll also be back in the not-too-distant-future, for a month-long stint sharing authentic Italian recipes for our weekly food column. Bring. It. On!

If there is one thing we can surely agree on in this crazy, messed up world, it must be the delicious-ness of creme brûlée. The sweet, smooth custard filling is universally agreeable, and that satisfying ‘crack’ of caramel could surely broker peace between the most bitter enemies.

Nat Paull from Beatrix in North Melbourne certainly thinks so. For her second offering in a month’s worth of decadent sweet treats, she brings us her outstanding chocolate creme brûlée tart.

“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”―Henry David ThoreauYes, really. Your mornings are probably cray—involving a lot of drinkable food, dry shampoo, and outfit changes. (This Organ

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