Hello! Welcome to dontmissmyplate.

Thank you for visiting my website! I'm Maxine—a food blogger, home cook, travel enthusiast, and all-around lover of food and culture. In other words, I’m passionate about fusion cuisine—a style of cooking that blends ingredients and techniques from different countries, regions, and cultures.

My approach is shaped by both Southern African and American influences, reflecting my life experiences and making my recipes diverse and dynamic. I also love traveling and sharing my food adventures with you, from what I ate to where to eat, while discovering new flavors and techniques along the way.

I hope you find this website helpful and inspiring. Whether you're looking for something familiar or eager to try something new, there's something here for everyone. Enjoy exploring, and happy cooking!

White Chocolate, Rum and Pistachio Truffles

White Chocolate, Rum and Pistachio Truffles

Not sure about you, but I don't make chocolate truffles enough. Yes, they are loaded with sugar, but everything should be consumed in moderation anyway! Truffles are customizable and effortlessly sophisticated. They can serve as a crowd-pleaser, ideal sweet treat or gift, and best of all, a must for the holidays.

Customizable means, well, anything! Although the direction you select typically falls into a category, French vs Spanish truffles, for example.

Along with English toffee, chocolate chip cookies, Linzer cookies, sugar cookies, gingerbread biscuits, peanut butter blossoms, rusks, and Romany creams, you can make the perfect holiday platter, and the truffles can be the cherry on top!

Ginger Biscuit Snickerdoodles

Ginger Biscuit Snickerdoodles

Sweet Potato, Pecan and Maple Dutch Baby

Sweet Potato, Pecan and Maple Dutch Baby

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