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Melissa Murat

Hot Cross Buns - Where, why and what? Some Fun Facts this Easter.

With Easter upon us, you can smell the distinctive smell of Hot Cross Buns in the air, and the supermarkets are likely to sell over 130 million (that's right, you read correctly) of these traditional spiced treats.   So, why the Hot Cross Bun? How did this tradition originate? We did some digging to find out the specific origins of this old-time favourite. Why are they called Hot Cross Buns? Traditionally made with raisins or currants and marked with a piped flour and water paste cross, each Hot Cross Bun element carries meaningful significance for the Christian faith. The cross...

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Footy Favourites

With the AFLW nearing the end of a sensational season and the AFL season heading into round 3 at P2P there’s only one other thing to focus on… THE FOOD!! Here’s some ideas to boost your footy feasts and make this season one to remember. Thai-a-nara pies: What’s a big game without a pie? Our Thai-a-nara pies, made with P2P’s unreal all-natural Thai Seven Spice will blow your mind! Find the recipe here.   Beef & Bacon Sausage Rolls: A twist on the traditional sausage roll, this savoury yet sweet pastry, containing P2P’s all-natural Fennel Seeds is great to have...

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Food That Fools

It's April Fools! So we thought it a great opportunity to talk about one of our favourite topics, food that looks like something else! Now we’re not just talking about cakes that look like dinosaurs (although I must say, the trend of wedding cakes made out of spindles of cheese will always have a place in my heart!). We’re talking about some truly mind-boggling ‘eyes must be deceiving me’ type stuff. So it’s only prudent that we start with the Master of visual food deception, Heston Blumenthal. Anyone who has frequented a Heston restaurant (or seen his work on TV),...

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P2P Co-Founder & COO Melissa Murat wins Australia Post’s Online Retailer Industry Award for Unsung Hero- Small Business!

P2P Co-Founder & COO Melissa Murat wins Australia Post’s Online Retailer Industry Award for Unsung Hero- Small Business!

The P2P team is incredibly proud of our amazing Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Melissa Murat, on being the inaugural winner of this year’s Australia Post Online Retailer Industry Awards Unsung Hero – Small Retailer Award! Previously known as the People’s Choice Award, it was renamed to the Unsung Hero Award in 2020 to focus on resilience and innovation, and highlight those individuals behind the scenes that went above and beyond, despite the unprecedented circumstances 2020 has brought to the retail industry. Congratulations to all the other very worthy finalists for this incredible award. And to Mel, we’re so very...

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