great expectations
WITH A DENTIST FOR A FATHER, Amanda Brodie and her three siblings weren’t allowed a lot of sweet treats. So it was always exciting when their mum, Maxine, made a pavlova. Her towering meringue topped with cream, strawberries and kiwifruit was on the table for every family birthday. “She just whipped it up,” recalls Amanda. “She’d have the Mixmaster going and we’d get to lick the beaters.
