Spring is here, and the days are definitely getting warmer, brighter and the promise of the good things of the…
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As winter tips over into spring and the days become longer, the prospect of piles of delicious asparagus, fresh peas…
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would decide right from the outset that we would not…
A seat at the table: a taste of Poland
As the month long food festival, Wellington on a Plate, comes to an end, we headed over to one of…
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Despite a message from Air New Zealand on Tuesday morning with a ‘weather warning’, I flew back from Hawke’s Bay…
What’s on your bookshelf: August
I was at the monthly book club held at Marsden Books in Karori last night. It was a free for…
Cook Book Club: August
Wellington right now is obsessed with burgers. Wellington on a Plate, featuring the Burger Wellington competition, takes up most of…
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I don’t know about you, but the news is becoming more and more depressing in so many ways. At least…
Wordless Wednesday: Moomin
Regular readers will have seen many of our Moomin mugs featuring in blog posts over the years. I finally got…
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Each week I sit down to review the good things that have happened. Sometimes they are really little things like…