Stirring it up: Christmas cookbooks

Christmas cooking is so easy in this household. We celebrate Christmas Eve, as does most of Europe, and while Poland … More

This week’s small pleasures #418

Iti te kupu,nui te whakaaro This whakataukī or proverb means ‘a small thing can mean a lot’, is something I … More

It has been a while since I did a SoS post. There hasn’t been a lot to report, I have … More

Today’s post is a bit of a mishmash of things seen recently in and around the city, just things I … More

December rolls on, and it is only 2 weeks until Christmas. The herring has arrived (including the correct fish for … More

With summer produce coming into the shop, the food we are eating is shifting to tomatoes, capsicum, asparagus and crisp … More

I was lucky enough to have a window seat flying from Perth to Sydney last week….this is what I saw. … More

What a week! Days in Perth, a new city for us, travel issues, a dance performance, dinners out and a … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would talk about th recent trip to Perth, about how … More

Monday dawned, and with Karl not attending the conference until Tuesday, we had some time to wander around and also … More