This week’s small pleasures #471

The holidays have begun, and there is only one more day to go to Christmas Eve when we will feast … More

The year in food

2025 certainly offered up many wonderful eating experiences, starting with our trip up to Hawke’s Bay in January where we enjoyed lunch at Craggy Range Winery, and excellent food at fish restaurant Hunger Monger and Central Fire Station Bistro in Napier.

The year in books

As the year draws to an end, it is time to reflect on various things – my favourite books, the … More

This week’s small pleasures #470

The news is one relentless horrific, crazy or awful story after the other at the moment, so looking for the … More

Six on Saturday 13.12.25

It really feels like summer….warm days, sunshine and everything in the garden is going wild – weeds and plants. Last … More

Cook Book Club: December

Summer is here, the holidays are approaching and Christmas is round the corner. It is also time for Cook Book … More

This weeks small pleasures #469

Here we are on Monday evening. The working day is over, dinner has been eaten (pasta with courgettes and a … More

A seat at the table: an early Christmas treat

On Thursday, we headed out for a celebratory feast for my name day (St Barbara is the patron saint of explosives and firearms amongst other things….). It was also an evening celebrating 10 years of Noble Rot Wine Bar and also them acquiring local Truffle Wine Imports.

This week’s small pleasures #468

It is Monday evening. There were leftovers for dinner, the holidays are getting closer (and by holidays I mean 3 … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be sitting outside enjoying the warmer weather, watching the bees and remarking how good this feels.