Matariki

Today in New Zealand we are celebrating Matariki, the Māori New Year. A movable feast, it marks the appearance of … More

Cook Book Club: June

After not having access to my cook books or my kitchen with all my favourite tools (neither of the flats … More

This month’s Cook Book Club hosted by Jo of Brookford Kitchen Diaries has as it’s theme a one-pan wonder, a … More

I have, in the past, written a few posts about my favourite cafés in Wellington. It took me far too … More

It is spring here in the northern hemisphere, and while everyone in Aotearoa New Zealand is gorging themselves on autumnal … More

So…my original plan for this month’s cook book club (theme: we often refer to our favourites, but this month, let’s … More

As regular readers may know, we are soon off (10 days!) on a bit of an adventure to Hamburg and … More

On Thursday evening, we set out to have a sort of pre-Valentine’s Day dinner at WBC, a wonderful little restaurant … More

When I saw Jo’s cookbook challenge for January – Scandinavian summer – my mind turned to Swedish midsummer, to strawberries … More

This summer we decided on just having a mini break up in one of our favourite parts of New Zealand, Hawke’s Bay.