Bringing in the new

The first and second of January are public holidays here in New Zealand. Lots of places are closed, things are … More

This week’s small pleasures #420

This past week of course included Christmas, a time of much feasting and spending time with friends. Books have been … More

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

When I read about.the cookbook club over at Jo’s Brookford Kitchen Diaries I thought it sounded tremendous fun and would … More

I headed to the kitchen this morning, put the kettle on for tea, and popped in two slices of bread … More

For this month’s what’s on your plate? I thought I would go through a few of the things I have … More

I managed, through some very bad luck, to catch a really horrible bug that has resulted in a sore throat, … More

Regular readers will know that I usually go somewhere for lunch on Wednesdays after Pilates. This week instead of the … More

As we were away for the weekend, and with yesterday being my last French lesson of this term, (when dinner … More

As I mentioned in Monday’s post, we got a spaghetti squash in our vegetable box delivery. I looked at this … More