Muffins, pineapple and lots of cakes

Last weekend’s bad weather meant a lot of time spent indoors. This meant I got in a cooking and baking … More

A pie, some parsnips and Australian rules

Saturday, as I mentioned in my last post, was Anzac Day, and I have to confess that we failed to … More

Some of you may have seen the fuss in the media this week about Gwyneth Paltrow’s attempt to live off … More

Friday was Poppy Day, the day we in New Zealand buy our poppies prior to Anzac Day. This year marks … More

The weather brightened up at the weekend, with some sunshine, though late Sunday the weather turned and we had quite … More

With early autumn, comes a new wave of fruits and vegetables. Apples, beans, capsicum (peppers), pears, passion fruit, pumpkin and … More

We spent Easter Sunday in quite a different way to usual, by setting off first thing in the morning from … More

Easter is a spring festival if ever there was one, and it still seems strange to me to celebrate it … More

I’ve just finished lunch, which consisted of the terrine I made yesterday, some sour dough bread, that was still warm … More

We woke up on Good Friday to a lovely sunny, if windy day. I had planned to make today a … More