This week’s small pleasures #442

Today is the King’s Birthday holiday here in New Zealand. The sun has shone all weekend, making the world look…

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 sipping some green tea in the glorious…

With being off sick for most of the week, the small pleasures were mostly to be found at home. As…

When I saw that chef Peter Gordon was going to be cooking a special menu at one of our favourite…

On Sunday afternoon, Karl started to complain of a headache, and come Monday, I was feeling the same. We both…

A week that saw the Eurovision Song Contest is a week full of….some good, some bad and some let’s say,…

I’m going to start this month’s what’s on your bookshelf post with some book news from Aotearoa. While I was…

The theme this month – celebrity chef – posed quite a decision making problem. Like many others, my cook book…

On Saturday morning, as I was walking to the bus stop, I spotted these gorgeous bright red berries of a…

We enjoy eating out, and it is good to go back to a place you have enjoyed before but haven’t…