Our next Wellington on a Plate adventure was a cold Thursday evening visit to Wellington institution, Ortega Fish Shack. This…
There is always time for cake…
I do enjoy my Wednesdays. The mid week blues are banished as I don’t work on this day. Some Wednesdays…
This week’s small pleasures #245
It seems winter has returned – at least for a couple of days. Sunday was bitterly cold and it rained…
Six on Saturday 07.08.21
It was almost a nice day here….lovely early this morning, but then it clouded over a bit. Still, not too…
A seat at the table: Bar Salonika
It was a cold and damp winter night in Wellington on Thursday, so the perfect time to imagine being in…
What’s on my plate? A fish pie.
We are now into Wellington on a Plate season here, a month long celebration of food, with events, special dishes,…
This week’s small pleasures #244
I wasn’t sure where to begin with this week’s small pleasures – sunny days? Or should I mention getting dates…
Six on Saturday 31.07.21
It is the end of July already, day 212 of the year, and a gloriously sunny day with bright blue skies.
Friday catch up: July’s reading
It is the end of the month, and time for a little round up of what I have been reading. As usual, it was quite a varied mix, with some things to recommend.
Baking in the afternoon: cheese scones
ree with Felicity Cloak in The Guardian – I love scones. I also happen to live in a cheese scone obsessed city (see this article from 2019 here). People at work discuss where they get their favourite cheese scone, and every year Pravda Café’s World Famous (in Wellington) Cheese Scone Class sells out on Wellington on a Plate (I was lucky to go in 2019). One of my favourite cafes, Floriditas, even has a recipe for their cheese and rocket scones on their website. The cheese scone is part of this city’s identity!
Thistles and Kiwis 