Cook Book Club: November

I think I may have mentioned before, but my older brother Sandy (who is 18 years older than me) was … More

What’s on your plate: December

With summer produce coming into the shop, the food we are eating is shifting to tomatoes, capsicum, asparagus and crisp … More

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

Another week, another set of small pleasures. There was a visit to the bookshop, some lovely comments from fellow bloggers … More

I started getting this post together on Sunday, and had to change my planned intro, as at 7pm we heard … More

Yesterday in my Small Pleasures post, I briefly mentioned that last week we had dinner at Noble Rot Wine Bar. … More

Gosh…week 47 of the year (according to my diary), and only 45 days until the end of the year (again, according to my diary).

This week saw sunshine, spring and a trip to Christchurch. We flew down on Friday morning and back on Sunday, … More

Monday has come around again, and time to reflect on this week’s small pleasures. It was not a particularly good … More

When we sit down to eat this time of year, we should toast farmers rather than cooks. They’ve done the … More