Words on Wednesday: café life

Café life with tea and a sandwich.

A seat at the table: Apache

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

What’s on your plate: June

Deciding what to cook and eat on a daily basis can sometimes be a bit of a challenge as I … More

Finding my way in the kitchen

As regular readers know, I enjoy pottering about in the kitchen. Chopping onions, peeling carrots and stirring things is all … More

This week’s small pleasures #344

I am writing this post on not only a rather grey and drizzly day but at home from work feeling … More

This week’s small pleasures #327

It really feels like that transition period between summer and autumn. The mornings are darker, the Japanese anemones are in … More

What’s on my plate: cannelloni enchiladas

I recently got hold of a copy of Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage, a wonderful eclectic mix of recipes inspired by … More

Word of the Year January

I had never really thought about a word of the year before until I came across Deb of Deb’s World’s … More

This week’s small pleasures #224

Here we are, half way through March already. As I mentioned on Saturday, you can really feel autumn is at … More

This week’s small pleasures #220

I’ve been sitting for ages trying to think of a good opening sentence for this week’s small pleasures post. It was a week where we ate out at a favourite restaurant, when it felt that summer was here when we went to Thorndon Fair (not today though…rain again) and when we lit candles to mark the second Sunday in Advent.