Cook Book Club March: Das Schmeckt!

So…my original plan for this month’s cook book club (theme: we often refer to our favourites, but this month, let’s … More

This week’s small pleasures #480

In a week’s time we will be heading off to the other side of the world, to early spring instead … More

Cook Book Club: February

As regular readers may know, we are soon off (10 days!) on a bit of an adventure to Hamburg and … More

This week’s small pleasures #479

After a very stormy night, with gale force winds of up to 130km/h, and lots of rain, peace returned for a few short hours, at least allowing us to get home before the heavens opened again.

Cook Book Club: January

When I saw Jo’s cookbook challenge for January – Scandinavian summer – my mind turned to Swedish midsummer, to strawberries … More

This week’s small pleasures #475

Today is the Wellington Anniversary holiday, so those of us who live in and around the capital, it has been a long weekend. This will mean a 3 day working week for me too – a small pleasure in itself.