Cook Book Club: 23 July

The theme this month seemed easy: go to your bookshelf, pick out the cookbook you most recently purchased (or borrowed), … More

This week’s small pleasures 500

Gosh – the 500th small pleasures post! What started out as an occasional post has turned into my weekly Monday review of the week. Some weeks are just chock full of little things that make us smile, other weeks it can be harder to find things, but there are always some good things to note.

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…

If we were having coffeee…or even a cup of tea…we would, naturally, talk about the weather. About the storm on … More

Cook Book Club: June

After not having access to my cook books or my kitchen with all my favourite tools (neither of the flats … More

Cook Book Club: May

This month’s Cook Book Club hosted by Jo of Brookford Kitchen Diaries has as it’s theme a one-pan wonder, a … More

Cook Book Club April: asparagus time

It is spring here in the northern hemisphere, and while everyone in Aotearoa New Zealand is gorging themselves on autumnal … More

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.