It’s Monday evening here in Wellington. We are sitting enjoying the aroma of chicken cooking in the oven (Diana Henry’s … More
Tag: Field & Green
This week’s small pleasures #263
Only a few days left to Christmas! We are almost ready for our Christmas Eve feast, with just some cleaning … More
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 … More
This week’s small pleasures #230
I started getting this post together on Sunday, and had to change my planned intro, as at 7pm we heard … More
This week’s small pleasures #228
Can you believe it is the 1st February already? I certainly can’t. There are lots of things I was going … More
Words on Wednesday: 2020 as it was
Normally at this time of year I look back at small pleasures of the year, but somehow it doesn’t seem … More
A seat at the table: Burger Wellington
The second half of Wellington on a Plate is given over to Burger Wellington, a veritable festival of all things … More
This week’s small pleasures #212
So….here we are…another Monday…..and the skies are grey and the rain is pouring down in contrast to weather earlier last … More
A seat at the table: Brick Lane
Have you ever had a Proustian moment? That brief ‘taste memory’ based on the childhood memories that come to the … More
This week’s small pleasures #208
Mark Twain said: In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours. Well, he wasn’t wrong.