From the kitchen: pork, pumpkin and sage meatballs

One thing we like in this house is meatballs. Julia Turshen’s wonderful turkey meatballs are a firm favourite and Ottolenghi’s … More

This week’s small pleasures #326

Some weeks pass with very little happening, while others are full of things that before you know it, you realise … More

Here we are at the end of February already, and what a month it has been for New Zealand with … More

Usually I have an idea of what I want to write about on Mondays when I think about the good … More

After seeing Ottolenghi in conversation on Friday last week, I had to feature one of his recipes in this months … More

No doubt many of you will have seen pictures of the dreadful flooding up north in Auckland. There are red … More

It has been another glorious sunny day today with blue skies and sunshine – something that always makes me smile … More

Knowing we were returning to Napier at the end of December, I got online early and booked a table at … More

I was in two minds as to what to write today given this is the first post of 2023, but … More

Summer is here – and so far we have had a fair bit of sunshine, and certainly warmer temperatures. The … More