Oysters, Beef Wellington and Chocolate Cake: winter weekend getaway part 1

Winter seems to be moving into spring, with brighter mornings, sunnier skies, tulips beginning to pop up and magnolia in … More

Beer, chocolate and soda gifts

Wellington is full of small, artisan food and drink concerns, making all sorts of things from peanut butter (Fix and … More

Edinburgh: wining, dining and all that

I’m sitting in my friends’ flat in Glasgow, counting the minutes until I head back to New Zealand.  The first … More

A wee shake, some water and more retro scones

Living in New Zealand, we are lucky, compared to many places in the world, to have access to good, clean … More

Blue potatoes, sushi and winter sunshine

After the windy weather of the past week, the weather has changed today, Saturday, and we had a gloriously sunny … More

Mistakes, hellos and goodbyes

It is never good to start a blog with a negative, but I need to make a quick apology for … More

Beer, cider and wine (not all at once….)

After writing so much recently on the blog about New Zealand and how beautiful it is, I’m changing topic a … More

Summer foods, Christmas shopping…..and 100 posts

This is my 100th post on the blog!  Not sure if that is cause for celebration or what, but there … More

Peaches, peace and purchases

Eating fruits and vegetables in season is something that I think we have forgotten how to do in northern Europe, … More

Rain, sun and cider

It’s been an odd sort of week in many ways, partly due to both good and bad news from different … More