A seat at the table: The Pandemic Pack Collaborative Cookbook Part 2

Lockdown hit us here in New Zealand on the 18th August, a day when I was supposed to be heading … More

A seat at the table: The Pandemic Pack Collaborative Cookbook Part 1

I’m a day late for the the What’s On My Plate Challenge hosted by TheWidowBadass and Retirement Reflections. No excuse really, other than … More

Words on Wednesday: still in lockdown

Wednesday is my non-working day of the week, and I normally go out for lunch, pick up bits of shopping, … More

This week’s small pleasures #247

What a week! Lockdown at Level 4 started at as the clock ticked over into Wednesday, and suddenly we went … More

Words on Wednesday: Level 4 – again

So here we are again, at lockdown level 4 for the whole of New Zealand for three days, Auckland and … More

This week’s small pleasures #246

Sunday morning, the sun was shining, the sky was blue…and we both got our first Covid-19 vaccinations. Now if that … More

A seat at the table: Ortega Fish Shack

Our next Wellington on a Plate adventure was a cold Thursday evening visit to Wellington institution, Ortega Fish Shack. This … 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 #244

I wasn’t sure where to begin with this week’s small pleasures – sunny days? Or should I mention getting dates … More

Baking in the afternoon: cheese scones

ree with Felicity Cloak in The Guardian – I love scones. I also happen to live in a cheese scone obsessed city (see this article from 2019 here). People at work discuss where they get their favourite cheese scone, and every year Pravda Café’s World Famous (in Wellington) Cheese Scone Class sells out on Wellington on a Plate (I was lucky to go in 2019). One of my favourite cafes, Floriditas, even has a recipe for their cheese and rocket scones on their website. The cheese scone is part of this city’s identity!