A seat at the table: a special event

When I saw that chef Peter Gordon was going to be cooking a special menu at one of our favourite … More

A sherry long lunch

On Saturday we headed over to Noble Rot Wine Bar on Swan Lane for a sherry long lunch, involving sherry … More

Can you believe we are almost at the end of March? I certainly can’t. The mornings are getting darker, evenings … More

Here we are in the middle of February already. Melodifestivalen is on in Sweden (just catching up on Saturday’s heat … More

Today, 6 February, is Waitangi Day, commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi which is considered to be New … More

This week’s small pleasures post is coming to you on Sunday evening as tomorrow I am off for a cataract … More

Today is the Wellington Anniversary holiday, and the sun shone – hoorah! We have had a relaxing day, reading, cooking … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would wish each other season’s greetings, talk about how we … More

It is nearly Christmas, and we are all ready to get cooking tomorrow for our Christmas Eve feast. The meatball … More

Iti te kupu,nui te whakaaro This whakataukī or proverb means ‘a small thing can mean a lot’, is something I … More