One of the difficulties with blogging food recipes from New Zealand is that lots and lots of my lovely bloggie followers are based in the northern hemisphere – so while I’m waxing lyrical about salads and ice cream you’re in the grip of winter, and just when my thoughts turn to hearty indulgent puddings and […]
OK, if you are worried about cholesterol levels, weight issues or sugar move right along because this is one beast of a dessert. I could literally feel my arteries closing up as I made it. That said – if you are still here, as you will see, it is fairly well the most incredible looking […]
This is not so much of a recipe as a list of ingredients which really are all a bit of a no-brainer to put together. Autumn has well and truly kicked in here in Auckland, but the last of the late summer figs haven’t quite disappeared, so it would seem terribly wasteful to leave them […]
Well here is my latest post – originally intended to be some glorious celebratory feast of a recipe, and yet after a week of work and busy-ness behind me, all I could think of today is this soup. It is the antidote to frazzled nerves (actually it probably is with mushrooms’ purported anti-inflammatory properties, and […]
A huge thank you to you for visiting my blog, and making me feel like what I’m doing isn’t just a crazy hobby!!! I am busy working this week, but will posting a big fat celebratory recipe this weekend. Thank yoooooouuuu!!!!!
Well this has been a long time coming – apologies for the delay, but I promise they’re worth the wait! Crisp, short buttery pastry holds a base of soft, sweet, vanilla cream, topped with tart, roasted rhubarb and light meringue. Told you! I have been testing and mucking around to get them just right with […]
OK – I am still waiting for a reply from blogger as to why my photos aren’t uploading properly, but in the meantime, in order to get a post up, am resorting to using screengrabs as these are closer to the photos than the actual photos – arrgghh! Anywaaaay, last weekend we were invited to […]
Hi! As you will know if you are a regular visitor to this blog, I don’t usually get very wordy – I really just like to deliver you my recipes with pics as good as I can make them without boring you too much! Today though, I thought I might bore you a little (haha […]
Who knew it was National Pi Day in America today? (Umm probably 314 million Americans, but not me!) So it appears this day is to celebrate the life of ‘Pi’, (haha) this time actually in a mathematical sense, and is often celebrated by eating pie! Right then if you are British or of English descent […]
With a cyclone warning to be heeded we caught the ferry back to the mainland from Waiheke yesterday. It was sad to say goodbye, especially with a blue-sky day thumbing it’s nose at the forecast and the first of the Merlot grapes being picked. However, as the set up is more camping there than anything […]
Every once in a while I have a hankering for something earthy, earnest and comforting like this loaf. Rich, dense and moist (apart from possibly the end slice…Nick!!!) it is the perfect late Sunday morning treat to enjoy with a cup of coffee, but also packs well for lunchboxes and keeps well ‘in the tin’ […]
It’s a weird old thing that people like their biscuits as we would call them, (or bikkies) with different textures. (Americans use the term ‘biscuits’ for what we would call ‘scones’ – such craziness!) Traditionally in New Zealand they are made hard and crunchy – ‘short’ that is. In America they are often perfectly chewy […]
Straight on the heels of my Old-Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup, it’s another one! This hearty (yet not heavy) soup is one that I first posted way back in August last year – it had been hanging around in the back of my head for ages, and when I finally posted it, it seemed to hit […]
Just recently it seems like half of the family have been suffering from a lurgy of some kind – Nick flew back into the country with a sick bag in his lap, Rich has a bog standard, crappy cold and my mother-in-law Jill is getting over a wee bout of pneumonia. For me there are […]