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If only the Three Bears had made Bircher’s Muesli
I wonder… if the 3 Bears had decided on Bircher muesli instead of porridge would they have…
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A Big Soak
How about starting your day with a breakfast that lowers your colestral, helps lose weight, makes…
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Perfect Flavours for the Quick Brown Fox
To step outside your comfort zone in the kitchen may mean stepping away from the recipe…
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Southern Flavours: Smoked Sausage, Oysters and Coffee Liqueur
“Lovely flavours” our friend Ken would exclaim. I’m sure Ken doesn’t realise that his compliments to…
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The Otago Peninsula and How to Make the Perfect Scone
It’s been a very special week at our house with Peter and our friend Rod Morris…
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Missing Midwinter in Dunedin
Tonight marks Midwinter Solstice, the shortest day of the year in the southern hemisphere. In a…
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"Make cheese", said the Quince
In Spain manchego cheese, a hard salty sheep milk cheese is eaten with dulce de membrillo – a…
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Southern Cooking Apples Meet Northland Quince
A real cooking apple is tart and will “fluff” into a puree when cooked. Have…
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Time for the humble Crumble
A fruit crumble is a comfortable and straight up pudding. Its simplicity is its magic. Apple…
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It’s raining Feijoa!
The drought in Auckland has broken. Not only rain is falling in our suburban garden it’s…
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Like a proper ‘nana?
Bananas are a marvellous fruit and, like me, you probably include a bunch in your shopping…
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Waitaki Valley Honey with Plums and Basil
Easter break is an opportunity to visit family or to explore other parts of New Zealand…
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Now what can I do with all those courgettes…or are they zucchini?
My sister Kerry in Dunedin has a problem. She has a glut of courgettes or zucchini.…
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Watermelon Feast and The Blues Bokashi Bucket
Grandson Beau (2) loves eating watermelon – simply sliced(Photo: Jessie Mackay) Watermelon – a real summer…
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Galley Cooking on the Shenandoah
Our really good friends Ralph and Maerushia invited us to enjoy the magnificent Hauraki Gulf on…
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Lemon Tipple Cake and Urban Composting
Lemons…yes I am going to post again about lemons! I’m going to let you into the…
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Lemon lipped of Ponsonby
I thought coming to Auckland I would be in the land of lemons. Lemons I consider…
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Pasta e Basta
Pasta e Basta is a restaurant situated in Amsterdam, in the old part of the city, and…
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Southern Sushi
I don’t know who first called the cheese roll “Southern Sushi” but the title works well…
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Five Good Things With Gooseberries
Dieter & Sandra’s gooseberry bush with boutique hen house in the background Friends Sandra and Dieter…
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Southland Watermelon and Bottled Central Otago Apricots
It’s time for me to announce that this Southern cook and gardener is heading North. Peter…
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Salad Series I – the salad can be the star!
I always want to give a salad the opportunity of being the “star” or at least…
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Ken the Caterpillar and Fun Food for Kids
I am on “Nana Jean” duty in Auckland with 2 year old Beau while our daughter…
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Hawthorn – an emblem of hope that summer is coming
“Ne’er cast a cloot til Mey’s oot” This old Scottish saying warns not to shed any…
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An Unusual Vegetable Pie Turns Carnivore
Friends were coming for dinner on Saturday and the weather forecast said a southerly would hit…
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Roasted Cauliflower Salad and Shepherd’s Purse
Mark Twain once said of the cauliflower, “a cabbage with a college education”. He was…
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