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  • Southern Sushi

    I don’t know who first called the cheese roll “Southern Sushi” but the title works well because sushi and cheese rolls both take time and care in preparing and rolling.  Describing cheese rolls as “Southern Sushi”… read more

  • Five Good Things With Gooseberries

    Dieter & Sandra’s gooseberry bush with boutique hen house in the background Friends Sandra and Dieter have generously offered me their gooseberries.    Harvesting gooseberries is usually a prickly chore but their property on… read more

  • Southland Watermelon and Bottled Central Otago Apricots

    It’s time for me to announce that this Southern cook and gardener is heading North. Peter and I are embarking on a new adventure in Auckland for at least a year. I am looking… read more

  • Aubergine/Eggplant – the king of vegetables

    My friend Gill just can’t pass an aubergine in the supermarket .  Who could blame her? That alluring smooth roundness with a rich chocolate-purple skin would tempt most of us to reach out and… read more

  • 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 the “co-star” on the table rather than an “extra” to the main course. On Sunday I made a… read more

  • Ken the Caterpillar and Fun Food for Kids

    I am on “Nana Jean” duty in Auckland with 2 year old Beau while our daughter Tansy is acting in a play.   As we live at the other end of the country, it… read more

  • 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 cloots (clothes) before the may flowers (hawthorn blossoms) are in full bloom.   The Hawthorn tree (also known as May… read more

  • An Unusual Vegetable Pie Turns Carnivore

    Friends were coming for dinner on Saturday and the weather forecast said a southerly would hit that evening.    I had a bottle of opened Emerson’s Southern Clam stout in the fridge that I… read more

  • Roasted Cauliflower Salad and Shepherd’s Purse

    Mark Twain once said of the cauliflower, “a cabbage with a college education”.   He was right about the cabbage connection because both come from the same vegetable family (Cruciferae) as does broccoli, rocket, brussel sprouts,… read more