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  • My Curly Endive Favourite – Pizza de la endibia

     Curly Endive is a most handsome leafy green vegetable with an expansive rosette of curly edged leaves.  Europeans, especially those from Mediterranean countries,  enjoy endive’s slightly bitter flavour, but here in New Zealand it’ s… read more

  • Kefir – my new pet

    I do have a reason for not posting for a while. I’ve been busy getting to know and experiment with a new food called kefir. I now feel confident after working with it on… read more

  • The Scallopini Challenge

    It’s an Italian.  Around the world it’s known as pattypan squash, granny squash, sunburst squash or custard marrow. In New Zealand it’s called Scallopini. It’s really just a fancy shaped zucchini from the summer squash family… read more

  • Whangarei Heads, buffalo cheese and the promise of scallops

    I can’t believe that just a few days ago I was in coastal Otago.  Now at the other end of the country we are spending the weekend in the balmy and beautiful Whangarei Heads.… read more

  • Shag Point Summer Salad

    Imagine, freshly caught blue cod and an even fresher salad while watching the sun set over an expansive view of the coastline and the Pacific Ocean. I was lucky enough to have this experience… read more

  • Hot potatoes, cold potatoes and Maori potatoes

    “Pick em up, pick em up hot potatoes….”  Mart would chant and whistle on our back steps on Christmas day while carefully cleaning and scraping the new potatoes for lunch.  Potatoes have been cultivated… read more

  • Just how traditional is your Christmas cake?

    It’s a Christmas tradition that isn’t sensible in New Zealand. Why do we choose to make and eat a rich dried-fruit cake in summer? I reckon one of the reasons so many of us… read more

  • It’s bean a while…

    It’s bean a while…

    It has been quite a while since my last posting…and I will later let you know what I have been up to. But right now the first harvest of our broad beans has to be… read more

  • Getting to know your lemons and a delicious lemon pudding

    I use lemons on a daily basis, so, it’s one ingredient that I want to have available. I know this sounds a little excessive, but when I travel I even take one or two… read more