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  • A warming Frittata made in the Hayden skillet

    A frittata is an easy one pan comfort meal where the ingredients can usually be found in your fridge, your garden, and if you are lucky, from your henhouse. I used to get confused… read more

  • Afghans – an old fashioned favourite

    No self respecting Afghan biscuit would be seen without its walnut hat secured into  buttery chocolate icing. I just couldn’t leave the topic of walnuts topic without mentioning one of my favourite biscuits the Afghan. … read more

  • The Good Oil on Southern Walnuts

     As I step off the plane and take in that first deep breath of chilled, clear, Southern air, I rejoice to be back in Dunedin.  Just down the road, beyond the airport, an enterprising… read more

  • Granny Browne’s Pumpkin Scones

    During this pumpkin time of year I like to make Granny Browne’s Pumpkin Scones.  Those lucky enough to be offered one of these scones will wonder at the unusual colour and light texture, and… read more

  • Bechamel sauce makes the marrow

    The marrow is a perfect measure of time passing.  That courgette plant you eagerly watch over in December for any sign of its fruit, produces a glut of courgettes (or zucchini) in January.  But, once… read more

  • Cobra Runners and a Pean

    As a gardener I can’t help but love all the produce that midsummer brings.  As a cook I find myself searching for  new ways to prepare these plentiful vegetables. This year our Cobra Runner… read more

  • Eat …Nigel Slater’s little book of fast food

    “Cooking should, surely, be a light hearted, spirited affair, alive with invention, experimentation, appetite and a sense of adventure.”  Nigel Slater  I like to think of the English chefs Nigel Slater and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall… read more

  • A Fool and a Mess

    Christmas and the holidays is a wonderful time for gooseberries, currants, berries and stone fruits.  I have just experienced ten glorious days with Peter’s family in Hawkes Bay where you can go and pick… read more

  • Raspberry Jam and Christmas

    When we women in the Mackay family decided to de-commercialise Christmas and make home made gifts my Mum was stuck on just what to give my brothers.  Then she remembered how much they loved… read more