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  • The Big Easy and harvest time in Hawkes Bay

    The Big Easy – I liked the sound of that as a sports event – cycling from Church Road vineyard in Taradale to Black Barn vineyard near Havelock North via a number of eateries.… read more

  • Waitaki Valley Honey with Plums and Basil

    Easter break is an opportunity to visit family or to explore other parts of New Zealand over the long weekend.  Receiving a gift of honey and a box stone fruit from my friend Kate has prompted me to take… read more

  • 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.  Now that’s a problem I envy. Our late in the season courgette in a bucket has not thrived… read more

  • Watermelon Feast and The Blues Bokashi Bucket

    Grandson Beau (2) loves eating watermelon – simply sliced(Photo: Jessie Mackay) Watermelon – a real summer treat and we are eating lots of it up here in Auckland.   Put in the fridge before… read more

  • Galley Cooking on the Shenandoah

    Our really good friends Ralph and Maerushia invited us to enjoy the magnificent Hauraki Gulf on their cruising yacht.  We couldn’t have had a better introduction to Auckland – the city of sails.  … read more

  • Lemon Tipple Cake and Urban Composting

     Lemons…yes I am going to post again about lemons!  I’m going to let you into the secret of the best lemon cake ever according to all those that have tasted it – the Lemon… read more

  • Lemon lipped of Ponsonby

    I thought coming to Auckland I would be in the land of lemons.  Lemons I consider an essential in the pantry but I am surprised to find out that if I regularly consume lemon… read more

  • Cooking Corn Waimarama Style

    I was welcomed to Hawkes Bay by the waving green fields of sweetcorn.  During our stay in the Bay I discovered the very best way to cook corn from Peter’s old mate Fred Hardy.… read more

  • Pasta e Basta

    Pasta e Basta is a restaurant situated in Amsterdam, in the old part of the city, and is perhaps the most unusual and entertaining restaurant I have been to. No its not the food you go… read more