The prices of fennel bulbs in Sydney almost makes me wonder if they are secretly a staple food in Australia. It took me a while to reach for one though, because normally I only consider fennel bulb e...
At the end of any particularly busy week, all I want is simple home made comfort food. I’d be lying if I said this sandwich, made of oat & honey bread I made from scratch, with home-caramel...
This little blog of mine was lucky enough to be featured in this month’s Taste magazine (a New Zealand food mag, for those reading from outside New Zealand) :) It was a little poignant reading ...
Having discovered that house hunting in Sydney is as soul-crushing as most people say it is,* Will and I both needed some serious comfort food, so we’ve taken to throwing back hot chocolates li...
In this case, with a simple butter toasted cumin tomato sauce (although other spice-unrelated ideas are presented under the photo). To understand the origins of this simple step forward: I have a har...
Last year I was lucky enough to find myself helping to judge the Taste Farmers’ Markets NZ Awards. I’ve heard that this year, one very lucky voter for their favourite market will also be ...
I call this “ice cream” because this is so rich that you’d never want to eat a whole bowlful of this (not even the cupful pictured…but the cup was too pretty with the roses th...
New Zealand’s green shell mussels are pretty wonderful – delicious and super versatile, cheap, good for your tastebuds and the rest of you too. Do they have them in Sydney? Because that...
As much as I love fruity spiced breads, the thought of attempting to make some has always been a bit scary. This is coming from someone who makes their own bread, pretty much exclusively (thanks to t...
Let’s get one thing straight: these are not your usual crumbly, light-as-air scones, full of white fluffiness. Those are my favourite, but what’s life without a little diversity? These ar...
If you’d like a fairly traditional buttery go-to cake, that stays soft and moist the next day, is springy but also dense and rich, and is pretty adaptable…this is the cake. I opted for a ...
Before you laugh incredulously about the possibility of a healthy, hot, pancake breakfast during the week…think again! In my attempt to use as much applesauce as is humanly possible (and having...
Apologies about the scarcity of recipes!* Fortunately there are some amazing foodie-friendly events happening this month. This weekend has been dubbed “The World’s Friendliest WeekendR...
Peeling is not fun, but I acknowledge that sometimes people don’t like the taste or texture of skins. However, there are some compromises you can make that will ensure your tastebuds are happy,...
Being given the fourth marrow in a short space of time, they were not only beginning to transform from blessing to curse, but I was getting a bit sick of eating them stir fried (which I do not recomm...
After making the caramelly banana filling for my banoffee pie, I had a brainwave as I pureed my latest batch of applesauce*. Basically, you melt some sugar, whisk in butter like crazy, and while the ...
As Mika mentioned at Milliemirepoix, New Zealand summer so far has been a bit disappointing. Without warm weather, I can’t justify enough picnicking to keep the baking, bite-sized-foods-maker i...
Is it just me, or is blending way too much effort for juice? As great as fresh juice is, if I need to get out any appliances my eyes glaze over a little. So when I spotted this recipe on Scandi Foodi...
As exciting as newness may be, even fickle foodies like me need to revisit old favourites on occasion. Here are three recent tweaks of old favourites on the blog… Using some beautiful heirloom ...
Weirdly, I recently began to crave peanut butter, something which I had long ago stashed in the “childhood overload” compartment of my brain. This salted chocolate peanut butter from The ...
Brownies are not really what I dub as “summer” food, but when my friend Sarah linked me to these zucchini brownies, well…what’s more summer than finding an ingenious baking re...
There’s nothing like seven weeks away to make you appreciate home! While I had a truly fantastic time filling up on delicious foreign specialties, the whole experience also highlighted what mak...
If you’re not a big city fan like me, food is Sydney’s biggest redeeming feature. However, in some ways it’s not hugely worth listing favourite places, because Sydney’s so huge it’s...
Is it okay to be slightly embarrassed about the city you are born in? Wuhan, my birthpace and the capital city of Hubei, China, is also the capital of Arguing. Loudly. It’s not uncommon for wom...
I’ve scaled the great Firewall of China (since wordpress is lamely blocked here) to bring you a few highlights from the journey so far. I used to live in Brisbane so most of my time was spent w...
Had a coffee & nibble with Gina & Steph at Med Foods, whose cafe has re-opened! News for foodies in and of itself, especially if you’re in Canterbury. I was such a mess that I forgot my...
I got to say thank you to three of the winners this week! Gina and Bron met me at the Christchurch Farmers Market last Saturday, where I handed them their box/bag of vouchers and goodies. Image court...
Can someone enlighten me – is it just in Christchurch that Spring is really only a flowery extension of winter? Only now (on the verge of summer) is it feeling spring-like enough to even consid...
PS. Pic above is not of me, just hapless happy party goers :D I was lucky enough to be invited to the post-quake summer re-launch of Riccarton House Bistro, set in the stunning surrounds of Deans Bus...
You know those kitchen items that make cooking fun, rather than a chore? For the lucky people out there with KitchenAid mixers and Le Creuset pans, you’ll know what I mean. However, there are m...
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