-The KitchenMaid-

Have you been struck by the dreaded winter lurgy yet? It has cut a swathe through our small household in the last week and I don't think...

Remember whoopie pies? They were going to be the new cupcakes, or the new macarons, but I don't think they ever really took off. A shame...

I'm sorry, the recent cold snap is all my fault. I was the one who said winter was over; I was the one who ignored the merino tights sa...

The hand-chalked blackboard sign loomed in front of us like a vision. It was a hot, windy day in the Wairarapa and the promise of 'REAL ...

The one thing that people who achieve stuff seem to have in common is that they get up and do things, rather than sitting and waiting for t...

This is the inverse of Three Ways With  - instead of being three ways with one ingredient, it's one way with three. Confused? Don't ...

Ever shaken a Buddha's hand? I wouldn't recommend it; the 'skin' is pitted and lumpy and the fingers are disturbingly claw-l...

This time last year I was idling around Soho, hoping to have a drink with Mr Belleau Kitchen . Alas, our schedules did not allow it, but we...

Has it ever occurred to you that bananas are like buses? There's never any when you want one (or at least, one in the right state of rip...

This week two extremely important women in the world of food visited Wellington. One attracted loads of attention while she filmed an advert...

I know what you're thinking: 'Please, no, not another raw energy/bliss ball recipe. Save me, please!' While it's true that ...

There are only two things happening in New Zealand this week. One, the royals are here (no, not the Royals immortalised by Lorde , the oth...

You might think I married my husband for his wit, good looks and charm, but there's more to it than that. What sealed the deal is was th...

If you were beamed to earth from another planet at the moment you'd think all humans did was eat, drink and be merry. While the period b...

Remember our neighbours with the amazing lemon tree ? They have gone on holiday and their lemon tree is taunting me with its golden globes s...

In the circles I move in, or at least the online ones, tahini is having a little moment. First I saw this rendition of Ottolenghi's Tahi...

Last Friday I broke my self-imposed charity shop ban and went for a cruise around a couple of my local favourites (no, I'm not telling y...

Something a bit embarrassing happens when we have people round. It's not a problem when the sun is over the yardarm, so to speak, but wh...

Two of my favourite redheads have birthdays this weekend - so in their honour I have devised a ginger-y cake. You don't have to have red...

It says a lot about the horrors of boarding school food that my co-prisoners and I were cheered up by tinned pears. We had pudding three tim...