-The KitchenMaid-

If I was the sort of person who did things by the book, I’d be planting my garlic today. But after the failure of last year’s crop – I’ll n...

Remember when coconut oil was going to save us all? I'm not sure it's happened yet, given that the world needs saving more now than ...

Q: What do you call a goat that's sitting around doing nothing? A: Billy Idol. I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. I fell down a r...

Valentines Day might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I think there can never be too many days to celebrate the people you love. If tha...

I don't want to be a weather bore, but Wellington is having the most dismal summer ever. I mean, really. On Monday I was so cold at work...

I read something last week about how 'invisible prisons' - jobs, societal pressures, parenting, caring for older relatives - meant t...

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 writing this in the room we grandly call 'the office'. There is just enough room for the laptop on this huge old wooden desk...

"Guess what, Mum?" says the six-year-old, standing beside the bed at 6.30am with a book, a frisbee and a teddy. "It's onl...

Like a lot of food bloggers, I get asked to spruik a lot of stuff. Mostly, I don't do it, not least because I often have no interest in ...

It's cold, and grey and the news everywhere is bleak. But before you rip open a chocolate bar and sob into your screen, there is a ray ...

This is the wedding cake that nearly wasn't. When one of my oldest and dearest friends announced she was getting married, I immedia...

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 ...

Kombucha - a kind of slightly fizzy fermented tea - is having a moment.  The drink, which is made from sugar, tea, bacteria and yeast, ha...

Are you a Good Bitch? I am. In fact, I'm one of many. I'm not telling you this to show off, but to get you to join us in a kind of...

I don't watch much food TV, as a rule. In fact, I don't watch much TV at all (I've even given up Coronation St). But a new serie...

Yesterday, someone asked me 'how do you fit everything in and still maintain your blog?' I realised, with a sinking feeling, that sh...

T. S Eliot was wrong. April is not the cruellest month - at least not in the southern hemisphere, where it means a slew of public holidays, ...

It is inky-dark outside and the hail is lashing the windows. It's not late, but it feels like the middle of the night. Suddenly, a quart...

Ice creams. Fish and chips. Sand castles. Sand in everything. February has turned out to be the month that January should have been. And boy...