-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...

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...

Four years ago, not long after my mother died, someone I didn't know very well left a lemon verbena tree on our doorstep. I found this g...

We are blessed with the best neighbours in the world. They are great neighbours for all sorts of reasons, but for the purposes of a food blo...

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...

I'm not normally given to wandering down the cereals aisle of the supermarket, but I did feel a pang of nostalgia when homegrown brand ...

"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 ...

Whenever I go to the supermarket I take great delight in trying to circumvent all those tricks they use to try to make you buy things you di...

It's funny the things that stick in your head. For example, the sole thing I remember from the Queen's last visit to New Zealand (do...

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

I have one plan for my winter vegetable garden. When - or if - the wind drops and the rain stops - I'm going to plan beetroot by the doz...

Did you give up coffee, sugar and cake on January 1? Nah, me neither. If you did, look away now. Because here comes a lush coffee cake - tha...

Someone asked me the other day what has been my greatest achievement of 2014. In the absence of anything else, I've finally decided tha...

I'm not sure it's the sort of thing Oprah writes in her gratitude journals, but every day I thank my stars that no one in my househo...

It takes a special sort of person to make chocolate and chickpeas sound like natural partners. Nicola Galloway - chef, author, gardener, mot...

It's the ultimate collab - two loved and respected food brands who each make fantastic quality products, joining them together in blende...

Delusion is a wonderful thing. It's why dress shops have flattering mirrors, why cosmetic counters have soft lighting and why a whole in...

If you read fashion magazines then you'll know all about the 'trans-seasonal piece'. This is an item of clothing that will, appa...