-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...

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...

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...

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...

There's a long weekend on the horizon and - though the weather is unlikely to be playing ball - I'm still hopeful that there will be...

No blog posts for ages and then, what? A sandwich? I'm afraid so. Truth is, I feel like I've lost my food mojo in the last couple of...

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...

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...

Earlier this year a Google soup recipe search habits survey found pumpkin soup was the top of the list in New Zealand, for the third year in...

Last Sunday my sister-in-law turned up on my doorstep with a huge chocolate cake, a tub of Zany Zeus creme fraiche and a jar of Fix and Fogg...

One of the happiest winters of my life was spent in Whanganui, where my lovely friend Anna and I amused ourselves with sewing, cooking, art...

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 ...

Did you know that in some places they're not making journalism interns learn shorthand any more? I know, I'm shocked too. Instead of...

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

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

Long-time readers will know that I'm a traditionalist when it comes to Easter - no hot cross buns before Good Friday; no Easter eggs bef...

Whenever visitors to Wellington ask about Te Papa, there's only ever one thing we tell them to see - the colossal squid . This creature ...

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...

There comes a time in everyone's life when they get that sinking feeling. In fact, particularly unlucky people may get it several times ...