The Good Egg
Helen Jackson Although yesterday involved a 4.30am start to get myself to Wellington in time for Good Morning I was still home in time to attend the inaugural Good Egg Awards as initiated by the RNZ SPCA and Compassion in … Read more
Blogs
Making Your Own Curry
Ray Street For several reasons, a lot of people avoid making curry at home. The most common reasons I’ve heard are “The spices are too expensive”, “It’s too complicated”, “Curries are too hot” and “I don’t know if the recipes … Read more
Self Control
Samantha Is it just me or is it much harder to exercise self-control when it comes to food during the winter months? I love food, and when the weather gets chilly and nights are spent in front of the roaring … Read more
Gluten Intolerance vs Wheat Allergy vs Coeliac disease
Despite how widespread the gluten free diet has become nowadays, there is still a great deal of confusion about why people avoid gluten. There are those who avoid it as a lifestyle choice, because they hope it may help them … Read more
Homemade Custard Squares
Fiona Summerfield We’ll get back to the great places we ate at in Melbourne next time. We’ve had snow again. This time we were here for it and it was big dumping for us. The last time I remember snow … Read more
I love baking!
Samantha I love to bake. I’ve said this before, baking is something that relaxes me, makes me happy and allows me to make others happy. One day I really do wish I could open a cake shop. Spread the baking … Read more
Food Shops in Melbourne
Fiona Summerfield We were very fortunate to be able to spend a few days in Melbourne last week, which of course, is heaven for foodies like us. We were discussing the difference between Christchurch and Melbourne for food with … Read more
The blog about nothing…
Irene Field This week’s blog is about nothing. Does that appear to be a precursor to the fact I really have nothing to write about. I confess. It is. We are gearing up for a long holiday. Long, as in … Read more
Breastfeeding and food allergies
Samantha I was speaking to my cousin recently after she had read my first blog on food intolerances and she brought to my attention a thought I had never actually considered – the link between breastfeeding and food allergies. She … Read more
The Wonders of Pizza
Irene Field Pizza. Those five letters are the embodiment of one of the wonders of the food world. I am not talking fast food chain pizza here. In my mind, that is the embodiment of the wonders of the garbage … Read more
Favourite Food Combinations
Samantha There are some food combinations that have been put on earth to rival some of the greatest pleasures in life. One that most people seem to agree on is strawberries and chocolate. Or raspberries and chocolate. Cake and berries … Read more
Proper Chocolate Hail
Proper Chocolate Hail and Eierkoeken – Edible Planet We have been meaning to try the Dutch Hagel Slag for ages and we were talking to our Dutch neighbour about it. He just raved. He grew up with this Dutch version … Read more
Gastroesophageal Reflux
Samantha Sometimes I like to pretend I know everything. I’ve been gluten intolerant for seven years, lactose sensitive for five years, and have avoided alcohol and caffeine for the last six years due to the symptoms I’m presented with when … Read more
I Can’t live without my….coffee or chocolate?
Irene Field Which would you rather? Coffee or Chocolate? The reason I ask, is that we are inundated with messages that life isn’t worth living without chocolate. But is this really true? Or is this some astute marketing campaign by … Read more
