Homemade Corn Chips
Fiona Summerfield Making corn chips is very easy. Lucy decided it was one of the things she wanted to sell at the Kidsfest Market back in July. I was nervous about a six year old and hot oil but we … Read more
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Thai Spring Rolls (kids favourite)
Asparagus and Tuna Nicoise Salad with French Vinaigrette
In search of the Perfect Brownie Recipe
Helen Jackson For some time now I have been in search of the “perfect” brownie recipe (seeking perfect recipes is a bit of a personality flaw) which all seems fine and easy except that what I think is perfect seems … Read more
Tender, Sweet Rock Cakes
Virgil Evetts As a small boy I felt oddly powerful eating rock cakes. I fancied them as a man’s sort of cake – big, rugged and rocky. This was a rare, and rather convoluted, expression of masculinity I suppose. Fact … Read more
Traditional Rich Christmas Cake
KIWIS REASSURED SIX EGGS PER WEEK IS OKAY
Kiwis love eggs and can be reassured eating up to six eggs per week is recognised as a part of healthy, balanced diet for most people, according to the New Zealand Nutrition Foundation.
Delicious Places to Eat in Melbourne
Fiona Summerfield There are so many great places in Melbourne to eat, it is difficult to choose but these were the three food experiences I remember most fondly from our trip in July. The best meal would have to be … Read more
It’s doubly official: Federal and Wolfe voted Auckland’s Best Café 2011 (twice!).
What do you get when you combine the co-owner of Cibo, a famously excellent barista, a “gate to plate” food philosophy, and a relaxed light-filled space complete with resident DJ?
Polly Was a Cracker: Café Polo Takes Out Burger Wellington 2011
A vegetarian burger that offers more than meets the eye saw Miramar’s Café Polo take out Wellington’s coveted Battle of the Burger for 2011.
Brandy Snaps
September
Hi there, While Spring is officially here I prefer to wait until the 23rd of the month before I acknowledge the season change – at least we will have asparagus and a few more signs of a seasonal change by … Read more
When Nothing Goes To Plan!
Helen Jackson With Father’s Day yesterday, Daisy (9) decided she wanted to make homemade chicken tortellini followed by lemon meringue pie for Ed (I feel she has been watching too much Masterchef antics). As she has been asking to make … Read more
Chelsea Buns
Virgil Evetts Following on from last week’s cake-fuelled dawdle down memory lane… I do like a Chelsea bun. Soft, sweet, spice- flecked bread studded with sticky raisins and crudely stuccoed with icing. As a small boy with an obscenely sweet … Read more
