Karl Summerfield Bread. Sometimes it isn’t a very interesting topic of conversation. In my experience we spend more time discussing the filling of our sandwiches, rather than the bread that holds the filling. There’s nothing particularly interesting in a loaf … Read more
During January, along with many New Zealanders we plan to head to the beach, enjoy a summer break and do as little as humanly possible. I have been rustling in cupboards searching out insect repellent, hats and picnic rugs. Food for … Read more
Virgil Evetts Finally, success in the berry patch! My various currants and brambles are performing like never before this year- with the ongoing exception of my blackcurrant. I’m finally ready to accept that Auckland is just too warm for … Read more
Virgil Evetts In the close and cloying heat of the Auckland summer I’m so very grateful for my BBQ. For months on end most of my cooking moves outdoors, while the house remains cool and mercifully free of food odours … Read more
Virgil Evetts On Sunday I had cause to head out to Avondale market. I hadn’t been for a year or so (it’s a bit out of the way from Devonport, you know), but nothing had changed, in so much as … Read more
Virgil Evetts December is a huge month on the seasonal food calendar, as far as prices are concerned anyway. Growers of premium produce, such as cherries and various succulent berry fruits, work hard to deliver the lion’s share of their … Read more
Virgil Evetts Any event offering what to an idiot might appear to be free food brings out the very worst our species. Take The Food Show for example – a fine distraction which I look forward to every year but … Read more
Virgil Evetts Although I am loathe to even mention the word before December, Christmas is once again looming on the very near horizon. Ads for Christmas music CDs will soon reach fever pitch, normally tolerable colleagues will turn up … Read more
