hot milk, honey + nutmeg (the best hot drink, hands down)
If you’re reading this in Wellington (or, well, most of New Zealand) you’ll know why I’m posting this today. This weekend has been disgustingly miserable, cold and blustery and wet, and I made the big...
View Articlebeetroot, orange & fennel salad
I don’t normally post things the day I make them. I usually like to sit on a blog post for a day or two (at least), think about it a bit, maybe make the recipe again. But not this: the dishes are...
View ArticleCoconut rice pudding with palm sugar & cinnamon-poached pear
Like I said before, winter’s fast drawing to a close whether we like it or not. I know this because I’m sitting in bed typing out a blog post and I’m not wearing multiple layers of wool tights, fluffy...
View Articlequinoa salad with avocado, radish & lemon
It’s rather predictable, really, but when spring rolls around all I want to eat is salad. There’s something about that raw crunch, the burst of flavour, the pure freshness of it all that’s missing...
View Articlegaram masala & coconut popcorn
Today’s post is not so much a recipe as it is a set of instructions on making one of the best snacks around. The other night around midnight, after a failed dinner, a failed blogging effort and a...
View Articlecucumber & mint sorbet
I’m only repeating what everyone around me has been saying, but whoa. Where did this year go? I can’t believe we’re only three days out from Christmas. And finally, it seems, after a week of...
View Articlecornmeal griddlecakes with vanilla-mint strawberries & honeyed sour cream
I don’t know about you, but today was my first day back at work for 2012. (Happy new year, everyone! Hope you’ve all had a relaxing holiday. And if you’re still on holiday, hope you’re making the most...
View Articlehazelnut & blueberry buckwheat pancakes
This is actually Pancake #5 out of the little Pancake Project I’ve been doing this year (here are parts one and two) but I’m blogging this out of order for a couple of reasons. First, Pancake #3 was a...
View Articlebanana smoothie with maple syrup & nutmeg
Really, really quick post for today, because I’m in the middle of cooking dinner (well, I’m not physically in the kitchen right now – I’m waiting on some beef cheeks I’m braising, so I’ve got this...
View ArticleAsparagus mimosa
So with Christmas come and gone we’re approaching high summer (thirty degrees in Wellington yesterday! Who would’ve thought it?!), suddenly tomatoes and courgettes are cheap, sweetcorn is… well… if...
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