Bibliophilia

When I get home from the cafe, tired and hot, I put my feet in the fountain which is often enough to re-energise me for some gardening. Toni...

My friend Ngaere is modestly famous in Wellington for Maiden Voyage , her upper-Cuba Street shop where she designed and made interesting clo...

Passion is such a delicious word. The shhhh in the middle is sexy. Try it. Right now, say the word passion out loud and feel your mouth m...

If you find yourself with a glut of raspberries here's an idea for a refreshing drink to cool down with after a hot afternoon planting b...

I've been meaning to take this photo for a couple of weeks and I almost left it too late- these wonderful onion dome buds are about to b...

The photos below show what has been happening in the vege garden in the past three weeks. The steady rain and warmth mean that even daily vi...

I can't really report on book making activities at the moment. The little bits of studio time I am squeezing in betweeen kitchen and gar...

Yesterday, having escaped from the stinking hot kitchen where making another 120 lamingtons had coated me in sticky sugar while sweat pooled...

Just quickly as I have to get back to my white chocolate lamingtons* (150 down, 100 to go). I fully expected to dream about lamingtons last...

While helping to pick 60+ kg of gooseberries over a couple of hours that went from sweltering heat to pouring rain, I came to the conclusion...

My friend Margot was born on the same day of the same year as me. Even if we don't see eachother from one year to the next, we always me...

I'm catching up on emails so this is just a short post, about one of the best restaurant meals ever! This is my daughter Louise, me and ...

Today I turn 39, which strikes me as a particularly satisfying number, so I am expecting a particularly satisfying year ahead of me. What an...