Restaurant review: Indochine, Christchurch
Moving to a new city in a new country is not exactly the time for extravagant dinners à deux.
Tagged: ireland
Maple muffin making: Maple and Cinnamon Muffins
Wednesday, if I’m at home, is my day for baking and yesterday I decided that I needed to make some muffins.
Lentil adaptations: Creamy Lentils with Bacon
Some days you just get feelings for things you want to cook. Others are about what you know has been sitting, reproachfully, in your cupboard for ages and making you feel that you have to cook it, now!
A nice piece of cod: Cod with Thyme Oil
Although fish has never been one of my favourite foods, this trip to New Zealand and the Kiwi dependence on fish and chips as a fast food while travelling is changing all that.
The perfect pestle and mortar
Having been torn from my well stocked kitchen back in Ireland, there are many items that I miss and recently I’ve been searching for a second hand pestle and mortar.
Feast: Food That Celebrates Life by Nigella Lawson
I’ve been a fan of Nigella’s writing since Nigel Slater (my other favourite cookery writer) gave his readers a tip-off about her first cookery book How To Eat. In fact, How To Eat was so beloved in our house that both I and my housemate had a copy – just in case we parted ways and one of us would end up living without it.
Food for a cold day and sick boyfriend: Chicken Noodle Soup
Some days start off grey and just don’t improve. Take today, for instance. Overcast morning, freezing cold at the bus stop waiting on the bus to work, get lost looking for this week’s office...
Hot Cross Buns, Kiwi Style: Hot Cross Buns with Chocolate Chips
There’s more than one way to make the best of your time. And perhaps writing about Hot Cross Buns as they (hopefully!) rise in your kitchen may be winning in the multi-tasking stakes at the moment.