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Island Life

I won’t starve on Waiheke. I’ll be able to have a tomato sandwich in about three weeks.

The Great Australian Cookbook

Take a bite out of Aussie’s best: lamb and lamingtons, prawns and pav, pancakes and pikelets; slow-cooked, twice-cooked, flash-fried, stir-fried and cooked over coals; breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner and everything in between. Here’s a sample of tempting recipes from The Great Australian Cookbook.

Chicken Roll-ups

Here’s a great weekday meal that doesn’t require lengthy prep, is quick to cook and tastes delicious.

Villa Maria wine tasting and degustation lunch

Food and wine or wine and food? It’s hard to choose the more impressive of the two served up at a wine tasting and degustation lunch at Villa Maria Winery on Monday. I went primed for action: hungry, thirsty, inquisitive, and with a cab booked to wing me back to the ferry …

Villa Maria forging ahead with organics

Villa Maria is unashamedly family oriented. When you dine with them, with their founder Sir George Fistonich and wife Lady Gail, with their winemakers and staff, you become part of the family, part of their story. That story started a long time ago, in 1961, when a young lad called George leased a few acres […]

Around Lea Canal

I can never go past the beautiful reflections of the coloured walls in Lea canal without pausing for a look.

Labna balls

It’s easy making your own labna balls – just strain yoghurt until thick, then flavour it with dukkah, spices, herbs or edible flower petals.

Asparagus

White & green asparagus in a puddle of browned butter with toasty crumbs and a poached egg on top … well, you can’t get much better than that for a fancy pants brunch or lunch.

World Vegetarian Day – YES! Scoff more vege!!!

Make that a triple serving … I’d be happy to! 1st October is World Vegetarian Day, not something that is ever going to slip under my radar because, in case you hadn’t noticed, we’re rather fond of vegetables at Shared Kitchen. In fact, we’re crazy about them. Beats me though, why potatoes continue to get […]

Heaps of vegetable recipes!

If you haven’t had a tour around Shared Kitchen for awhile, here are some of the fabulous vegetable recipes on board (click on the links at the bottom of each gallery of photos): Persimmon & Feta Salad    Ilaria’s Spicy Bunnuce Burgers   Erbazzone   Mushrooms on Toast Eggplant & Date Salad   Broccoli Salad with Pumpkin & Peppers […]