Stuffing — it should ‘plop’ off the spoon
Stuffing needs to be soft and sort of plop-able.
Slosh in the brandy
Brandy turns a fruit cake into an exceptional fruit cake.
Cherries
Eat cherries in bed? Why not, once you read this.
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Birds & bunnies
Do tūī forage on the ground? Do pheasants strut? So much to think about …
Scarlet runners are running!
The scarlet runners are running! Can’t wait.
Kai Feast
Win this amazing book!
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Tūī drinking nectar
Yesterday, I was watching huge bumblebees on sage plants in one of the vegetable beds in the garden — the mauvey-blue flowers really do bring bees into the garden — and I noticed one of the flower heads of a nearby flax plant was starting to open. I thought, won’t be long before I have…
Potatoes for Christmas
It’s so easy to grow spuds in a bag!
My spring garden
I’ve discovered that there are a lot of plants I can leave in my garden to grow on another year. It comes down to space and whether you want to put winter vegetables in at the end of summer.
Squishy butter
Yes, it’s a thing! Squishy butter is just what you want when creaming butter for a cake or sponge. It’s the first step to ensure that sugar will mix with the butter and ‘cream’, forming a light and fluffy base that will absorb egg yolks, which are also fat-based, when added. There is no way…
Lemons
Lemons – will you snuff it if you eat a lemon tree leaf?
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Eggs-cellent idea
Egg whites going begging? Store for later!
Beautiful gardens on Waiheke
For $50 you get to sticky-beak around 10 gorgeous Waiheke gardens!
That rumpled look
My bed always looks so tempting in the day.
Need a new part?
Look at that shiny curly springy thing.
I lost a week
Doesn’t look to be a lot going on in this person’s life.
Hot line to my kitchen
Hot line to my kitchen for Premium Subscribers
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Razor’s Edge
Time for a little knife talk.
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I don’t want to cry
A very scientific test NOT.
What’s in the can?
All cream style corn is not created equal.
Rum and Que
Locals with a taste for barbecue making an international success. Win Rum and Que products!
Timmy Smith
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Win fabulous cookbooks & prizes
It’s birthday month! It’s hard to believe that we launched the new-look Shared Kitchen one year ago in August. A birthday needs celebrating, and that’s what we will do this month with a horde of fabulous giveaways up for grabs when you renew or take out an annual subscription. I have chosen four exceptional cookbooks…
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