Waiheke happenings this week
Santa’s snack is ready. Bread and water. Not.
Don’t be frightened …
Don’t hold back. Give it heaps. Add that salt!
The Catalan Kitchen
Catalan cuisine – edgy, surprising, intriguing, comforting. New book by Emma Warren.
Radicchio
I love the striking colour of radicchio and the way it lifts a bowl of green salad … and it’s refreshing minerally bitter bite in other dishes.
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Pretty as a picture – artful leftovers.
Artichokes – did I mention spikes!
Deal to them – no mercy – lop the tops off the buggers along with any other spiky unloveable parts.
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Colourful characters, buskers, kids, dogs, collectibles and more … oh, better mention good food.
Wet Sundays
How to lift a boring wet Sunday. Drink gin!
A nod to Italy …
I’m going on an Italian bent for the next week or two. No, not actually going there, just sharing some terrific Italian family recipes. I first went to Italy in 1975. Holy smoke! I must have just been a baby (because, surely, I’m not that old!). I sailed into the gorgeous port of Genova and…
Bay leaves
Fresh bay, strongly aromatic, like pine needles, eucalypt and lemon all crushed together, with a scattering of floral blossoms on top.
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I don’t know why people don’t cook omelettes more often. They’re so quick, so tasty and so utterly satisfying, that it’s almost criminal to think of dashing off to buy fast food when there’s an egg or two in the pantry.
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Unravelling a ball of cheese. New Zealand’s buffaloes drive things up a notch.
Shared Kitchen launches artisan products
Artisan food products – quality ingredients made with care and a big nod to the environment.
BBQ chicken loinery
For success with this dish, follow Luca’s advice. “Please remember that you can do this – it’s mind over matter; those who matter won’t mind and those who mind, don’t matter.”
Festival Italiano comes to town
Expect plenty of music, dancing, laughter, oodles of food and plenty of ‘Ciao Bella’s and treble cheek-kissing.
FURI knife blocks sale 20% off
Keep your knives safe in a knife block!
Furi knife sale – 15%-20% off!
Take advantage of this fantastic offer to improve your kitchen skills with a decent knife.
The prices are amazing!Do you believe in cheeses?
Melty, cheesy, toasty, crunchy …. CHEESE!
Pizza midweek – save money, not spend it
Like overpriced sad and bland scones, bad expensive pizza is a crime.
Dukkah – get doing the dukkah jig!
Labna and dukkah and dukkah and labna … make it your summer mantra.
Pineapple sage
Sweet pineapple sage – it truly does taste of pineapple!
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Fancy up bean soups with fried tortilla strips. Yes, yes, naughty I know, but there you go …
Spring is here
Check out these fresh ideas …
Scallop love
There’s more to scallop shells than you think. Just ask any pilgrim treading the path to the shrine of Saint James in Santiago de Compostela.
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