Marrow mania
I haven’t told many porkies in my life, but there’s one that I’ve repeated several times over the years. It’s about marrows.
Mower-ist for hire
One of my jobs over the summer was to mow the lawns at my brother and partner’s place. Oh yeah, I thought, I might be able to do that. It involved a ride-on mower, something I had never even been close to, let alone sat on or driven. Lynne gave me a lesson. Off I…
A Pav for Pav – the Pavarotti story
The horses can wait; Sig. Pavarotti is chatting with me and having a love affair with my leg of ham.
What makes a Greek salad so good?
Time to share my thoughts on what makes a quintessential Greek salad, and why it is so good.
Greek Islands on tour
I have exciting news and I wanted to share it with you: I am hosting an exclusive trip to the Greek Islands in June next year. Picture idyllic whitewashed buildings set against sparkling crystal clear seas, bustling markets, ancient ruins, the cutest alleyways and tiny streets to explore, and, of course, fabulous food and wine to enjoy…
Avocado Avalanche
Avocado avalanche? Dream away.
The Food Farm
A substantial read, packed with delicious recipes and practical advice on how to stop wrecking the planet and make sustainability a way of life. Highly recommended.
Survival rations
What should be in your survival pack?
The Good Life
Making homesteading new again.
Take Me To Spain
Can’t get to Spain? Try an armchair visit with this book. Subscribe to Shared Kitchen and be in to win.
Butter
Food seduction, murder and misogyny.
Potatoes – they’re in the bag!
Kilos and kilos of potatoes!
Uniquely South African
Hands-on cooking classes, premier wine tastings, dinners at esteemed restaurants, game safaris with the Big Five, whale watching, botanical gardens, galleries … the lot! Come and discover South Africa with me!
Cucumber Triffid
Easy to grow. They just need water.
Relish
Be in to win one of two copies of cookbook Relish by Rowan Bishop. Pickle, preserve, make suace and jam.
The zucchini that wasn’t
Come on, I tell you, yes I can … tell the difference between a zucchini and a cucumber plant. At least, I thought I could. I happily purchased a zucchini plant, just the one, as I have a history of growing monster plants, and stuck it in front of the scarlet runner beans, thinking I’d train it to grow down the outside of the wooden vegetable box. It was a plan …
Three into two won’t go
Does anyone else get annoyed when you book a table for three people, and find that you are squeezed around a table designed for two? The intimacy is usually fine, and drinks fit on the table, although thereafter, there is no room for the menus. CRASH!
Death of a pot
Have you ever smoked a pot? No, no, not pot; I mean a pot, a saucepan. I have recently had the misfortune to do so. It’s a bad smell. And I’ve been here before.
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.
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!
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…
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