Christmas wishes
Make the table the heart of your home this festive season.
Island Life – lemon tree very pretty
My back may be aching, but the garden is flourishing!
Cocktail sandwiches
Sometimes the simplest things are the best but often we don’t see them as such unless we stand back and inhale deeply. ‘Come ‘round for drinks’ just rolls off the tongue when we invite people over, but as the day approaches, it can strike fear in our hearts, not because the house needs a makeover…
Ilaria’s not starving in London
Thank god for ovens, for shallow roasting tins, for non-stick baking paper and for vegetables!
Another Helping from Bevan Smith at Riverstone Kitchen
Bevan Smith chats about what matters to him most – food, family and friends
Cooking classes on Waiheke Island
Cooking classes with Julie at Rangihoua Estate Waiheke. Summer dates added.
Island Life – cutting the grunge
Lucky there’s compost and pea straw!
Cake cutie on Waiheke
Heading to Waiheke? Indulge in delicious offerings at The Annex.
Island Life – making things work
Gin & tonics scheduled for 2018
Gin Room bartender wins cocktail challenge
Gin Room bartender wows judges with his Mid-summer Negroni cocktail.
Island Life – that’s more like it
Bacon & eggs for dinner? Why not …get a glass of sav on the go, find a sunny spot and away you go.
Island Life – mollycoddling myself
Oh, I love a bit of mollycoddling … especially when the weather is crappy. A pot of chicken broth, chugging away, fills the house with hope!
Waiheke events
Come and join us on Waiheke for fabulous food and wine experiences – olive oil tastings, cooking classes, sumptuous long lunches, cellar wines. And talk to us about special occasion dining or festive events.
Island Life
I won’t starve on Waiheke. I’ll be able to have a tomato sandwich in about three weeks.
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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.
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…
The Heathrow injection
My house. Too cute!!! Check out that bay window!
About the Wick
Walking to work helps offload some of the over-indulgence!
Doughnuts make me smile …
Doughnuts. Yum. Stuff ’em in …
Around Lea Canal
I can never go past the beautiful reflections of the coloured walls in Lea canal without pausing for a look.
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.
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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…
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