Somewhere amongst making Afternoon Tea, bread making, baking croissants and making cheese earlier this year I started to realise that I really like food. Â No really – making food, reading about food, talking about food and yes, of course, eating it too. Â I... 
It may be call the love apple (Pomme D’Amour) but for now I have a love-hate thing going on with my tomatoes. I am overcome with delight that after years of struggling to grow tomatoes outdoors my poly greenhouse has been the perfect haven for growing them but... 
The popular opinion in New Zealand is that this summer has been a washout. Â Since New Year we’ve been blighted by bouts of furious wind and driving rain making it the worst summer weather since we arrived in New Zealand six years ago. The only upside I can see... 
As health kicks go, here’s one I’m really enjoying. Â Eating cakes that are not so naughty but terribly nice to eat. Â I’ve started to bake my way through Harry Eastwood’s Red Velvet Chocolate Heartache Cookbook which was in my Christmas... The new rhythms of bread making have hit home and I haven’t bought bread since the beginning of the year. Â I’ve added flat breads to my repertoire and when I can master soft rolls, bagels and english muffins we’ll be about as self sufficient in... 
