Don’t you think it’s a wonderful feeling when things go right. Having set myself a goal to bake my way through the NZ Treasury of Baking as a way to improve my baking prowess I’m chuffed that so far everything I’ve attempted has been a... It’s hardly surprising that the prolific growth of courgettes in the world has spawned creative ideas for cooking them. I was delighted to see in my Treasury of New Zealand Baking book that like carrots there is a place for courgettes in cakes. I was... When a recipe calls for wholefood it reminds me of my mum who went through a phase of being a bit of a wholefood nut. Wholesome, nourishing food that looks brown and had the texture of sawdust. Obviously things in food have come a long way over the years and this... When you’re toiling away outside there is nothing more refreshing that a lemon squash drink break. Brought up on Robinson’s Lemon Barley I didn’t think anything could take it’s place. That is until I tasted Lavendersgreen lemon cordial made... The first thing I was taught to cook at school was Shortbread. I remember how mine made a wonderful frizzbee when it was finished it was so hard but beautifully shaped. That experience has always made me slightly reluctant to repeat the experience. I tend to... 