It’s been all of a dither here at Domestic HQ this week. Best laid plans going askew as the pace of work and home life overtakes my capability to deal with it all. What’s amazed me is how I’ve re-calibrated my life to a more pleasurely pace and I... Until we get a couple of pigs I won’t feel like we are truly living the New Zealand dream. Whilst we’ve got the dream house, the chickens, the bassets it’s not until we have a couple of porkers fattening in the bush will I think we’ve really... There so many food blog subscriptions on my blog feeder that some days I get virtual indigestion. It’s like comfort eating without a bite of food crossing my lips. For a compulsive collector of cookery books (I get that from my mother too!) the world of food... It’s comfort we all crave during the winter as if at other times of the year we can put up with a little discomfort. Where food is concerned I’m always looking for that feel good factor all year round. During winter what feels good is something warming... In just a few weeks we’ll have a fig tree to add to our orchard. So in years to come we’ll be able to make this week’s recipe using our own fruits. Until such time we’ll have to make do with what’s on offer in the supermarket. But... 