In the Melting Pot with with Michael Van de Elzen

I am in the Melting Pot Cooking Theatre at Nosh in Mount Eden with 45 other foodies eager to start a 2 hour workshop with Celebrity Chef Michael Van de Elzen. He is about to demonstrate some of the recipes from “The Molten Cookbook” which has just been published. I’ve been an admirer of his [...]

Winter Veggies from The Art of Produce

I spotted “The Art of Produce” sign by chance while driving along Crummer Rd, Grey Lynn on Saturday morning. Intrigued I stopped to investigate. Inbetween customers Barry O’Neill and Earl Rigden who run it were happy to chat. Both have had years of experience in marketing fresh produce. Earl started in the family business, a [...]

A Ponsonby Foodie spot: The Art of Produce

Baking for Fair Trade Fortnight

I’ve just made a batch of All Good Fair Trade banana and green ginger muffins. The recipe came fom The Good Life Café and Market in Beckenham, Christchurch. Due to earthquake damage it is currently closed .Here’s hoping they’ll soon be up and running again. As they said: “These are our best selling muffins made [...]

Baking Bread at Home

Kneading the dough for a loaf of bread is a gentle 10 minute upper body workout but there are more good reasons for baking your own bread. For one thing you know exactly what goes into it, no added artificial colours and preservatives. Then there’s the heavenly smell which wafts through the house while it’s [...]

Korean Day 2011

The Korean Society organised a Korean Day at the North Shore Events Centre in Glenfield on Saturday 19 March, 2011. It was a great chance to sample Korean Culture: the food, calligraphy, sports and dance. All the proceeds from this event were donated to the Christchurch Earthquake Fund.

Help Christchurch: Get your bake on

Like all of us I am sure, I’ve been feeling incredibly sad for people in Christchurch and have wanted to do something practical to help. So when Colleen and Katherine from Delish Cupcakes emailed to say that they were organizing a Charity Fundraiser called “Get your own Bake On”. “Of course,” I replied, “count me [...]

Baking for Christchurch

The baking effort is on the rise as more kiwis are firing up their ovens in a determined effort to help Christchurch earthquake victims. Bake sales both large and small are spreading faster than measles all over New Zealand. There hasn’t been such a flurry of baking throughout New Zealand since World War II when [...]

The Christchurch Earthquake Bake Sale at Delish Cupcakes

The Delish Bake Sale started out in the pouring rain today but as it was under cover it didn’t matter at all. It was a lot of fun and lots of yummy goodies to buy. As well as huge trays of Delish mini cupcakes the Bake Sale was generously supported by local businesses and supporters [...]

The Great Ponsonby Arthotel

This morning I had breakfast at the Great Ponsonby Arthotel, a historic Victorian villa which has been charmingly renovated. I tucked into one of their legendary breakfasts of locally sourced free range eggs and bacon on grainy whole meal toast and happily sipped my Fair Trade organic Cuban coffee. In this tranquil haven it was [...]

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