Well, today marks the first day of New Zealand's first National Honey Week. The National Honey Week ambassador this year is Geoff Scott, talented chef and owner of iconic Auckland restaurant, Vinnie’s
What I am looking forward to more than the competition between the bakers (personally I wasn’t that excited by what the home bakers produced last year, with the exception of one or two recipes) are the master classes that accompany each episode, these are hosted by show judges Dean Brettschneider and Jade Lipton (new to the show this year)
More importantly, during the month of May, After Taste hosted ‘Sweet New Zealand’. For everyone else in New Zealand, Lisa suggests using Cognac to replace the Strega
I have called this a New Zealand Christmas salad for a couple of reasons 1) As christmas in New Zealand is in summertime, a salad fits really well, 2) it makes the most of a great New Zealand meat, lamb and 3) It also uses strawberries which are in abundance at this time of year
Later that week, we used the herb spread on fresh New Zealand salmon and what a treat it was. Our visiting family from South Africa and Singapore turned into a festival of food
I’m pretty sure that this is a New Zealand recipe, but don’t quote me on that, unless you’re talking to an Australian, then you can argue until you are blue in the face that it’s a pure Kiwi recipe and the Australians stole it
In Jo Seagar Bakes she shares her precious family recipes which were handed down through the generations as well as many new ones which she has created over the years
This recipe is for Sweet New Zealand, the sweet monthly blogging event for Kiwis, this month of September hosted by moi, so I won't bother adding the link because it would bring you straight back here, even if this would probably register as an extra visit
This recipe is for Sweet New Zealand, the sweet monthly blogging event for Kiwi Bloggers, this month of February 2013 hosted by Michelle from the blog Greedybread
I have discovered in my travels that there is a kind of candy called honeycomb in the UK that is similar, but it doesn’t seem to be as ubiquitous as in NZ
This recipe is for Sweet New Zealand, this month hosted by Bridget of After Taste. Blogger Arfi proposed to dedicate this Sweet New Zealand session to our fellow blogger and friend Barbara of Winos and Foodies, who passed away last Saturday
One early morning while having our joy ride looking for somewhere to have breakfast we discovered this circus themed restaurant in the corner of Mt Eden Rd and Ngauruhoe St
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