2018 Christmas Baking

December 2, 2018

So, it’s December, which means the Christmas baking blitz begins in earnest! This seems like a good time to remind …

10 New Zealand Baking Classics (from an outside and completely unsystematic perspective)

November 18, 2018

I spent two weeks in New Zealand last month, and while we did plenty of sightseeing, I also spent quite …

December 30, 2017

I’m like a bower bird when it comes to recipes and food ideas – I collect them anywhere and everywhere …

December 10, 2017

I was always a fairly good student at school, as long as the task didn’t require creative presentation. Essays, tests, …

December 2, 2017

So, it’s December, which means the Christmas baking blitz begins in earnest! This seems like a good time to remind …

June 16, 2017

One of the biscuits I often bake at Christmas is shortbread, and one of our favourite varieties is matcha (green …

November 13, 2016

I really don’t want to worry anyone, but I had to let all you bakers know that Stir Up Sunday is …

March 21, 2015

Shortbread is a biscuit I particularly associate with Christmas, though I do make it fairly regularly through the year, and …

September 5, 2014

These biscuits are another of my early baking memories. I think the original recipe came from a free Diamond Walnuts (in …