Category: Food
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just in case anybody wants to know
We left all our pots and pans behind in the assumption we’d magically be able to afford a set of Le Creuset when we got here. Instead we’ve been living with a £5 set of crap from IKEA, which keeps food colder than the plates do. Anyway, they must be discontinuing the colourway, but the…
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Back at home together
It’s funny how life can happen quite unexpectedly at times. I have last week to thank for the fact I am now working from home three days a week, and now we are sans-nanny, looking after Astrid the other two. The last time it was like this was back in April or May I think…
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A delicious disaster
I think I’ve got my energy back. This weekend I’ve photographed, blogged, flickrd, crocheted, ravelried, made up a nice big shopping cart at nature baby, walked across the Heath, and, at long last, baked something. Based on the Edmonds Cook Book recipe because we never have the sour cream for the Donna Hay recipe, I…
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chicken liver paté
At parties I can usually be found either bringing or serving one or all of the following: marinated fish salad with warm bread, orange and poppyseed cake, herbed barbequed lamb with garlic mayonnaise, chicken liver paté. The other day they had fresh chicken livers at Pomona and as I can never walk past a good…
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Evening walks on the Heath
And a lament for the Greek shop of Dartmouth Park I said to Kevin this time I wanted to walk on the Heath every day – and not just get so used to it being on my doorstep and I would simply forget, or be too lazy as I was in the past. So yesterday…
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Muji food
Had to go back to take photos. This is exactly how I like food packaging if it must be packaged; clinical and uniform. Fresh produce is another matter altogether of course, so I also love brown paper bags, butter paper and string. There’ll be Borough market and the shop in Belsize Park opposite the tube…
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The best pumpkin in the history of the world
Available right now at Harvest in Grey Lynn. It is complete and utter true perfection. I might be quite the pumpkin fan. But this is good. Really good. Bright orange outside. Bright orange inside when cooked. A dry-ish, compact texture. Bursting with delicious full pumpkin flavour. Thursday, pumpkin and chorizo risotto. Tonight, peri peri chicken…
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Lovely NZ improvements
Today I finally got around to creating the new Lovely NZ homepage – which lists all updates. So people no longer have to trawl through each site, hoping for updates (when there probably haven’t been any). Now it’s easy to see all one the one page – and I even updated each and every one…
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Another relaxing weekend
Well I haven’t sewn anything since I finished the bunny while we were away last week – and I have had so much time for other things! The Michael Park school fair was wonderful. And I remembered the last time I went I was 24 – so only ten years ago in fact – just…
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This
…is what happens when craft bloggers meet. They buy far too much cake. And then eat it all. (That’s actually a lie, we all had to take some home). Aunty Polly couldn’t believe her eyes at all the cakes to choose from. We had fun! Babychops liked playing with Lieveke’s toys. Now she wants a…
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Some super deliciousness
Poor old Lovely NZ seems to have been so neglected of late. Secretly though I have been collecting up stories – all just waiting for me to have a day to update the sites. And build a new central home page – ah ah – hopefully Wednesday will be the day. In the meantime I…
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Ricotta. And grapefruit marmalade
It’s been a poor year for our grapefruit tree. We’ve only had about ten fruit so far and I think only another six to go. But it wouldn’t be right if we didn’t make marmalade – so I did that yesterday. Not until I’d been out to the trusty Mitre 10 (equivalent of B&Q) in…