by Debs | Jun 28, 2018 | Basics, Food-related, Lifestyle, Sweet
I am recipe-testing for my new cookbook at the moment, and I’ve just reached smoothies. Browsing old library books outside our Coromandel library, I came across one called Green for Life by Victoria Boutenko. It had a load of smoothie recipes in it so I bought...
by Debs | Nov 9, 2017 | Food-related, Lifestyle, Savoury, The Coromandel, NZ
The scallop has to be one of my favourite types of seafood. How do you eat yours? I love them wrapped in bacon… or raw sliced thin like sashimi with browned butter poured over them… or on a bbq skewer with prawns… or served with a fresh salad greens, sliced apple and...
by Debs | Oct 7, 2017 | Lifestyle, The Coromandel, NZ
Here in Coromandel, I’m participating in the Arts Tour 2017 Open Studio event… So for the next two weekends I invite you to visit me at home and have a good look about my studio and see the work I’ve been doing… I’ve been taking photos...
by Debs | Jul 19, 2017 | Food-related, Lifestyle, Travel
People say no visit to Singapore is complete without wonderful food experiences and so I was determined that my first time in Singapore was not going to be the exception. Looking for authenticity and local flavour, I headed to a hawkers market in Chinatown one weekday...
by Debs | Jul 7, 2017 | Food-related, Lifestyle, The Coromandel, NZ, Travel
It’s not every day you get invited to a vineyard for a wine tasting, so I was delighted to receive the invite from Simon and Veronica at Mercury Bay Estate in Cooks Beach. It’s about an hour’s drive from Coromandel Town, so I decided to take the family, go on a Sunday...
by Debs | May 7, 2017 | Food-related, Lifestyle, The Coromandel, NZ
Yesterday, the sun shone on my little stall at the Coromandel Seafood Festival and I had an awesome day selling cookbooks and preserves and greeting cards. I was also lucky enough to be chosen to judge the cookery competition between three local chefs from Umu Café,...
