by Debs | Aug 13, 2018 | Food-related, Recipe, Savoury, Travel, Uncategorised
Sitting here with post-holiday blues, it seems incrdible that only a short while ago I was in beautiful warm Samoa. Samoa hasn’t always been famous for its food culture but the work of Robert Oliver has done a lot to educate tourists and enourage locals to celebrate...
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 | Apr 17, 2017 | Lifestyle, The Coromandel, NZ, Travel
I feel very lucky to live on the Coromandel Peninsula, here in New Zealand. Destination Coromandel, our local Regional Tourism Organisation, has produced some amazing short films featuring different parts of the Peninsula. Here is the one for the Northern Peninsula...
by Debs | Jun 13, 2016 | Food-related, Lifestyle, The Coromandel, NZ, Travel
Some days come fully-formed, perfect clear blue skies, one ‘out the box’, as they say here in Aotearoa. Last Friday was one such day. It’s hard to believe but that day’s work assignment was to do a tour of Coromandel craft breweries with NZ Foodfinder’s delightful...
by Debs | Nov 27, 2015 | Basics, Dairy-free, Food-related, Gluten-free, Kids, Lifestyle, Recipe, Sweet, Travel, Vegan, Vegetarian
When we were down in Christchurch the other day, it was so hot that we had the windows of the car down. Wafts of warm air kept coming into the car with a subtle floral scent… elderflowers! What a beautiful smell… the epitomy of summer. We pulled up on the side of the...
