I was recently introduced to the magical fermentation transformation that is kombucha. To be perfectly honest, I had very low expectations but was pleasantly surprised! It’s also pretty awesome how a weird looking fungus thingee turns tea and sugar into a healthy potion. …
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Apple, thyme & honey tart
It’s always good to have a few recipes in your repertoire that just require pantry staples and this tart is one of them. With the exception of maybe the puff pastry, you’ve probably already got everything else you need for this. …
The Babysitters Club + The Momofuku Birthday Cake
It all started with The Babysitters Club #18, Stacey’s Mistake. Kristy, Claudia, and the rest of those crazy gals ended up visiting sophisticated Stacey in the Big Apple. When they arrived they headed off to the Hard Rock Cafe where …
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Coffee sponge
In case you’ve missed the advertisements plastered everywhere, it’s Mothers Day this Sunday. Mum, mom, whaea, madre, mor, moeder, mutter, maan. However you say it, Sunday is a day to celebrate and thank our mums. Being a mum is the …
A Winter haiku + apple crumble
Winter is coming My hair will not be frizzy I can wear it down #priorities It’s one of my favourite things about the cooler months. Less humidity = less chance of my hair transforming into a giant ball of fluffiness. …
The best brownies in the world
Roger Federer. The All Blacks. Serena Williams. Le Bron James. Katie Ledecky. These brownies. What do they all have in common? They’re all the best in the world. These really are the best brownies. I mean, look at them. Look at those …
Remembering
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We …
Homemade Squiggles
There are many things that Kiwis and Aussies each lay claim to; pavlova (ours), Split Enz (ours), Russell Crowe (technically ours), and the flat white (don’t listen to Starbucks, it’s ours.) But there’s one thing that’s unequivocally Kiwi and that’s …
Light as a feather
If you’re lucky you might have a generous neighbour. And if you’re lucky, that neighbour might have a loaded passionfruit vine. And if you’re really lucky that neighbour might give you a bag full of them, and you’ll be super …
Homemade marshmallow fluff
Have you ever been intrigued by grocery staples from other countries? I’ve talked about my obsession with all things American here, and I’m sure that marshmallow fluff was mentioned somewhere in a Babysitters Club book, but it pops up now and …
once upon an egg 