I don’t like the cold, but I am becoming a big fan of winter. I’m not one for snowboarding, skiing, cold ears or toes (or generally being outdoors at this time of year to be perfectly honest!), but I am a big fan of roaring fires, long knitted scarves, curling up on the couch with [...]

On this day two years ago, filled with equal measures of excitement and trepidation, we launched Our Kitchen.  We were (and mostly likely still are) a bunch of (mostly) amateur cooks, stylists, photographers and writers, all fuelled by an intense love for food, cooking, eating and drinking.

As winter graces New Zealand with her presence, my thoughts are beginning to turn towards the mid-winter carnival here in Dunedin. By the time this month is up, the iconic festival will have been and gone, leaving lovely memories of being outside, but wrapped up warm, watching our community gather to celebrate this cold, bleak [...]

Autumn is well and truly here.  The rain clouds have started to gather and afternoon turns quickly into dusk, then dusk to dark.  Streets are still, the air crisp, spotted at intervals by lamp light.  Chimneys exhale plumes of smoke and curtains are drawn tight against the cold.  Inside, kitchens are lit up, and food [...]

Long before studying Nutrition at university, I have been interested in the properties of food. So it’s with this passion that I am writing the intro to this month’s theme: Healthy Eating.

Cooking can capture the attention of even the youngest of children.  Some of my first memories revolve around baking with my Dad.  I can vividly remember sitting high up on the kitchen bench giddy at the prospect of being able to measure and pour and mix and stir.  It didn’t matter that the kitchen was [...]

February is a warm month for us in little old Nu Zillund and after a couple of cyclones in January I hope we get some dry, still weather.� But I am not going to ramble about the weather.

Happy New Year readers! Welcome to 2012; a year full of possibilities. If the end of ‘11’ was gluttony and sloth, the beginning of ‘12’ should be a little bit of pride and vanity. Taketh away the turkey with all ye trimmings and dessert after each meal and in its place layeth fruit, vegetables, lean protein and whole grains. This month’s recipes will detoxify and cleanse; transform your body into a temple and prepare your mind for new beginnings

Happy New Year everyone! Those of us in the Southern Hemisphere are now firmly in summer holiday mode, looking forward to a few precious weeks of holidays while the weather is good and the days long and lazy, before heading back to work and the excitement and promise a new year inevitably brings.

Christmas provides the perfect backdrop against which to reflect on the year that has been, on experience gained, lessons learned and on challenges triumphed.  It has been a big year for Our Kitchen and so I thought it important to celebrate our achievements, our own unique triumphs.  We continue to feature in a variety of [...]

This month’s theme is a timely one.  It comes to you as another year draws to a close and as the diary begins to fill with end-of-year get-togethers and festive functions which leave less-and-less time for domestic duties.  So, as your call to arms, the team at Our Kitchen have put together a collection of [...]

This month the team has pulled together a collection of recipes that have been passed down to us, or that we hope to pass down to others.  Things we have learnt along our culinary journeys from family, teachers and friends. Heirloom recipes are dishes that have stood the test of time and hold a special [...]