Quince paste Years ago whilst studying down in Wellington I spent an evening in a beautiful old home perched high on the slopes of Mt Victoria. My host for the evening was a family friend, a quirky yet kind woman who shares her home with a collection of flatmates, each equally as quirky as the next. As the evening ...
Read Post Quinoa porridge Autumn is here and short sleeves are swapped for coat sleeves as dusk makes an ever-earlier appearance. The mornings, though beautifully clear, now hold a chill not conducive to waking under a sky still heavy with night. So when my alarm gently teases me from the clutches of sleep, and I manage at ...
Read Post Raspberry & lime iced tea My initial thought was to make a cocktail for this month's high tea theme but after much deliberation I decided that I would turn my hand instead to iced tea. I had never made iced tea before, nor had I ever given too much thought to it so I did a little bit of reading on the subject and discovered ...
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