Posted on Mar 30, 2005 in Cook, Lovely Lunches | 4 comments

Food for a cold day and sick boyfriend: Chicken Noodle Soup

Some days start off grey and just don’t improve. Take today, for instance. Overcast morning, freezing cold at the bus stop waiting on the bus to work, get lost looking for this week’s office (I’m temping at the moment), spent the day nearly submerged beneath files – and what do I find...
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Posted on Mar 29, 2005 in Bake, Living in New Zealand | 6 comments

Hot Cross Buns, Kiwi Style: Hot Cross Buns with Chocolate Chips

Hot Cross Buns, Kiwi Style: Hot Cross Buns with Chocolate Chips
There’s more than one way to make the best of your time. And perhaps writing about Hot Cross Buns as they (hopefully!) rise in your kitchen may be winning in the multi-tasking stakes at the moment. Not very New Zealand, you may say, but no! These are extra special Kiwi Hot Cross Buns with Chocolate...
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Posted on Mar 28, 2005 in Kitchen | 11 comments

It’s here! The arrival of the breadmaker

It’s here! The arrival of the breadmaker
My, oh my. Who would have thought I’d have to come all the way to New Zealand to get my first bread machine, known here as a breakmaker? And who would have thought that an unemployed journalist could afford to buy herself one of these breadmakers? Well, if aforementioned journalist spends time surfing...
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Posted on Mar 26, 2005 in Do | 77 comments

Ask The Cook!

Are your egg whites not turning into peaks, no matter how long and for how hard you beat them? Having lumping problems when you try blending soup powder with water? Do you want to know how to use up those brown bananas at the bottom of the fruit bowl? Have you got a cookery query that you’d like...
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Posted on Mar 25, 2005 in Do, Living in New Zealand | 13 comments

About Bibliocook

Updated: 25 August 2007: Two-and-a-half years after I started Bibliocook, I think it is about time I updated the About section! I started this blog while living in New Zealand – see below for my first entry – with the Boyfriend, who recently became the Husband. After a year focusing on the...
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