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Posted on Sep 2, 2005 in Do, Living in New Zealand | 1 comment

Lyttelton Farmers’ Market

Lyttelton Farmers’ Market
Although there is no shortage of small weekend markets in and around Christchurch, the one thing missing is a proper farmers’ market. A couple of weeks ago, however, I read an announcement in local newspaper The Christchurch Press – which does a fantastic food section every Thursday –...
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Posted on Sep 1, 2005 in Do, Living in New Zealand, Storecupboard Specials | 0 comments

Eat Local Challenge: Final words…for now

Eat Local Challenge: Final words…for now
Even though I came late to the month-long challenge – think last week! – I’ve really enjoyed having to focus on Eating Locally. New Zealand, and especially Canterbury, is a particularly good place to be doing this. Earlier this year I interviewed Tina Duncan, who has a catering business,...
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Posted on Aug 30, 2005 in Do, Living in New Zealand, Storecupboard Specials | 0 comments

Eat Local Challenge: Your daily bread

Eat Local Challenge: Your daily bread
Bread is very important to me. I love it fresh, I love it stale and ready for toasting, l love it with cheese, I love it in particular – fresh or toasted – with good salty butter. I love the way it mops up your plate after you’ve had a particularly tasty tomato pasta dish. I love the...
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Posted on Aug 28, 2005 in Cook, Living in New Zealand | 4 comments

Eat Local Challenge: Spanakopita

Eat Local Challenge: Spanakopita
There are so many things that you can’t go near when you’re trying to Eat Local. I had written this piece about Spanakopita ever before I started this challenge but, pressed for choice on Saturday night, it was something I happily turned to. I had spinach and onions from Canterbury, feta from...
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Posted on Aug 26, 2005 in Do, Living in New Zealand | 0 comments

Eat Local Challenge

Eat Local Challenge
I’ve just discovered the Eat Local Challenge posted by Jen on her life begins at 30 blog. She invited fellow food bloggers to make the commitment to eat locally produced food during August. In her own words: “For the month of August, I would like to invite all bloggers to join me in taking a...
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Posted on Aug 24, 2005 in Do, Living in New Zealand | 0 comments

Yoga – and Pumpkin Pie

Govinda’s in Dublin – a vegetarian restaurant run by the Hare Krishnas – has a great reputation and was one of those places that I always intended to go for dinner. Somehow I never managed to make it there but, when I was searching for a yoga class in Christchurch lately, I discovered that...
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Posted on Aug 18, 2005 in Do, Living in New Zealand | 6 comments

All things chocolate (beer)

Beer drinkers, as wine drinkers, are pretty well catered for in New Zealand. There are plenty of microbreweries and brew pubs about – Brew Moon, the Dux de Lux and the Twisted Hop are amongst some Canterbury favourites – but even the big breweries have pretty decent beers. One of the biggies is...
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Posted on Aug 9, 2005 in Cookery Books, Do, Living in New Zealand, Read | 0 comments

Savour New Zealand: Dean Brettschneider

Savour New Zealand: Dean Brettschneider
New Zealand baker Dean Brettschneider was one of the people that I encountered at the recent Savour New Zealand in Christchurch. Together with Lauraine Jacobs, a Cuisine food editor, he has recently published Taste, the third in a series of quality books on baking. At Savour New Zealand, when not signing...
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Posted on Aug 7, 2005 in Food for Friends, Living in New Zealand | 8 comments

Pies in New Zealand: Chicken and Mushroom Pie

Pies truly are a New Zealand classic. Maybe it’s because of the British influence and their Pork Pies, although colonisation of Ireland didn’t leave us with any such culinary heritage. As I mentioned the other day, pies are eaten by Kiwis on long road trips – the guarantee of a good pie...
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Posted on Aug 3, 2005 in Food for Friends, Living in New Zealand | 3 comments

The Boyfriend’s birthday dinner: Beef and Chorizo Pie

Yesterday was the Boyfriend’s birthday so I decided to throw a small surprise birthday dinner – just us, three of his sisters, one sister’s boyfriend and our two Scottish Housemates. The plotting and planning for this has been going on for a couple of weeks but, after pondering various...
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Posted on Jul 21, 2005 in Living in New Zealand, Storecupboard Specials | 2 comments

Too many lemons? Preserved Lemons

Too many lemons? Preserved Lemons
Enjoying Moroccan food as much as I do, I am a big fan of preserved lemons. Years ago, when I was living in a flat in Dublin, I made a jar of preserved lemons which I didn’t have the nerve to use. So they just sat there and sat there on top of the cupboard looking like, as one visitor put it,...
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Posted on Jul 15, 2005 in Eating Out, Living in New Zealand | 3 comments

Wandering in New Zealand

Wandering in New Zealand
Those of you who are regular readers may have noticed that it’s been quiet on Bibliocook over the last week or so. The reason for this is because I have recently returned from a road trip up the East Coast of New Zealand’s South Island with my mother and aunt who were visiting from...
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Posted on Jul 13, 2005 in Do, Living in New Zealand | 0 comments

Newsflash: Marigold Swiss Vegetable Bouillon Powder available in NZ!

I have just been informed that Marigold Swiss Vegetable Bouillon Powder is actually available in New Zealand. As you may have noticed from past posts, it was my stock powder of choice in Ireland and I have been moaning about its lack of availability over here! In Ireland it is available in both supermarkets...
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Posted on Jul 10, 2005 in Eating Out, Living in New Zealand | 0 comments

Brew Moon Brewery and Café

When you’re driving the long distances that are necessary to get anywhere in New Zealand, good quality rest stops, with coffee, cakes – and clean toilets – become very important. That’s why it breaks my heart to discover one so close to my current hometown of Christchurch. I’ve...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2005 in Do, Living in New Zealand | 2 comments

The loss of the lemon tree

The loss of the lemon tree
Having thought that there wasn’t too much different between the New Zealand and Irish climates, I’ve been amazed to discover that lemon trees grow here. And, what’s more, they actually fruit too! While living with the Boyfriend’s parents in Nelson it was a great treat to go out and...
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