We all know winter is coming, whether you live in Westeros or somewhere in the Southern Hemisphere – it’s coming for you. To slightly delay this natural phenomenon we decided a trip to the top of the North Island was in order. We packed up the trusty Corolla with a bunch of goodies from the...

Not far from our place is the best greengrocer I’ve ever come across. It’s just off highway 29 about 1km south of Katikati called The Onion + Veggie Place. More affectionally known to us as, The Onion Man. This place has a loyal following from all over the Bay of Plenty and they even have...

A bit of a twist on the Marseilles classic. Just a little less fishy. for the soup 3 different fish (800g-1kg each) 1kg whole prawns 1kg mussels (in shell) 1kg clams (in shell) 1 fennel bulb (sliced) 2 onions (quartered) 4 sticks of celery (leaves removed) 3 carrots (peeled, quartered) 1 leek (roughly cut, green...

Hailed by wax as the BEST cake he’s ever eaten, this little beauty is the bees knees of banana cakes. I got the idea of creating this ultimate caramel cake from the king of baking himself, Dan Lepard. His book Short and Sweet is the bible for all things delicious. He gives you great hints...

So, the night before a rather large day at the cricket (NZ v AUS) chase and I decided to take chases’ mate to dinner at a fairly iconic Auckland city eatery – Depot. As usual the place was buzzing and we needed to have a few pre dinner drinks cocktails next door at Masu until...