Happy New Year and Best Wishes for 2012 to everyone. I am sure there are smiles on the faces of all of you who holidayed In Central Otago or if you indeed decided to stay in Dunedin over the Christmas Holidays. We had the summer weather from hell in the North Island – experiencing 5-6 [...]
6 weeks to Christmas Newsletter
I have had my first Christmas classes at home this week and although most classes are full I still have a few places – 6th,12th,13th December Ham and Parsley Terrine with mixed Mustards Prawn Salad Spicy Marinated Turkey Breast Potato Salad doused in pesto with Zucchini, Peas and Mint Raspberry Jelly sponges – served with Stawberries and Pomegranate seeds [...]
A sad travel experience
It’s been a very hard start for one of my tour members and one of my ladies has bad travel story to tell. She joined my group today in Rome 24 hours after our arrival yesterday. She flew from Christchurch to Sydney and was to change planes and fly onto Dubai, meet me with my [...]
Italy – from Rome to Venice
I leave in a week for Italy via Dubai. My tour group of 14 will travel from Rome to Venice taking in the fabulous city of Florence, walking the Cinque Terre and visiting the best food producers Italy has to offer in Emilia Romagna before finishing with 3 days in my favourite Venice. To begin with though [...]
La Ribollita
La RIBOLLITA Thick Tuscan Bean Soup ½ cup good extra virgin olive oil 2 onions finely diced 6 cloves garlic, crushed 3 sticks celery, diced finely 2 carrots, peeled and diced finely 400g tin whole peeled tomatoes 250g cavolo nero or cabbage, sliced 400 gram tin cannellini beans 1 cup red wine 2 litres [...]
Recipe: Aracine – Rice Balls w/ Beef Ragu
1 onion, finely chopped 1 carrot, finely chopped 1 stick celery, finely chopped 500g minced beef 2 tablespoon tomato paste 125ml red wine salt freshly ground black pepper handful chopped parsley Rice 1.5 litres chicken stock 600g Arborio rice ½ teaspoon saffron strands, soaked in warm water(about 8 threads) 50g butter 100g grated parmesan cheese [...]
Summer Newsletter
Well here we are again – another start to the year – unsettled weather in Dunedin again and basically great all over New Zealand with the odd hiccup. I don’t know why but I do feel cheated. To be here last Saturday on a magnificent day – the beach was crowded with surfers for the NZ Champs, the restaurants were full, people were walking and picnicking and we all thought this is it… then Sunday was hideous. It is so unfair. Click “Continue Reading” for the full story….
Nelson Tour March 2011
I am so excited to be launching my New Zealand tours with a 5 night tour of the Nelson region and Abel Tasman National Park in March 2011.
Departure Date: 4th March 2011
Duration: 5 Days
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Christmas Newsletter
I would like to wish everyone a great Christmas and New Year. I am sure you will all have a fabulous Christmas dinner organised and produce some inspiring meals over the summer.
Philip and I are going to Perth to a wedding and we are in fact the wedding surprise. The bride is the daughter of our neighbours in Bristol when we lived there in 1995, and she hasn’t told her parents we are coming. This is our first trip to Perth, so it’s a new adventure for us.
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Now Is The Time!
Some thoughts after a visit to the great Farmers’ Market in Dunedin and seeing the wonderful selection of fruit and vegetables.
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