Best Friday Night Takeaways
I can’t wait until the Covid-19 restrictions ease a little so we can get back to some sense of a functioning community again but the way local restaurants in particular…
Food businesses open for takeaways & Hopgood’s Smoked Fish Pate
Many businesses have changed the way they operate so they can start trading in a small way during Covid-19 Level 3 restrictions and food businesses are right at the front…
Hopgood’s Slow Roast Lamb recipe
I love it when people like recommendations I make, especially when I encourage people to try a wine they wouldn’t normally drink. Earlier this week I got an email from…
Fig leaf panna cotta
Figs grow incredibly well in Nelson and are abundant at this time of the year but something that is often overlooked as an ingredient is the leaf from the tree.…
Lock down recipe – left overs and pantry items
One of the benefits of spending so much time at home, and not being able to just pop down to the shop whenever we want to, is having time to…
Fig Recipe & Wine
We have a couple of fig trees at home and they produce a huge crop each year, we get so many figs we are able to keep our neighbours happy…
Covid-19 Lockdown recipe and wine recommendation
Being locked in for a few weeks means I don’t get to go and discover and write about some of the brilliant local producers so I’m changing things a little;…
2020 Nelson Wine Vintage
I was recently reminded of an old Chinese saying ‘may you live in interesting times’. Some people have thought of this as a blessing and others a curse, but, whichever…
Porta Via
When the owners of Casa del Vino decided to close the doors of their iconic little wine specialty store my heart sank more than just a little, it was a…
YUM Granola
I first came across YUM Granola back in 2016 and wrote about them not long after I discovered their great breakfast products, a lot has happened with this business in…