Seriously, i might sound like a grumpy mole again but i just cannot understand all that fuss around wagamama. in a rather uncomfortable and noisy room, this noodle bar serves asian inspired over priced and bland dishes. "wagamama" means naughty kid in japanese and this eater unfriendly environment is indeed very reminiscant of school canteen. are m

Looks like i am back again!!!! back for a good time and a long time. after spending all winter fiesting on -unblogable -triple cream/cheese/bacon & pasta bakes as well as bagfuls of lollies, i increasingly started thinking about this dear food blog that i so shamefully dropped out too many months ago. flicking through my favourite food blogs and go

Homemade quark about two weeks ago i bought a tub of quark from nosh, nice farmstyle curd. it was good but so compact it was impossible to eat it by itself. as a kid in france, i grew up on "petits suisses", very small portions of quark wrapped in paper. here in new zealand i didn't manage to find quite the right consistency, it's either too firm o

I told you about nz blogging by mail and my attempt at making brownies for the occassin. my fear of failing again was overwhelming! i got a recipe from an all chocolate cookbook and followed meticulously, i really gave it my best shot. all that to end up with a compact layer of fudgy chocolate flan. nothing like a brownie at all, i don't know where

First of all, sorry for not posting more often. i finally managed to make a salmon roulade this week end, a recipe i was meant to try ages ago. layers of creamy salmon and fluffy spinach "sponge cake". a combination made in heaven layered salmon and spinach ingredients: -200 fresh salmon, steamed and flaked (skinned and boned)-250 fresh spinach, bl

Happy new year to everyone! mouelleux au chocolat after 2 sunny weeks away in central north island, i am unfortunately back to work this week. just before going away i baked - yes baked! - little yummy xmas chocolate pudding. do not trust its colourful look because it is as fatening as it is d elicious , you have been warned! the below recipe has b

On a bright and warm saturday afternoon, there it was, my nz blogging by mail parcel. the mystery sender was nigel, the lamb tail eater, new blogger from hawkes bay. thank you so much nigel! opening the parcel was like opening a christmas present. i had time to take a few photos before devouring the contents - especially the chocolates. in his wisd

Wordless pancake recipe click here for original size more wordless recipes here, they are all so great!

Buttermilk is not an ingredient i am familiar with. i actually never used it in my cooking before. some people say there is nothing like it to keep chicken moist but when i found myself with some leftover after making quark i didn't feel too adventurous and used very conventionally to make pancakes. 1 cup buttermilk1 cup flour1 teaspoon baking powd

A devon man who hoped to set a world record by eating the most brussel sprouts in a minute has failed. brussel sprouts, ewwww! richard townsend, 24, of exeter, fell seven short of the target of 43, which was set in december 2003. mr townsend, who had eaten a plate of sprouts every day for the last six months, said he just "lost it". after cramming