Easter baking: Chocolate eggs and Hot Cross Buns

Easter baking: Chocolate eggs and Hot Cross …

I can’t say I’ve ever properly ‘celebrated’ Easter before, other than to scoff chocolate and revel in the extra days off, but something about the ending of Lent this year has made Easter feel like more of an occasion. I…

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Christchurch Food Festival – Bake Weekend

Christchurch Food Festival – Bake Weekend

Are there annual events in your local area that you look forward to year after year? A particular market, festival or fair that gets marked in the calendar well in advance? For me it’s the Christchurch Food Festival.  For two…

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Earl Grey cupcakes recipe

Earl Grey cupcakes recipe

When you work in an office, tea is something of a rite of passage.  In fact, visitors into the office who refuse cups of tea are met with a mixture of horror and suspicion.  My hot drink of choice however…

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