Food
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Lifestream launched their new look at High Tea with Janella Purcell
Read more: Lifestream launched their new look at High Tea with Janella PurcellLifestream – the fabulous New Zealand superfood health company – launched their contemporary new look at a High Tea for health and beauty media, complete with a demonstration of cooking with wholefood products by their ambassador, nutritionalist and author, Janella Purcell. We headed into Grey Lynn for the afternoon tea at a ridiculously gorgeous house with…
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Easy DIY craft: how-to make a flower ice bowl
Read more: Easy DIY craft: how-to make a flower ice bowlHere’s an easy DIY craft: how-to make a stunning flower ice bowl for free, using flowers you find and two bowls in your home freezer overnight. I made this one with my six year old child. You can use this as a fun project with kids or a beautiful party bowl to serve ice-cream or…
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Summer healthy eating idea: chicken tender salad
Read more: Summer healthy eating idea: chicken tender saladAs a busy Mum I’m always on the look out for healthy and convenient food ideas and we love eating salads. Waitoa asked me to show you my dinner I created for a Summer healthy eating idea, of a chicken tender salad using Waitoa Gluten Free, Free Range Chicken Tenders. These are New Zealand’s only free…
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‘A TASTE OF FASHION’ PROGRESSIVE LUNCH 2015
Read more: ‘A TASTE OF FASHION’ PROGRESSIVE LUNCH 2015Food, fashion and wine combine this September at Britomart’s ‘A Taste of Fashion’ Progressive Lunch, an indulgent event that sees five of New Zealand’s top designers share their new Spring/Summer collections at some of Auckland’s finest dining destinations from 12pm, Friday 18 September. The stylish soirée will begin at 12pm with champagne, canapés and a…
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Kronenbourg 1664 – a fashionable drop
Read more: Kronenbourg 1664 – a fashionable dropMerci, Kronenbourg 1664, for this incredible hamper to celebrate being the official beer of NZ Fashion Week! Not only that, the French premium beer is also a partner of one of my favourite New Zealand fashion labels, Stolen Girlfriends Club, who are showing their AW16 collection in the St James Theatre this year and it…
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Book Review: Eat The Week by Anna Barnett
Read more: Book Review: Eat The Week by Anna BarnettIf you didn’t know by know, there’s nothing more fashoinable than food. Fashion queen Anna Barnett is one of the most stylish Instagrammers in London and she is also incredibly well-known for her website www.AnnaBarnettcooks.co.uk and blogs ‘Get In My Gob’ and ‘The Reluctant Vegetarian’. I’m loving her first cookery book, entitled ‘Eat The Week…
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I try: Jelly Tip July desserts at Depot, Giapo, & The Food Truck Garage
Read more: I try: Jelly Tip July desserts at Depot, Giapo, & The Food Truck GarageIt’s a tough job but somebody has to do it. I am about to embark on a Jelly Tip July dessert crawl at well-known Auckland eateries Depot, Giapo, & The Food Truck Garage. The iconic Kiwi favourite is getting a makeover this Jelly Tip July, with chef Al Brown’s Depot, Giapo Haute Ice Cream and…
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Black Robin Gin
Read more: Black Robin GinBlack Robin Gin is not only multi-award winning, it also has a special connection for me personally, as it celebrates the Chatham Island birds my relative Don Merton saved from extinction. My mother’s late uncle, the amazing conservationist Don Merton, saved the highly endangered black robins of New Zealand’s Chatham Islands using foster birds of…
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Winter wellness – lemon ginger tea and manuka honey
Read more: Winter wellness – lemon ginger tea and manuka honeyA winter wellness pack arrived from Red Seal- so yum. I love hot lemon and ginger tea, especially with a spoonful of manuka honey for natural sweetness and UMF5+ heath benefits. Winter seems to be here today – luckily my newly blowdried hair and I just got in before the rain started pelting down –…
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Breast Cancer Cure is hosting Mother’s Day Lunch at Abbeville Estate
Read more: Breast Cancer Cure is hosting Mother’s Day Lunch at Abbeville EstateOn Sunday, 10th May at 12pm, Breast Cancer Cure (BCC) is hosting an exclusive Mother’s Day Lunch in the elegant ambiance of the homestead at Abbeville Estate. Patron of BCC, Dame Trelise Cooper and BCC Ambassador Petra Bagust, accompanied by their mothers, will host a three-course lunch with wine of preference and a gift bag…