by Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Dec 13, 2023 | At Home, At Home Featured
If you’re stuck on what to feed your vegan guests this Christmas, or are opting for a meatless celebration, this is the hero dish for you. This glazed swede has the sweet scent of bay leaf, cloves and sticky muscovado sugar. It will leave everyone curious and wanting...
by Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Dec 4, 2023 | At Home, At Home Featured
RECIPE BY SHAUNA BRYNE Simple, quick and absolutely delicious! This light salad is full of flavour and will be sure to become your go-to. 1 large cucumber pinch of salt (optional)1–2 tbsp sesame seeds 2 tbsp coconut aminos seasoning 1 tbsp rice vinegar 2 tbsp sesame...
by Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Dec 4, 2023 | Home Page Featured, Opinion, Opinion featured
Amuninni (aa-moo-nin-nee) is the Sicilian way of saying ‘let’s go’, much like the often used Italian word ‘andiamo’. It’s midafternoon on another cloudless day in Sicily and I’m taking a moment. It is day seven on our first Taste of Sicily tour and after another busy...
by Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Nov 28, 2023 | At Home, At Home Featured
One of the true joys of travelling is getting a real taste for a place, and for me the challenge is always how to recreate that at home. I was back in New Zealand just two days before I was in the kitchen trying to see if I could recreate these three dishes we enjoyed...
by Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Nov 28, 2023 | At Home, At Home Featured, Opinion
Peter Gordon describes Al Brown’s book Eat Up New Zealand – The Bach Edition as “a gem of a cookbook, full of childhood memories and insights into our culinary future”. I have to agree with Peter that it is a cookbook full of nostalgic recipes. It is, in fact, these...