So, if you and I were having a conversation in real life right now, it might go something like this: I would start waxing lyrical about a recent culinary creation (most of my friends appear to tolerate this quite well). In this case, I would be talking about the mango chia custard I made at Read more
We have our first event for 2014 scheduled for this Sunday, January 26th: the Summer Extrawdinary Food and Drinks Workshop. Venue: Taste Nature, 131 High St, Dunedin Time: 12.00 – 2.30pm There are some great recipes to make and sample, all showcasing the incredible fresh produce we have in this part of the country in Read more
To celebrate the new year (and getting to 200 likes on Facebook), there’s a giveaway going on…check out the Nibl on This FB page to be in to win Read more
Feel like a fresh start this year? Struggling to find something delicious to eat? Fancy taste-testing something new? Bookings for 2014 workshops are open! You can read all about them in detail on the Workshops and Demonstrations page, but the crucial info (in a nutshell) is here: Workshops Seasonal Extrawdinary Food and Read more
Hey there, I hope you’ve had a merry Christmas, a happy new year and (in this part of the world at least) a fantastic summer break! I’ve been having a super-duper trip around the upper North Island, catching up with lots of family and friends, staying at other people’s houses and spending a lot more Read more
I’m back! Phew, I am so so SO relieved – after some serious computer woes – to be online again. Listen, I’ll tell you this for free. If you learn anything at all from me this year, let it be this. (It has nothing to do with food.) Here we go… Back. Up Read more
I am getting quite distracted today, obsessively refreshing my stats page and watching the numbers go through the roof thanks to this wonderful article about what we’re doing with Nibl in today’s Otago Daily Times. I’m so grateful to Charmian Smith for capturing perfectly what Nibl is all about for me, and for all the Read more
It’s a crazy time of year, but if ever we needed some inspiration in the form of easy, healthy, delicious recipes, it would be now! We have just one event left before we take a little break. I’ve posted some workshop and demo dates for the first half of 2014 on the workshops and Read more
A few weeks ago I had a lovely weekend in Wellington. It was a bit of a foodie weekend for me, with visits to some great shops like Commonsense Organics and Moore Wilson’s (and a super-duper meal for my brother’s birthday at Ortega Fish Shack). I felt perversely grateful that I don’t live in the windy Read more
I’m a child of the 70s and 80s, so I’m channelling Donna Summer here (I’m sorry if that song is now going to bug you for the next few hours! Well kind of sorry – but such great lyrics – whoa oh oh oh oh….). It’s a little-known fact about me that, as a university Read more
