cooking – Life by the Word

Dear Diary – Covid-19 reflections, and homemade bread

In New Zealand we are now 10 days into our country-wide lockdown. I feel the need to reflect here in

One thing quarantine is giving me, is time! And things like bread need lots of time to gently turn floury

In the school holidays I like to try and cook something I haven’t cooked before. Now I have cooked many

Today has been quince day. Our small faithful tree has given us beautiful fragrant yellow fruit, and as the first

I have volunteered to test out recipes for a friend, and finding the whole experience pretty fun. This is for

I found this piece I wrote 8 years ago. Back then I had a 5 year old, 3.5yr old and