“Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity” – Voltaire

Indulgence (wine & food)

No Rhyme or Riesling

Wine glass with lemon

There should be no rhyme or reason why you shouldn’t revisit great Australian Riesling.
Riesling is a much maligned and misunderstood variety that has well and truly taken a back seat to the ‘Tsunami of Sauvignon’, from across the ditch, I am of course referring to NZ Sauvignon Blanc [Read full story >>]

The Amazing Cucumber

This information was in The New York Times several weeks ago as part of their “Spotlight on the Home” series that highlighted creative and fanciful ways to solve common problems.
1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin [Read full story >>]

Grandma Peg’s Christmas Cake

Grandma Peg was a lousyfamily cook in the traditional sense, but she had some standard recipes that worked. Chinese mince was a favourite of her

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