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Fabulous fruit cake

November 5, 2011June 15, 2020 Annette Taylor 2 Comments fruit cake recipe, Gwen's fruit cake

Delicious, farmhouse fruit cake. Crispy on top, and beautifully soft and tasty on the inside.  A more perfect cake is hard to find. 

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Choccywoccydoodahness sauce

October 13, 2011July 5, 2020 Annette Taylor 0 Comments 21st party, air swimmers, Best ever chocolate sauce, chocolate sauce, Megan Mills, Shona Myers, wai taiko drummers

It’s almost sinful how good Shona’s choccy sauce is.  Make no mistake, this is the best chocolate sauce in the World. For sure.

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Chicken and kea for tea

September 10, 2011September 20, 2014 Annette Taylor 0 Comments Arthur's Pass, chicken with coriander, cooking away from home, keas

Chicken simmered in coconut cream with coriander, a treat to make away from home.

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Sauce brings taste of summer

August 23, 2011September 20, 2014 Annette Taylor 1 Comment artichokes, cardoons, country cooking, gnocchi

The Italian chef has struck again.  At 4.30pm precisely Mariano knocked on our door, laden with ricotta and parmesan cheese

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Sardinian cooking in a kiwi kitchen

July 24, 2011January 3, 2020 Annette Taylor 6 Comments cooking, gluten free gnocchi, pasta, rice flour pasta

Mariano swept into our Gordonton kitchen like a force of nature.  A sharply dressed hurricane, with an Italian accent. “Tonight,”

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Old favourites still hit the spot

July 9, 2011September 20, 2014 Annette Taylor 0 Comments farming food, ginger, nanny's buns, nutmeg, recipe

These nourishing, tasty buns are a longstanding favourite in our household.

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