My latest article on thisNZlife on how to use your eggplant (aubergine) haul. Just remember to cook them thoroughly to get everyone loving them! Pinar's Turkish Stack

My latest article on ThisNZlife Add Nashi to your life Nashi Ginger Tart

It's that time of year again. We are harvesting masses of tomatoes from the garden and cannot keep up, so it is time to make some passata to have in the store cupboard for pasta, pizzas, stews and soups all year long.Harvest Harvest Now I will admit I am a lazy cook. I am too impatient to spend...

My latest article in thisNZlife is all about the apricot recipes from my childhood. Hot summer evenings spent sitting in the shade of the apricot tree, eating its bounty thisNZlife article on apricots

Do you cut the green tops off your bunches of carrots, and throw them away? Here's some ideas on how to eat them, not waste them. They are healthy and delicious. Bugs Bunny move over! This is a shortened version of an article on carrots in Lifestyle Block Magazine.

This article appeared in Lifestyle Block magazine and on thisNZlife. In it I give about 37 ideas for cooking (or using raw) asparagus. More than enough for every day of the month. And why wouldn't you when it is so delicious, in-season and good for you.

Cauliflower is so versatile. Grab some ideas from my article that appeared in Lifestyle Block Magazine and on thisNZlife

Got an excess of lemons. Get inspiration from this article I wrote for Lifestyle Block Magazine. Now on thisNZlife.

This article first appeared in Lifestyle Block Magazine, and then online at thisNZlife.

This recipe appeared in Lifestyle Block Magazine and is now on thisNZlife.

I inherited a Chinotto tree with this property in the Marlborough Sounds. For the first 5 years I had no idea what it was. The small hard orange fruits were a mystery as they tasted inedible- well to us at least- the wekas like them. They are so bitter and hard, but the sweet orange fragrance was en...

4 recipes to utilise your end-of-summer capsicum bounty (thisnzlife.co.nz).