I’m a firm believer in Mother’s Day. I mean, ideally every day the mothers of the world would be truly valued for all the work they do, all the love they give and all the sleep they lose! In reality however, that doesn’t always happen, and I for one am grateful for the opportunity neatly slotted in to the calendar once a year to do so.
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Few things make me feel summer has really arrived like fresh stone fruit do, not surprising then they are also known as summerfriut. No stone fruit are native to New Zealand. Peaches, nectarines and plums all originated in China, with another variety of plum coming from middle Europe and cherries are native to the Caspian-Black Sea region. How exotic. We can possibly thank James Cook, or an early whaling gang for New Zealand’s first peach orchard planted around 1840.
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I love picnics. Even just taking a blanket out on to the lawn to eat lunch feels relaxing and special. Occasionally I will decide well in advance and have lots of fun planning and making and baking a real feast.
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Lana talks about the spring season and the recipes we have in store for the coming season.
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I went to The Food Show last week. Needless to say I had a great time, I would, wouldn’t I with a huge hall full of food and drink to sample, demonstrations by some of my favourite chefs, and lots of lovely people to talk to about food.
What really struck me though, was the ‘something for everyone’ factor. Really, everything from breakfast cereals to fresh truffles. It started me thinking, we all need to eat, that’s a given, but there is such a wide range of attitudes and beliefs around food.
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Recently, I got my new (well new to me, thanks TradeMe) sewing machine serviced. It’s semi industrial, which means it goes really fast, I’m very excited about whipping up something new to wear. This is perfectly natural to me, but in the past I have often been called a Nana.
Don’t get me wrong, I can’t wait to be a Nana, but in your twenties it’s not exactly what you want to hear. It was a wee bit of a dig at some of my rather old fashioned domestic type hobbies, cooking and sewing for example. My case for being a hip young thing probably wasn’t helped by my large scarf collection, the Granny type, add a coat and gloves, which I often do and … well, you get the picture.
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Kia ora, well I had a wonderful Waitangi Day. I packed up a good old fashioned picnic for the whanau and headed down to Okahu Bay along the waterfront in Auckland. We were off to ‘Native Noise’ one of the many free family events now happening around the country on our national day. Everything was well organised, we paid to park on the rugby grounds right behind the event, well worth it. Grabbed our gear, wandered over and set up our ‘base’.
I was the base actually, while the kids were up and down to the playground, obstacle course and various other fun stuff I was quite content under my big straw hat just listening to the great music, people watching, grazing and relaxing.
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Kia ora, firstly I would like to thank all the people who have emailed in with messages of support and encouragement. I am really touched that people have taken time out of their busy days to help make me feel so welcome in my new role – thanks everyone, I really appreciate it.
Something else that has been happening lately is everywhere I go people are asking if I’d like to hear about their favourite recipes…of course I’m all ears! I’m interested and inspired hearing which recipes really work for people. It got me thinking about what a good idea it is to exchange recipes with each other, sharing is caring I always say.
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Kia ora everybody, welcome to Lana’s corner, my first ever blog!
Well I couldn’t have asked for a better start to 2009 of course, it is so exciting being the new presenter of Food in a Minute.
I was lucky to have a wonderful Christmas and New Year break, full of food, fun and family, all the ingredients for my perfect holiday. My batteries are now fully charged, which is lucky because at the moment it is go, go, go!
I have completed my first shoot with the wonderful Food in a Minute team. As you can imagine there is an awful lot going on and many pieces of the puzzle to be put together.
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