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Funny Flowers
With plants as pretty as ...Orange Honey Almond Sauce
If the name doesn’t sell you, let me fill you in a bit on bees. New Zealand and Australia, until recently, were the only two countries on the planet unaffected by a mite blight that has been striking (and snacking on) bee populations, wild and tamed. Alas, NZ’s North, and ...
Eggcentric Cafe, Flaxmill Bay
The past week I’ve been living and working in Flaxmill Bay, about 10 minutes (and a ferry ride) from Whitianga, in the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand. Dave and Denise, owners and head chefs of Eggcentric Cafe, have been my kind hosts–esp. with regards to Dave’s kindnesses in sharing his ...
Kiwi for Lunch
Here’s a simple salad from the menu of Eggecentric Cafe, my short-term home in Flaxmill Bay, New Zealand. Kiwis, also known as Chinese Gooseberries, had a name-change in ...
Down Under the Downunder: Safe in New Zealand!
My first stop in New Zealand is the farm of the Biggs of Kaukapakapa. (Cow Kappa Kappa, “white bird ...
Fast Food Fiji
McDonalds: “Bula” is the all-purpose Fijian word for ...
Kava, Fiji’s Favorite Swill
The root of the kava plant, dried and then milled to powder, is Fiji’s most popular traditional drink. The powder is pressed through a silk ...
Food! Fiji!
Suva, Fiji is home to the largest market in the South Pacific. It smells like a delicious blend of banana and spices, and the cool of the nearby ocean harbor. All sorts of people were selling ...