It’s been a mixed-bag couple of weeks with cold, frosty mornings and glorious sunshine-y days then four days of (much needed) rain. It’s...

Lavender Scones, living in France, cultivating lavender

A group I belong to, We Love Memoirs, is doing a live interview with me tomorrow, Sunday 19 September from 7pm (NZ time). Please feel...

A fabulous afternoon with the internationally-renowned cheese expert, New Zealander, Juliet Harbutt. You know I love food … and France....

Have any of you read this beautiful little story? A couple of weeks ago Steve found a copy in our local second-hand bookstore for me. It...

Hello from a dazzling and glorious Havelock North. It’s been stunning for over a week. If it makes you feel better, we’re due for days of...

It is so humbling to see this. Today is day five that BOTH books have been at the No. 1 & No. 2 Best Seller spots on Amazon.com in French...

It’s been a month since we moved into our new home, here in the Hawke’s Bay in New Zealand. After 3.5 years of living in London and...

When you spend a few waking hours through the night, nervous about whether people are going to like My French Platter Replenished then...

Well, it is for those in the southern hemisphere but two for the northern, then My French Platter Replenished will pop up on your Kindle,...

So exciting! I do hope you enjoy the second chapter and living our French life with us, while in France. If you click on the Universal...

Here’s the big reveal - the full book cover. I do hope you like it. The first book’s cover was a big hit with so many. Only a couple of...

The Editor says we’re nearly there! Publication will be August, but she can’t give an exact date as there’s loads of formatting and...

Operating here in the Hawke‘s Bay is the Association of France (not Alliance Français) and Steve and I have joined up. There is so much...

Steve and I are settling well here in the Hawke’s Bay and meeting some wonderful people and having a social life. One such person is Lou...

Wouldn’t this be so good? I can see me and Steve, tootling around in this van, visiting little French villages, pulling out some...

Hello! An American company that interviews authors contacted me to see if I would like to have a chat with them about My French Platter...

Easter weekend was hugely busy here in the Hawke’s Bay and one special place for coffee and a wander was Birdwoods. It’s a five minute...

The landscape here is unbelievable - undulating sunburnt hills and valleys and some amazing rock face formations. It’s not until you have...

Vegetarian cooking and nature’s bounty in the Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand