I'm starting a blog........how crazy is that? I'd love to just share my everyday adventures in food. I travel the world extensively and get to try all kinds of different types of food. I grew up in New Zealand....picture above is of my home town of Auckland.......note the sheep. I lived just over on the hill to the right in a place called Hillsborough. Yes, those are sheep in a public park. I know that's random.........but really pretty typical for New Zealand. I grew up eating lamb like we eat chicken or beef today. Lamb, in those days, was the cheapest thing. We ate chicken for Christmas dinner only! Doesn't that sound like a freaky switch around? I was born in the 1950's. With no TV. It didn't come to my house hold until about 1967 and it was black and white...and only one channel to watch between 5:00 pm and 9:00pm. One of my first shows I watched regularly was "The Galloping Gourmet" starring Graham Kerr. He was from England, but spent a few years in New Zealand too, so he was a huge influence on me and taught me heaps about food. My grandmother was a wonderful creative cook, my mother a wonderful cook too, so I guess my love for cooking came to me naturally. I can remember hanging out in the kitchens of every summer camp I went to, and always wanting to learn and put into practice what I was seeing. My fist ever recipe I ever made all by myself was cheese scones at about age 8. I think it was my Grandmother who let me do that one, while she coached me from close by. I just remember how fun it was to rub the butter between my fingers and blend it into the flour. ........to be continued.
