Not A Cooks Blog ... Mastering French Cuisine With Julia Child ... (Once A Week)

Holidays are great .. and this labour weekend had the additional bonus of an additional day off for Hawke's Bay Anniversary. Lea...

I had taken the advantage of being in Auckland recently to visit the Mercy Hospice shop in Ponsonby. Being an employee of Mercy Hospit...

This post is dedicated to Jacqueline - my sister. My recent visit with the girls seeing their Aunty Jac and family in Auckland wa...

There is a saying in that it is not the destination but the journey of how you get there, which is the most important. This also appl...

Have you ever done a relaxation session? There comes a part where the instructor informs you to start coming out of your relax ...

Of course catering for a Father's Day luncheon this Sunday called for a least one Cordon Bleu dish. I went for two (I am soooo co...

One of my fond childhood memories involves flicking through my mother's collection of the Cordon Bleu weekly magazines. Glancing o...

Sometimes you are just spoilt by choice... and with 72 Cordon Bleu magazines to look through I had that exact predicament.   What ...

Back to basics with bread and water (fresh) is the theme this week after a local district water supply is under investigation for con...

In an attempt to encapsulate some of the spirit of the Rio Olympics, page 15, course 55 of the Cordon Bleu Cookery Course series provi...

Reinvigorated and refreshed - this third series of notacooksblog retraces Julia's footsteps from when Julia Child entered and studi...