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Gloomy winter days can make anyone uninspired in the kitchen. Lucy Corry shares five tips to getting your creativity (and appetite) back.

Lucy Corry navigates a nasty bout of Covid-19 and the loss of her strongest senses – her taste and smell.

Too many frozen gel packs are giving Lucy Corry chills.

When the to-do list grows, Rebecca Stewart turns to the world of secondhand – saving the planet one rescued tool at a time.

Anyone for Nun’s Toast? Lucy Corry shares some of her favourite secondhand cookbooks.

Lucy Corry's scored a pretty good gig — judging some of Aotearoa's best kai.

The beauty and hardship of self-sufficiency makes living off the land better than material wealth, writes Rebecca Stewart.

Chocolate eggs are all very well, but Lucy Corry prefers the real deal.

Despite vowing “never again”, Polly gets a puppy.

Lucy Corry may be a fantastic cook, but that doesn't mean she's a natural at other kitchen tasks.

Bottling the last of the harvest is no easy task when the goal is a year’s supply of sauces, tomatoes and plum wine.

As a food writer, it's Lucy Corry's job to describe flavours to readers, but there is one fruit to which she can never do justice.

Lucy Corry's husband has got a shiny vice, and it's her goal to dim its shimmer in their household.

Polly Greeks has a run-in with a good rooster gone bad.

Our new columnist, who lives on a six-hectare block in King Country, makes it her daily mission to live as self-sufficient as possible. A can-do attitude is a necessity, writes Rebecca.

Lucy Corry hits the jackpot with the king of herbs — and adds it to vinegar, butter and just about everything she eats.

Lynda Hallinan gets a right-to-life lecture about pest control.

Some of our fondest memories of loved ones come from the flavours they serve us, says Lucy Corry.

Lucy Corry revisits her time abroad in France — where mornings were blissfully free of school lunch preparation.

Lucy is kicking off 2022 with a list of culinary intentions — not rigid resolutions.

Lynda Hallinan learns that companion planting doesn't always go to plan.

Ah 2021, a year of unpredictability — at least Lucy Corry has had consistently great food to lean on.

The secret to getting out of a pandemic-induced rut? Revel in the joy of dilly-dallying, says Lynda Hallinan.

Great expectations for Christmas are out-of-date — instead approach the holiday with lower standards, says Lucy Corry.

Lucy Corry's not one to swoon over a fine china cabinet, but that doesn't mean she's going to drink out of an ugly mug.

After three months in lockdown, Lynda Hallinan surveys her half-finished DIY projects.

Lucy Corry ponders why couples' supermarket trips are romanticised, rather than despised (just a little).

Baking is certainly not a slice of cake and all foodies fall short sometimes, says Lucy Corry.

Lynda Hallinan tries to focus on the little pleasures of her spring garden during lockdown.

Polly and the children get positively broody, but news in the valley isn’t all good.

Say cheese to springtime nibbles and grab the golden chance to grate your own, says Lucy Corry.

It's the little (and slightly guilty) things like eating chocolate over your laptop that get you through life, says Lucy Corry.

As a lifelong bibliophile with bad habits, Lynda Hallinan pays her debts to the local library.

From spaghetti in a can to letting egg yolks go to waste — Lucy Corry acts as judge in the court of taste.