If happiness was a book ...

Kim Evans has timed her book launch perfectly. Bikinis are packed away, thighs are hidden under 100 denier tights and let's face it, we're all looking for a little indulgence to sweeten the long and chilly winter. 

My love affair with Little & Friday is well-documented; it's one of the first places I take visitors, on route to Devonport for a wind-swept walk around Mt Victoria. The sweet treats are huge, rich and impossible to share. You may think you can split one but my advice is this: don't. Get one each and finish yours first, just in case...

The new Little & Friday cook book has recipes for all their favourites; even the legendary sausage rolls. If reports are on the money, we're in for a particularly bitter winter, so take action now. With this book, a little butter and some sugar, you'll have happiness in the bank for a rainy day.

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Love the ones you love

I have a tortured relationship with poetry. I write it myself (usually not well enough to share) and I like the idea of reading other poems, but when I do I'm often left frustrated and lost, wondering why the heck I have no idea what it meant. Am I a complete idiot? Or just not inside that poet's head at that precise moment? Regardless, when I do find a gem that puts every word I wish I wrote in a row, it stays with me forever.


A few weeks ago I was sent a review copy of 'Dear Heart: 150 NZ Love Poems' and although it is full of beautiful poems, there is one that has been rattling around in my head ever since.


Wild Daisies by Bub Bridger


If you love me
Bring me flowers
Wild daisies 
Clutched in your fist
Like a torch
No orchids or carnations
Or roses
No florist's bow
Just daisies
Steal them
Risk your life for them
Up the sharp hills
In the teeth of the wind
If you love me
Bring me daisies
Wild daisies
That I will cram
In a bright vase
And marvel at


Wouldn't we all like a wild daisy kind of love?


Dear Heart is out today, and I have two copies to give away if you're interested? Even the cover is a thing of beauty, each letter of 'Dear Heart' has been painted by a different kiwi artist (can you spot the Frizzell?) and this would make a great gift for a bride-to-be. If you want one, leave a comment on this page and I'll announce the lucky Beaunz belles after Easter.


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Saturday Scrapbook : Please feed the book worms

The Flavour Thesaurus

One of my favourite gifts to give (and receive) is a beautiful book. The best ones are a work of art; tactile, heavy tomes that make your book shelf a prettier place as well as expanding the mind. Amazon.com is a dangerous place for me, it always ends with a mad dash to the letterbox each morning to intercept incoming parcels before they are discovered by the husband, who boringly (and rightfully) reminds me that we are in fact trying to save money, not spend it. 


So, I am going to live vicariously through you, Beaunz Belles, and share with you a few of the bookwormy treats I have found lately. Click on the book titles if you want to know more, and if you buy any of them, tell me what you think.

The Elves and the Shoemaker 

Terry Richardson's GAGA 

 Pop-up Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

Irreverent

Book Clutch by Olympia Le-Tan

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