22 August 2010

WELLYWOOD'S CITY MARKET ON OUR TOUR

We finished our North Island book tour today in Wellington. We drove over from Greytown, stopping to sign books at Bookfeast in Petone. After a night out at Martin Bosley's for champagne, and dinner at The Larder, we were ready to cook up a storm on Sundya morning at the City Market.

It was my first visit to the City Market at Chaffers Dock and I must say it is a real complement to the adjacent outdoor farmers market. It's a little slice of complete sophistication, with an array of sparkling fresh Yellow Brick Road fish, amazing choclates, bread from Greytown's French Baker, organic meat, the Brat Boys with their sausages, endless great coffee, cupcakes, Turkish delight, vegies, Marrtin Bosley's ready to heat lambshanks and more.

Ginny, Kathy and I (mostly the other two as I was talking too much and catching up with so many old friends) cooked up dishes; fennel tart, lentil and vegetable soup, and Vietnamese style finger rolls from our NZ Vegetable Cookbook, alongside the lovely Yvonne from Petone's Bookfeast cookbook shop who sold our books. Sales really stepped up when the effervescent Annabelle White stopped by, and we're thrilled she loves the book too!

It's now a much needed rest and catch up at home for two days before we head down to Christchurch (Mercato on Tuesday evening) and Dunedin (Marbecks on Wednesday at 4.30pm) Many thanks to Turners & Growers the veggie champions for making our tour possible, and putting wonderful veggies on the plates of so many Kiwis.