Bacon and Egg pie

Tips for conquering the never-ending leftover Christmas ham

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As sure as a floor strewn with wrapping paper and a mild hangover, the days following Christmas will bring leftover ham. Simon Day shares some tasty ideas for how to deal with it. My favourite part of Christmas comes after December 25 itself. I embrace the days and weeks, even months, of leftover ham. I … Read more

Recipe: A Cricket World Cup final bacon and egg pie

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Why Simon Day hopes baking a bacon and egg pie will guide the Black Caps to glory tonight.  For a sport dominated by statistics, logic and precision, cricket is strangely superstitious. Every Tweet has a consequence, every movement away from the television affects the game thousands of kilometres away. Certain scores have magical properties. Nelson … Read more