Peta Mathias

“Do we really have to have Persian dried rose petals, Pete? I mean, on a scale of one to ten, how essential are they in the dish you’re cooking?” asks brother Paul with his patient face on. I go blank. How important are rose petals? Is this a trick question? What kind of bullshit supermarket is this anyway? There are...

Peta crafts a story like no other and her titles "tell it like it is". - Wairarapa Times-Age In a world of hate, let's serve up some love... Peta Mathias has encountered many a lovelorn tale on her gastronomic travels around the world. Searching further, she has unearthed more stories - the heart-warming and heart-rending, the passionate and poignant, the...

An entertaining celebration of sustainable fashion, buying well and finding your style in the twenty-first century. 'The point of this book is to explore my ideas for sartorial satisfaction, to tell the stories associated with my love of clothes and fashion, and to share the message of accidental sustainability.' When Peta Mathias dug through the clothes she had stored away...

Funny, passionate, outrageous and honest, this is a memoir about travel, house renovations, food, music, men and change. I've escaped more houses than I've said Hail Marys. Peta Mathias has been making major moves since leaving home to train as a nurse, before living in Canada, London, and later France, where she set up her own restaurant. Although she returned...