Food & Wine

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Festive snacks with (easy) star power

Year-end gives us reason to celebrate, and it has been a year so yes, please, pour me a drink. And let’s splash out on accompanying snacks.

Feeding the soul with flowers and food

The festive season is a time when author, photographer and illustrator Kate Williams finds herself leaning into the textures and tones of a more traditional, northern-style Christmas.

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From Christmas table to Boxing Day brunch

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From Christmas table to Boxing Day brunch

This is a Christmas table designed for flavour, flexibility and ease, keeping the good food and good times rolling.

Pre-dinner drinks

Pre-dinner drinks

Cocktails are riding a wave of popularity at the moment.

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Turning over a new leaf

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Turning over a new leaf

Fancy trying something new? Perhaps it’s time to delve into Blanc de Noir.

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Christmas roast - with a twist

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Asian-style stuffed pork belly with miso mash and sesame slaw

Crackling... need I say more? This Asian-style pork belly is your “with a twist” recipe for your Christmas roast.

Chewy ginger & peanut caramel brittle cookies

These Chewy Ginger & Peanut Caramel Brittle Cookies would make a great handmade Christmas gift.

Too much ain’t enough love

Jane and Jimmy Barnes’ Christmas recipes come from very different times - one is a treasured family recipe, the other learnt from a Kiwi a few years ago.

Festive fare: Our writers share their best Christmas recipes

Christmas is a lovely excuse to spend time with friends and family. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Festive fare: Our writers share their best Christmas recipes

Keeping it simple, using the best produce you can afford and a little imagination is all that's needed to create a special time for friends and family.

Speedy spaghetti

Speedy spaghetti

Mateo Zielonka’s killer way with pasta was inspired by a famous TV crime family, he tells Killian Fox.

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Broccolini, toasted garlic, chilli and lemon

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Broccolini, toasted garlic, chilli and lemon

Local broccolini is in abundance right now - utterly delicious, tender and full of flavour.

NZ throwing away 237kg of food per person every year

About 237kg of food is thrown away per person, every year. Photo: Supplied

NZ throwing away 237kg of food per person every year

More than 120 million tonnes of food is thrown away or wasted in New Zealand every year, a new report has found.

Summer slowdown

Summer’s early vegetables are best cooked at a pace in tune with the season, writes Nigel Slater.

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So many avenues to learn new things about wine

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So many avenues to learn new things about wine

I'll never tire of the fact that in wine you are always learning.

Flavour first the Fatimas mantra

Auckland's Fatimas, passionate about feeding people, sharing flavour and making food that feels good to eat, has served more than a million customers.

Accent on local foods

Accent on local foods

Our Food Network Ōtepoti Dunedin is encouraging local people to make use of fresh, local produce in their Christmas preparations in its final event for the year.