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    Sweet, spicy and satisfying

    A hike inspires Nigel Slater to a spiced bake, a great use of a glorious apple crop.

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    Suet? Dripping? Stuff that

    The lidded pot went into the oven at 150°C as I thought our stove wouldn’t run slowly enough....

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    Suet? Dripping? Stuff that

    A century ago, we did things differently - which extended to cooking. Peter Dowden decided to get a taste.

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    Kimchi and tofu cabbage rolls

    PHOTO: SIMON LAMBERT

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    Kimchi and tofu cabbage rolls

    There’s something satisfying about wrapping a simple filling in cabbage and letting it cook gently in broth.

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    Richer chardonnays pair well with autumn food

    PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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    Richer chardonnays pair well with autumn food

    Today’s line-up revolves around a quintet of Central Otago offerings along with a interloper from Hawke’s Bay.

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    Tasty ways to celebrate the longest night

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    Tasty ways to celebrate the longest night

    The longest night of the year later this month provides a perfect opportunity for a winter feast.

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    Students give oats a 21st-century makeover

    Otago Polytechnic Culinary Arts students’ oat creme stacks on sale at Otago Farmers Market....

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    Students give oats a 21st-century makeover

    As NZ food production is threatened, Dunedin culinary students are looking at ways to support and change perceptions of locally produced products like oats, Rebecca Fox finds.

    Welcoming treats with Southeast Asian twist

    Welcoming treats with Southeast Asian twist

    Homesickness and reality TV led Raymond Tan to baking - to make celebratory foods he missed from home and to see if doing so was as hard as the programmes made out.

    Perfect pairing

    Perfect pairing

    Lovely pears with succulent pork and crisp, crunchy crackling captures the turn of the season, writes Nigel Slater.

    Rice at heart of the table

    Rice at heart of the table

    In Malaysia most households have rice daily, for breakfast, lunch and/or dinner.

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    Feijoa and lime no-churn ice cream

    PHOTO: SIMON LAMBERT

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    Feijoa and lime no-churn ice cream

    There’s a short window where feijoas are at their best, soft, fragrant and impossible to ignore.

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    Amazing variety should not be overlooked

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    Amazing variety should not be overlooked

    Riesling can be bone dry, lusciously honeyed and sweet, and everything in between.

    Glaze of glory

    Glaze of glory

    Nigel Slater whips up some grilled chicken thighs to help us forget those cooling temperatures for a while.

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    Leek and feta pie

    PHOTO: SIMON LAMBERT

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    Leek and feta pie

    A simple pie with memories of the flavours of Greece.

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    Budget-friendly savoury oats are worth trying

    PHOTO: SAM SINCLAIR

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    Budget-friendly savoury oats are worth trying

    Oats can be super versatile, high fibre, budget friendly and healthy when made without the adding of dairy or sugar.

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    Emerging grape variety looking promising

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    Emerging grape variety looking promising

    Among the frontrunners for “alternative or emerging varieties” popping up in New Zealand, Albarino might just have snuck its head into the lead, but only by a nose (forgive the pun).

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    Knife sharpener lives up to promises

    HORL German knife sharpener. Photos: Markus Edgar Ruf.

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    Knife sharpener lives up to promises

    Lifestyle Editor Rebecca Fox tests out a new to New Zealand knife sharpener.

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    Heart and belly fillers

    Roasted, spice-rubbed beef sirloin. PHOTOS: JO ELWIN

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    Heart and belly fillers

    Jo Elvin shares some winter recipes from her pop-up lunches at Bannockburn’s Desert Heart vineyard with owner Jane Gill.

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    Pressing day offers insight into olive oil

    Press operator Steve Morris watches the malaxation stage of the pressing process, where crushed...

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    Pressing day offers insight into olive oil

    Close to 200 visitors passed through Olive Press Central Otago in Cromwell on Saturday for the Central Otago Olive Growers (COOG) annual community pressing day.

    Autumn yearnings

    Photo: Jonathan Lovekin, The Observer

    Autumn yearnings

    These tarts are a rhapsody in blue cheese and dry-cured deli delights, writes Nigel Slater.

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    Radicchio salad with feta, toasted seeds and hot honey

    PHOTO: SIMON LAMBERT

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    Radicchio salad with feta, toasted seeds and hot honey

    This is the kind of salad that wakes everything up.
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