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Food & Wine
Spring still time for delicious comfort food
Spring still time for delicious comfort food
Although it's September and spring has sprung, the chilly nights linger and the food that I crave is the comfort food of winter.
Raw salad
Raw salad
As we are in the midst of change of seasons regarding produce, we need to use what is easily attainable.
Light, easy and perfect
Light, easy and perfect
Spring has arrived, meaning longer leisurely days on the horizon and lighter meals on the menu. However, fresh spring produce still has a long way to go so it can be puzzling as to what to cook.
Sweet As
Sweet As
School holidays are always a tough time to control the junk food intake and with the sugar debate raging it is hard to know what to feed your children, Rebecca Fox finds.
Learning with a book and glass in hand
Learning with a book and glass in hand
Mark Henderson shares tips on learning more about wine.
Sorting diet facts from diet fads
Sorting diet facts from diet fads
There's a plethora of diets around these days: wheat-free, vegan, dairy-free, raw, paleo, bone broth, among others. Many have origins in the weight-loss industry.
Trophy for best blind taster
Trophy for best blind taster
A recent Sunday afternoon saw 15 friends and wine-lovers crowd my lounge to take part in the annual Blind Chicken Wine Options competition, Mark Henderson writes.
Ask a Chef: Shortblack Cafe's gluten-free chocolate berry brownie
Ask a Chef: Shortblack Cafe's gluten-free chocolate berry brownie
Ask a Chef reveals the secrets of those superb dishes you ate in cafes and restaurants and wanted to try yourself.
Kiwi kitchen staple revamped
Kiwi kitchen staple revamped
The revamped 2016 version of the Edmonds Cookery Book has backed New Zealand's claim that the pavlova is a Kiwi creation.
Lemon pie
Lemon pie
Alison Lambert shares a lemon pie recipe with a twist.
Simply good recipes
Simply good recipes
Charity cookbook Cooking 4 Change is being launched in Otago this week. Rebecca Fox discovers its Dunedin roots.
Lighten up, it's spring
Lighten up, it's spring
Bevan Smith shares some delicious light and tasty recipes.
Harvest culmination of the yearly cycle
Harvest culmination of the yearly cycle
Wine reviewer Mark Henderson explains what's meant by vintage.
Grasping the nettle
Grasping the nettle
Alison Lambert shares a surprising soup with a difference.
Ask a Chef: Topiary Cafe's beetroot and tomato soup
Ask a Chef: Topiary Cafe's beetroot and tomato soup
Ask a Chef reveals the secrets of those superb dishes you ate in cafes and restaurants and wanted to try yourself.
Nettle and roast garlic pesto
Nettle and roast garlic pesto
Stinging nettles may not be on most people's minds as a foraged food, but boy are they packed with goodness, says Alison Lambert.
Ask a Chef: The Perc's gluten-free raspberry coconut cake
Ask a Chef: The Perc's gluten-free raspberry coconut cake
Ask a Chef reveals the secrets of those superb dishes you ate in cafes and restaurants and wanted to try yourself.
Coffee hit depends on your genes
Coffee hit depends on your genes
The outlook for coffee drinkers looks brighter: not only has it been cleared of its carcinogenic status, people may be able to blame their DNA for their habit or lack of it, discovers Rebecca Fox.
Pinots of 2014-15 tasty drops
Pinots of 2014-15 tasty drops
Mark Henderson samples some fine pinot noir.