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    Marseille morsels

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    Marseille morsels

    Annabel and Rose Langbein's recipes this week are best suited to picnics and lazy summer days, inspired by one of their favourite European cities - Marseille.

    Midweek treat: rhubarb, orange and ginger crumbs

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    Midweek treat: rhubarb, orange and ginger crumbs

    By Nigel Slater

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    Charred hispi (cone) cabbage with miso and sesame butter

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    Charred hispi (cone) cabbage with miso and sesame butter

    This cabbage chars beautifully on the outside while staying sweet and tender within.

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    ‘Good humans’ make fresh pasta in new food venture

    Fresca manager Belen Martos (left) and co-owner Luciana Garcia work in the new kitchen making...

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    ‘Good humans’ make fresh pasta in new food venture

    The owners of central Wānaka’s new pasta kitchen are a South American couple with a sporting background.

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    Health benefits from creating own kimchi

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    Health benefits from creating own kimchi

    With a new year comes a lot of thought around changes we can make to better our lives — some of these may be financial, physical or health-based changes.

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    Baked rice with courgettes and tomatoes

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    Baked rice with courgettes and tomatoes

    This is the kind of unfussy, comforting dish Italians excel at and is somewhere between a baked risotto and a vegetable gratin.

    Chocolate for every day

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    Chocolate for every day

    Chocolate comes with goodness baked in, Penelope Maguire writes.

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    Pinot noir result of 40 years of toil and risk-taking

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    Pinot noir result of 40 years of toil and risk-taking

    When I reflect back on the earliest years of my passion for wine, some 40-odd years ago, pinot noir wasn’t really on the radar.

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    Keeping that relaxed holiday vibe

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    Keeping that relaxed holiday vibe

    Short and sweet this week because, if we’re not still off work we wish we were.

    Filling, balanced snacks to keep us going between meals

    Filling, balanced snacks to keep us going between meals

    A good, filling but balanced snack to fill our lunch boxes as we head back to work and school is crucial.

    Fast, easy and tasty

    Fast, easy and tasty

    As we settle back into our work routines and the children go back to school, finding quick, easy and tasty evening meals is the aim.

    'Flat White Frank' coming south in coffee quest

    The British man is on a mission to find the best flat white in the world. Photo: Serena...

    'Flat White Frank' coming south in coffee quest

    'Flat White Frank' has been sampling the best coffee NZ has to offer, and his next stops are Queenstown and Christchurch.

    A menu of kitchen hacks

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    A menu of kitchen hacks

    Begin the new year right with these three kitchen hacks, suggest the folks at Love Food Hate Waste.

    Jewel in the Gibbston Valley’s crown

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    Jewel in the Gibbston Valley’s crown

    Olivia Caldwell enjoys sharing plates under a vine- covered ceiling at Kinross Cottage.

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    Courgette, cottage cheese bake

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    Courgette, cottage cheese bake

    After the indulgence of the festive season, this is my go-to carb-free bake. 

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    Enjoyment factor high with South Island Pinot Gris

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    Enjoyment factor high with South Island Pinot Gris

    If sales figures are to be believed, Pinot Gris is likely to be one of the biggest selling wine styles over the summer months.

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    In fine spirits

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    In fine spirits

    Wine columnist Mark Henderson searches out the emerging makers of brandy or fine in Otago.

    Courgettes, basil and pasta

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    Courgettes, basil and pasta

    Nigel Slater has a suggestion for all those courgettes.

    Stressing the simple

    Stressing the simple

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    In want of something sour

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    In want of something sour

    A couple of piquant pickles are handy for hot weather, writes Nigel Slater.
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