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    Radish butter with toast

    Peppery radishes don’t need much. Grated and folded through good butter with lemon and a whisper of anchovy, they turn into something unexpectedly good. Serve at room temperature, thickly spread on...

    Season's eatings

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    Season's eatings

    Autumn is the perfect season to focus on a fresh approach to eating, write the folks at Love Food Hate Waste.

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    Harnessing the feel-good factor

    Nel Vincencio, of Mind Your Temper, works on creating his trademark colourful dairy-free bon bons...

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    Harnessing the feel-good factor

    On the eve of Easter, award-winning bon bon maker Nel Vincencio returned to Dunedin to show how he makes his dairy-free chocolates.

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    Feasting with your eyes

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    Feasting with your eyes

    After Christmas, Easter is Annabel and Rose Langbein's favourite food holiday.

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    Home-made tomato passata

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    Home-made tomato passata

    There’s something deeply satisfying about lining up jars of your own passata, simple, honest and ready to carry you through the cooler months.

    New ways with plums and cucumbers

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    New ways with plums and cucumbers

    Helen Graham serves up clever ways to use plums and cucumbers.

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    Corn fritters with bacon, lime cream & hot honey

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    Corn fritters with bacon, lime cream & hot honey

    This corn fritter recipe is easy to make and jazzed up with all the extras you might find at your local cafe but easily put together at home over a long weekend.

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    Oven-roasted corn with chilli lime butter

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    Oven-roasted corn with chilli lime butter

    Sweet corn is hitting its stride right now. 

    One-pot wonders

    One-pot wonders

    Beautiful things can be made in one pot, pan or tray, United Kingdom food influencer, chef and author Poppy O’Toole says.

    Richly rustic

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    Richly rustic

    Helen Graham serves up veg-forward dishes to celebrate textures and contrasts.

    Home kitchen where it all begins

    Home kitchen where it all begins

    After a failed attempt at becoming a graphic designer, Anais Ca Dao van Manen realised her passion and focus lay in cooking.

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    Baingan bharta (smoky spiced aubergine)

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    Baingan bharta (smoky spiced aubergine)

    Baingan bharta (smoky spiced aubergine) If you’re making baingan bharta, don’t skip the charring. Roast the aubergines until soft and smoky - that depth...

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    For the love of bread

    Andrea Dudding in her Owaka home where her artisan baking business 2Birds has been born. PHOTO:...

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    For the love of bread

    After travelling the world, Auckland born-and-bred chef Andrea Dudding settled in the small Otago town of Owaka about 10 years ago.

    Be a legend — love your leftovers

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    Be a legend — love your leftovers

    The most underrated meal in your house is already in the fridge, write the folks at Love Food Hate Waste.

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    Holidays call for indulgence

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    Holidays call for indulgence

    With a spate of long weekends on the horizon, and the lack of a proper summer holiday, I am focused on getting away on a series of short breaks where I don’t do a lot of cooking.

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    Aubergine schnitzel with lemon and yoghurt

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    Aubergine schnitzel with lemon and yoghurt

    Aubergine holds its own beautifully when treated like this.

    Real Mexican at home

    Real Mexican at home

    Growing up in Mexico City was the best food education that money could not buy, Daniella Guevara Munoz says.

    Ripe for the eating

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    Ripe for the eating

    Summer’s sweetest sunshine can brighten our lives well into autumn, Penelope Maguire writes.

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    Dishes to let summer linger

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    Dishes to let summer linger

    The best way to draw out every precious moment of summertime is to keep cooking summery dishes — ideally cooked over the fire and eaten outdoors.

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    Tomato, green bean and lentil salad

    Photo: Simon Lambert

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    Tomato, green bean and lentil salad

    This is the sort of salad that earns its place on the table. 
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