Life & Style

Celebrating a new season with Fresh recipes

Fresh Spring has some delicious new recipes to try as the weather finally gets warmer. From the Mediterranean to Middle East, savoury to sweet, and healthy, easy meals for the family, there's something for everyone.

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Nourish and flourish this spring

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Nourish and flourish this spring

Yes, we made it through another winter!

Following in family’s footsteps

Anne Cameron shares some nice and easy family recipes from her new book Just a Mum’s Kitchen.

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Message to reuse, not rebuild

Ian Moore studied engineering in New Zealand before becoming an architect: ‘‘A lot of architects...

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Message to reuse, not rebuild

People around the world need to "stop knocking down and rebuilding buildings all the time" architect Ian Moore tells Kim Dungey.

Monument a link to Scottish past

The Glengarry Monument in the Southern Cemetery, about 1900. PHOTOS: TOITŪ OTAGO SETTLERS MUSEUM

Monument a link to Scottish past

There’s a complicated history of loyalty and loss mixed up in a Dunedin graveyard monument, Will McKee writes.

Long exposure reveals beauty

Long exposure reveals beauty

The Tarantula Nebula is a gaudy show-off, even by cosmic standards. A city of stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud, 170,000 light-years from Earth, its clouds of gas writhe and billow like smoke...

Henge your bets on site similarity in pre-history

The reconstructed prehistoric ritual site at Pömmelte, Central Germany, attracts 40,000 visitors...

Henge your bets on site similarity in pre-history

Stonehenge is one of the most mysterious of monuments. It has puzzled visitors for centuries and has a prominent place in folklore. To this day, it attracts thousands to celebrate the summer solstice.

It’s not what it seems

It’s not what it seems

Social media would have you believe a cortisol cocktail can reduce stress and boost energy. Theresa Larkin examines the evidence.

Eat like an Italian ... but exercise too

Research shows adhering to a Mediterranean diet filled with fruit and vegetables, whole grains and olive oil can help reduce diabetes risk, but international researchers have found it’s more...

One pan is all it takes

One pan is all it takes

Lentils and crispy shallots can take a kedgeree to somewhere new, writes Kelly Gibney.

Casting for laughs

Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin jun in The Naked Gun. PHOTO: TNS

Casting for laughs

Will the movies learn to laugh again? asks Samantha Masunaga.

Mystery of bamboo flowering, dieback

Bamboo in the Clive Lister Garden at the Dunedin Botanic Garden. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

Mystery of bamboo flowering, dieback

If you are wandering through Dunedin Botanic Garden’s Clive Lister Garden over the next couple of months, you may notice the bamboo that forms the backbone of this area is disappearing. Why is this happening?

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500th anniversary has come and gone

Wine tasters, from left, Mark Henderson, Alastair McLaren and Ricky Collins. PHOTO: GREGOR...

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500th anniversary has come and gone

Mark Henderson, along with two buddies, has fallen on his sword to do more than 500 wine tastings for his weekly column since he joined Fresh in 2015.

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Thyme roasted rhubarb and custard tart

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Thyme roasted rhubarb and custard tart

Spring is here - although, we really didn’t have a bad winter this year in Dunedin. But it’s always worth celebrating the arrival of spring.

Classic mai tai with a twist

Olivia Galletly in the The Hungry Cook included this classic cocktail in the book, saying “it’s sweet, bright, almond-y and dangerously moreish".

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Tip your hat to great foodies

Sam Gasson and Kim Underwood are proud of Moiety’s step-up. Photo: Peter McIntosh

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Tip your hat to great foodies

Otago restaurants continue to shine on a national level, taking out some of the top awards at the Cuisine Good Food Awards announced recently.

Boys prepare for the catwalk in school fundraiser

John McGlashan College students Ben Eckhoff (left), 18, and Glenn Ericsson, 17, show off their...

Boys prepare for the catwalk in school fundraiser

Students from a boys’ secondary school in Dunedin are perfecting their catwalks to raise money for their arts programmes.

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Making it worthwhile

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Making it worthwhile

From shy South Dunedin school boy to deputy prime minister, Grant Robertson’s journey from Dunedin to Wellington and back again has been remarkable. He talks to ODT political editor Mike Houlahan.

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