YULE BE SWEET
December 15, 2024
“Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.” Miles Kington, British journalist.
Fabulous, flavoursome, healthy, versatile — summer stone fruits and berries take centre stage just in time for festive feasting.
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GOOD ON SAM!
November 27, 2024
Award-winning, Marlborough chef Sam Webb, has launched a new venture at Wairau River Wines. Almost a year on from the temporary closure of the Rose family’s iconic Wairau River Cellar Door and Restaurant on Rapaura Road, Sam has created ‘Number 11 at Wairau River’, to ...
FUN FOOD
November 20, 2024
Offer me a selection of interesting finger foods at five o'clock and I'm in heaven. At this time of the year, these delicious little morsels sometimes replace my traditional dinner.
Tapas — the fashionable small plates of delicacies — were first created to ...
JINGE BELL BAKES
November 5, 2024
It's time to fire up your festive baking skills. A rich fruit cake will keep for years and like wine, it often improves with age. Prepare traditional cakes at least one month before cutting. During this time, the flavours mellow and the texture improves making the cake easie...
LAID BACK LUNCHES
October 21, 2024
Last weekend I enjoyed a relaxed lunch on a friend’s patio. The sun gods were obliging, the slight breeze was balmy and I realised that summer was just around the corner. Hurray!
Laid back lunches are great for catching up with friends and family. They don’t need to be e...
KIDS’ KITCHEN
September 24, 2024
BURGER BONANZA
August 14, 2024
Despite its name, the first hamburger as we know it today, did not originate in Hamburg. In the early 19th century Hamburg butchers did, however, chop steak very finely, combine it with onions and seasonings and form it into ‘steaks’ or patties. As there was no refrigera...
THE HUNTER’S GOOD LIFE
July 31, 2024
An easy two-hour drive north of Sydney, the Hunter Valley is Australia’s oldest wine-producing region, but it is certainly no museum piece. The Hunter is a dynamic wine, food and cultural destination with over 100 wineries, 50 restaurants, numerous art and craft galleries ...
Gone To Pot
July 19, 2024
Although we tend to think of slow cookers as a relatively new ‘best friend’ to the home chef, the first one appeared in 1940 introduced by an American, Irving Naxon. He was inspired by his mother’s stories of preparing a Jewish bean-based stew in her home country of Li...
CURRIED VEG VIM
July 8, 2024
I remember the day I discovered one of the secrets of a successful French chef in Melbourne. Standing next to him as he cooked, I noticed a tiny pinch of curry powder being added to a sauce. (Very non Cordon Bleu!) The taste wasn’t obvious in the sauce at all — it ju...
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