I enjoy cooking and whipping up easy to prepare wholesome meals, made with our beautiful fresh local produce. I haven’t enjoyed having to cover it with petroleum based cling film full of toxic phthalates and chemicals linked to cancers, hormone, and oestrogen problems though. And now I don’t need to as I’ve switched over to [...]
New Zealanders will get a rare insight into the culinary secrets of traditional Māori fare this weekend when TV ONE’s popular MasterChef New Zealand series visits Rotorua – the home of indigenous cuisine and culture. The episode will see the top 16 contestants grapple with the challenge of laying a traditional hangi using natural resources [...]
Last month we ran a competition to find a guest correspondent from our Nourish readers to cover the Katikati Avocado Festival. Amanda Gardner won and here is her story. Holy Guacamole! This year’s Katikati Avocado Festival had all the ingredients needed for success: a gorgeous day, celebrity avocado “ambassador” & Master Chef winner Nadia Lim [...]
This Saturday (19th Jan 2013) is the anual Katikati Food and Wine Festival. This great event run by the local Lions gets bigger and better each year. We have a double pass to give away and are looking for a Nourish correspondent to really enjoy the day, soak up the atmosphere and report back. To [...]
Kevin from FriendlyPak talks about the benefits of composting. Summer is almost upon us, we are planting and tending to our gardens and organising our compost systems at home. It’s wonderful that today, if we chose we are able to compost so much more of our household waste because of the many compostable and biodegradable [...]
With just a few days to go before we break for Christmas we decided it’s time to clean out the prize cupboard and have a bit of a competition. So here it is – Before the year 2013 we want at least 2013 facebook fans, and to do this we need your help! So tag [...]
Firepot Cafe Conveniently located on Gordonton Road the Firepot is a great place to stop for coffee and a bite to eat, but ladies, Michelle also has a fabulous range of giftware, kitchenware and jewellery. Firepot has proved to be so popular in the past seven years they have extended the space three times! In [...]