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 [...]
Last night I attended Julie Le Clerc’s class at Red Kitchen in Te Awamutu. A fan of Red Kitchen Cafe and Deli this was a great opportunity to take one of their classes! Julie cooked several dishes from her Made in Morocco book. Incidentally this is the only Julie Le Clerc book I don’t own [...]
Bowel movements and food intolerances were on the topic at our Healthy Kitchen class on Friday. In fact I arrived home with a stools chart to stick in our toilet, something I am sure any visitors we have will be intrigued by. Deborah teaches that “your bowel is the window to your digestive system and [...]
“Whatever you do make sure you do the best” this was the message Josh Emett gave some lucky students at Wintec today. “If you want to make burgers, make burgers” says Josh “just makes sure they are the best burgers.” Josh, who says when rising through the ranks “I often wasn’t the most talented chef [...]
There seems to be so many things happening this month I thought I would tell you all about them in one place. So grab your diary and start marking some of these great events in. Flavours in the Bay Food & Wine Festival On this Saturday (10th March) from 12-6pm at Blake Park, Mt Maunganui. [...]
Friday was the first of a monthly cooking class I am taking with the goal of learning more about nutrition, the many myths out there, discovering new foods and generally enjoy being on the other side of the class for a change. The classes are run by Deborah Murtagh from Healthy Kitchen, www.healthykitchen.co.nz Deborah has over [...]