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Rotorua Provides Toughest MasterChef Challenge Yet

Rotorua Provides Toughest MasterChef Challenge Yet

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 [...]

Air New Zealand Wine Awards 2012

Air New Zealand Wine Awards 2012

Award winning New Zealand wine and delicious cheese is a match made in heaven. To celebrate this year’s Air New Zealand Wine Awards we are giving away a few twin packs of gold medal winning wines from the 2011 Air New Zealand Wine Awards and a delectable selection of Kapiti cheeses. The Air New Zealand Wine Awards [...]

Summer Berries by Nigel Slater

Summer Berries by Nigel Slater

The last couple of years have seen some of the best berries I have ever grown: small, dark and deeply flavoured. But all too often the strawberries I find in my shopping basket can disappoint and need some help in the kitchen to be truly delicious. Slicing the fruit, tossing it with caster sugar and [...]

Julie Le Clerc at Red Kitchen

Julie Le Clerc at Red Kitchen

  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 [...]

Our Food Waste Experiment

Our Food Waste Experiment

It’s estimated that in New Zealand $750 million of food a year ends up in our landfill. That’s a lot of wastage and doesn’t even take into consideration what is composted or fed to chickens or pigs. Food waste is “consumable” food that is thrown out either by the consumer or the retailer.  Such a [...]

FORGET THE HARD DRUGS, STUFFED ANIMALS OR ANCIENT ARTIFACTS; RUM SMUGGLING IS A WHOLE NEW CHALLENGE

FORGET THE HARD DRUGS, STUFFED ANIMALS OR ANCIENT ARTIFACTS; RUM SMUGGLING IS A WHOLE NEW CHALLENGE

We love this! Boutique New Zealand rum house Stolen Rum is serving an under-arm bowl to Australian Customs Authorities, by enlisting human ‘mules’ to smuggle its internationally award-winning new rum ‘SX9’ into Australia. Bypassing Australia’s strict ‘minimum-aging’ laws (which stipulate that rum must be aged in wood barrels for two years, some say to protect their [...]

Bird Wines takes on the World

Bird Wines takes on the World

Acclaimed winemaker Steve Bird is one of only two New Zealand winemakers to be invited to present his wines to residents of the world’s most luxurious private mega yacht The World. Bird received the invitation from The World’s head sommelier, Marinela Ivanova, to present a selection of his boutique wines while it sails towards Auckland [...]

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