A+ FOR AVOCADOS
May 6, 2025
According to my son, there’s not a meal in the house if there isn’t an avocado in the fruit bowl. And he was delighted to discover a new variety, the AvoGrey®, twice the size of a Hass. Gisborne’s David and Judy Grey have been developing their Greenskin avocado f...
FAB FEIJOA CAKE
April 2, 2025
RED HOT RED CENTRE
March 18, 2025
TEMPTING TOMATO TREATS
March 9, 2025
Small, yellow — and supposedly an aphrodisiac — the first tomato was native to the Peruvian Andes. Over the years it has had many name changes, transformations and descriptions. Few vegetables have had such culinary impact as the tomato. Botanically it is a fruit...
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.
Traditio...
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
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