The great Caper caper
The great Caper caper Virgil Evetts This isn’t going to be one of my usual wide swaths of cynicism columns, nor will it be a list of hot and not. This week, I’m dedicating my lines to just one topic … Read more
Loving Food
Vanilla – the King of Spices
The King of Spices-Vanilla Michal Haines Maybe it should be known as the Queen of Spices, but the little trick vanilla played on its own species is wonderfully elegant. Part of the largest group of flowering plants in the world, … Read more
Marcel’s Hotcakes & Crepes
Marcel’s Hotcakes & Crepes They look delicious, where can I buy them? Van Dyck pre-cooked crepes and hotcakes are available nationwide, but depending where you live and what supermarket you shop at, they will either be in a Marcel’s … Read more
Tomato Sauce – keeping kids sweet
Tomato sauce: Keeping kids sweet Louisa Clery I recently read an article in a parenting magazine about a woman for whom cooking was once a joy. She’d spend a whole day making vegetable lasagne and all week preparing for impressive … Read more
School holiday cooking – Virgil
Kitchen quality time Virgil Evetts So the school holidays are upon us again. Yay. Fortunately our ‘child’ (my baby brother-in-law, has lived with us since he was a mere bairn, long story…) is now a gangly uni-student and needs no … Read more
Chicken and Eggs
Picking up chicks and learning to suck eggs Virgil Evetts. I’m never happy unless I’ve got a project on. Whether it’s distilling spirits, making salami, or maturing cheese, I just have to have a folly on the go. I guess … Read more
Cooking with Lemongrass
The Lemon Weed Michal Haines Lemongrass is one of those plants that it seems you cant kill. Ideal really for those with far from green fingers, it seems to stand down right hideous soil, high temperatures, and lack of water. … Read more
Cheese at its Best
The Local Girls – Cheese At it’s Best Michal Haines I have had the honour for the last four years of judging for the annual Cuisine Champions of Cheese Awards and this year I have been asked back to sit … Read more
Fend for yourself in the kitchen!
Fend for yourself: the art of cooking selfishly Virgil Evetts. Every so often, if I lack inspiration, if I’m feeling tired and world weary ,or I just can’t be bothered, I send out a text to the rest of the … Read more
Too Hot to Cook
Too Hot to Cook Michal Haines I am in awe of those people whose adoration for the heat of the summer months allows them to roast away in the sunshine hour after hour. Sure we are told that we are … Read more
It’s not about love……Virgil
It’s not about love: Ignoring Valentine ‘s Day and surviving the summer kitchen Virgil Evetts I suppose I could have jumped on the commercial bandwagon this week and thrown together some Valentine-inspired recipes for lovers or food for a-wooing, … Read more
Iced Milks….
Iced Milks…. Virgil Evetts I’ve had a lifelong love affair with iced coffee. My mother had a scandalously permissive attitude towards her children and grown up beverages- tea, coffee whatever pleased us. I think she was just glad we weren’t … Read more
Preserving Tomatoes
Tomato Glut-ton – Michal Haines Summer has all the joys of easy gardening. No cold rains, frosts and lack of sunlight to worry about. Just long clear, glorious days to help process all those wonderful natural sugars to make for … Read more
Eating Otago
Eating Otago – Virgil Evetts Like many New Zealanders, I’m better travelled internationally than within my own country. It just seems so much easier to fly to Queensland than Queenstown. We’re funny like that in New Zealand. Maybe it’s our … Read more
