Polly Was a Cracker: Café Polo Takes Out Burger Wellington 2011
A vegetarian burger that offers more than meets the eye saw Miramar’s Café Polo take out Wellington’s coveted Battle of the Burger for 2011.
Food News
Best In Show – Extra Virgin Olive Oil Sell Out
A Tuscan Blend Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Cairnmuir Olives, recipient of the Best in Show Trophy at the 2010 New Zealand Gourmet Oil Competition, sold out before the end of the 2010/2011 season.
Kiwis Confused By Food Labelling
Kiwi food manufacturers are failing to provide consumers with enough detail on product labels according to a new study.
Win a Trip with Watties….
To celebrate soup season and New Zealand’s favourite winter warmer, Wattie’s is offering soup-enthusiasts a chance of a lifetime to win a trip for two to the Golden Ladle soup festival in Lille, France or the Buffalo Soup Festival in … Read more
Italian Cheeses
Virgil Evetts Today the variety of Italian cheese available in New Zealand is broad and exciting, but to many consumers they remain a pricey mystery. So, being quite the Italio-phile and a prodigious consumer of the nation’s cheeses, I … Read more
Matariki at the Auckland Museum
New World Matariki Wānanga-a-kai Food has always been an integral part of New Year celebrations and this new multi-faceted food forum offers a special opportunity to discover traditional Māori ingredients and kai. Guests can enjoy demonstrations and tastings, hosted by … Read more
Champagne for $53,000NZ
A bottle of Veuve Cliquot rescued from a shipwreck in the Baltic sea has sold at auction for a record price of 30,000 Euros! The champagne which has laid in the shipwreck for 190 years was apparently in perfect condition due to … Read more
The Grove wins Metro Auckland Restaurant of the year for the second year running….
Global Coconut
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Pistou
Ingredients 4 garlic cloves, peeled 4 stems basil 75g parmesan cheese grated 150ml extra virgin olive oil
Min's Bread
Brenda Any other organic wheat or bean flour can be mixed with the stone ground dried fruit what ever takes your fancy, seeds go well on the top. The bread is a base. I have used non-wheat flour the loaf … Read more
Strawberry Fluff
Joan MacBeth I have also used other fruits and changed the jelly to match. Ingredients 1 strawberry jelly 1 cup boiling water 1 can evaporated milk (well chilled) 2 cups chopped strawberries. extra strawberries and whipped cream for decorating
Blueberry Breeze
Jenny serves 4 Ingredients 1 sheet of sweet short pastry 4 tablespoons blackberry jam 125 g blueberries, fresh or frozen 1/2 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 45 g butter 1/3 cup brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons flaked … Read more
Sugar Buns
Glen Ingredients 2 1/2 cups flour 1/2 cup custard powder 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup sugar 175 g butter,melted 2 eggs, lightly whisked 3/4 cup sultanas 1/2 cup milk 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 tablespoon cinnamon, mixed together
