It’s a good mix, chamber music and cocktails. Douglas Mews thinks so, anyway. A while back, playing a show about Nelson (the Lord, not the town), he mixed up a rather intimidating drink called Nelson’s Blood, a half-brandy, half-port concoction. It was inspired by stories of sailors who showed their respect to the great admiral […]
When Donna Williams met expert helicopter pilot Dennis Young she was scared of heights. Thinking this disparity meant their relationship might never get off the ground, literally or otherwise, she confronted her vertigo and flew with him. “Before that flight I wouldn’t have even got up on a garage roof,” she says. It obviously did the […]
As FishHead’s beauty editor, I’m in the lucky position of being able to test drive new and exciting products, while as a political reporter for Newstalk ZB, I need hassle-free skin and hair products that stay put while I’m running round Parliament, travelling overseas or rubbing shoulders with power players. Here are my favourites for […]
A few years ago I visited Cambodia. The highlight was a trip to Siem Reap to see the largest religious monument in the world, Angkor Wat. This temple complex, originally Hindu, then subsequently Buddhist, is the central feature of the Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site, containing the magnificent remains of the Khmer civilisation. Built in […]
As a youth, I liked nothing better than cruising around in cars with my mates — usually other people’s cars back then, as we didn’t have the means to buy our own. Very rarely, one mate in particular would get a loan of his dad’s Holden Calais. With its flash stereo, plush leather seats and […]
For years, Wellingtonians have looked at the band rotunda and sighed. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if Wellington’s most picturesque location had a restaurant to suit? Nothing fancy, just anything better than the Fisherman’s Table, an institution that somehow clung to the beach with all the vile tenacity of a congealed lump of fat from its […]
When someone says “craft beer”, the usual connotations, at least to a non-beer drinker, are of hugely hopped, rich beer, usually with an ABV above 7 percent. And to be fair, for a while this was the case as brewers wanted (and in lots of cases still do want) to explore and expand the science […]
“A swage of pith-cutting acidity is the first batter up to the plate and is followed closely by a finely honed team of all stars which pack a combined punch like a mercenary All Black Centre in a heavy-weight boxing bout.” (Margrain Chenin Blanc) It’s not your typical wine description, but Strat Canning is not your […]
Food trends may come and go, but one constant will always be in favour: chocolate. What is it about this ingredient that makes people weak at the knees? Melting together dark chocolate and cream for a ganache is one of the most satisfying things you can do when cooking — the gloss it […]
