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As we were record­ing his pod­cast the oth­er day, former beer writer of the year Phil Cook said some­thing that has stuck with me. He said that 2014 was the […]

The Larder

The Larder

In the day­time, The Larder’s plain decor and food cab­in­ets suit its descrip­tion as a diner or cof­fee shop, but after dark it has lofti­er ambi­tions. After all, few coffee […]

Say hello to halloumi

Say hello to halloumi

After fla­vour, I con­sider tex­ture to be the most import­ant ele­ment of any recipe. This salad com­bines three lay­ers of my favour­ite tex­ture — crisply crunchy, prefer­ably from being recently […]

The humble rice-paper roll

The humble rice-paper roll

Fresh spring roll, sum­mer roll or salad roll is a Viet­namese dish tra­di­tion­ally con­sist­ing of cooked shrimp, rice noodles, and plenty of fresh herbs and veget­ables for fla­vour and crunch. […]

Brewurism

Brewurism

I’ve been tri­al­ling this word for a while now: brewur­ism. It’s a clev­er port­manteau of ‘brew­ing’ and ‘tour­ism’. For too long Wel­ling­ton has been the poor cous­in of the Wairarapa […]

Blackenbrook celebrates ten years

Blackenbrook celebrates ten years

Black­en­brook vine­yard recently cel­eb­rated its tenth birth­day. As vine­yards go, it is pretty young — not even a teen­ager yet. Don’t let its youth con­fuse you though. Its wines would […]

Whitebait

Whitebait

We’re told that White­bait is not just a relo­cated White House; it’s part of the trend away from stil­ted ‘fine din­ing’ to a more cas­u­al exper­i­ence, though still with high-end […]

Sweet tooth

Sweet tooth

Being born in April, one’s mind can’t help but turn, cur­rently, to thoughts of cake. Actu­ally, my mind turns to thoughts of cake most days of the year. For those of […]

Eat like an oligarch

Eat like an oligarch

There are a lot of parts to this dish, so the recipes can be made togeth­er to assemble the com­plete dish, or each indi­vidu­al com­pon­ent can be made on its […]

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