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Show AllThe Cranberry and Craisin Story
Craisins are cranberries, cut in half, then sweetened dried, because they are unpalatable on their own. Cranberries are a hollow-bodied native of the north-eastern United States.
1 commentWine Export Trends
Kingsley Wood has devoted more than 20 years promoting wine in New Zealand.
1 commentA Fishy Tale
Here we were, freezing to death in our summer gear, in the chillroom of Auckland’s Fish Market, where buyers inspect the day’s catch. It was all part of a tour to familiarise food writers with the new facility, which is state-of-the-art to ensure that fish supplies, countrywide, are as fresh as possible.
1 commentA quick meal or complete dinner? Soup can be both.
Winter is here along with the temptation to eat more, especially of comfort food. Soup is one of the healthiest comfort foods and are more heart and waist smart when based on chicken, vegetable or beef stocks rather than adding white sauces and cream.
1 commentA Vegetarian at the Table
Whether you have a vegetarian in the house or just have a vegetarian friend coming for a meal, you may need some help to create healthy dishes for them.
1 commentA special year for the humble potato
“It must be very nutritious, or it would not sustain the strength of thousands of people whose almost sole food it constitutes”. Eliza Acton (Modern Cookery for Private Families 1845).
1 commentEat more live cultures
Live cultures are actually living working bacteria that may offer protective and beneficial actions for human health.
1 comment10 Top Tips you need to know to get slimmer and stay there
Fat does not make you feel full, its protein and fibre that has the satiey effect (feeling of fullness).
1 commentBarbeque takes the boys back!
I often think that barbequing takes our boys back to the “hunt ‘em, club ‘em, shoulder ‘em home” part of their genetic make up...to the days of the hunter-gatherer.
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