You may be surprised to learn that olive trees grow in New Zealand. Not only do they grow well (in certain parts of the country), but they also produce excellent quality and tasting olive…
Dave Clouston, founder and winemaker at Marlborough's Two Rivers winery, recently completed a whirlwind trip of Europe. We were lucky enough to meet him at a tasting in London. Find out which wines were…
Kiwi brunch expert, Lo Beagley, recently returned to New Zealand after two years in the UK. In her farewell tour of London, she visited the newest opening from Caravan Restaurants and this is her…
Picture this: two women on a kiwi hiking track, one pushing the other over a stile, laughing and crying out of sheer exhaustion. I never thought that person would be me, but on my…
Did you know that most peanut butters are already rancid when you purchase them? Here's one peanut butter that packs a punch with its fresh, sweet peanutty flavour.…
Are you getting enough iodine in your diet? If you've cut out milk from your diet, then you run the risk of iodine deficiency. Seaweed is the answer…
You can’t open a newspaper or magazine these days without coming across a story about the evils of sugar – particularly here in the UK, where a sugar tax has been recently introduced in…
Travelling from Taupo – an easy two-hour drive – there’s a point in the journey where you can tell that you’ve arrived in ‘the Bay’. Descending from the surrounding hills that divide this region from…
If you haven’t yet visited New Zealand, you might be surprised to learn that olives grow here – rather successfully, as it happens! Considering there are many countries that have grown olives for centuries,…
I don’t have much of a sweet tooth – give me something salty any day! Although my husband would vehemently disagree with that statement; just last week our spoons seriously clashed over the last…