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Banana Peel Sticky Toffee Upside Down Cake
Part sticky toffee pudding, part banana cake, this sticky, gooey and surprisingly light and easy recipe takes dessert to a whole new level.

Recipe: Roasted Potato Wedges
Give classic potato wedges a gourmet twist with Ruth Pretty's turmeric, almond and fenugreek aromatic salt blend.

Why you should grow ginger in your garden
Posh, Sporty and Scary have nothing on Ginger spice. Brush up on your planting and harvesting skills for this winter.

Recipe: Thai Fish Pie
An Asian spin on a winter Kiwi classic from Japanese-born cooking tutor Sachie Noumura.

A culinary journey through Wellington's Cuba Street
The flavours of Cuba Street are celebrated in a new book Cuba Street: A Cookbook. We meet the passionate foodies behind three colourful Wellington businesses.

Fish Dumplings with Garlic Shallot Dipping Sauce
The powerhouse behind House of Dumplings shares her recipe for this Wellington Night Markets favourite.

Make a lemon verbena herbal tea
Take good care of lemon verbena in your garden and its herbal tea will take care of you.

Recipe: Cheese Shortbreads and Cauliflower Mousse
Why serve plain old cheese and crackers when you can dish up these simple cheese shortbreads topped with cauliflower mousse? Place a tablespoon of cauliflower mousse in the centre of each shortbread and garnish with tomato.

Growing, dividing and harvesting garlic chives
This chive is not meant to be eaten raw, but cook it properly and your dishes will dance.

Recipe: Decadent chocolate-stuffed dates
Serve up this decadent, fruity finger food at your next party.

A Pink Ribbon Mocktail
The clever team at the Cocktail Collective have put on their mixing aprons to create a pink mocktail worthy of the Breast Cancer Foundation's Pink Ribbon Breakfast.

2 apple stevia recipes
Serve up stevia instead of sugar in your autumn baking for a diabetic-friendly dessert.

Recipe: Jess Daniell's Breakfast Burrito
Here’s a breakfast burrito worth waking up for! Easy to eat on the run and enjoyed fresh or toasted, these wraps are packed with all of your early morning essentials, plus they’re delicious to boot.

Trading London life for paddock-to-plate
Getting to grips with the grassroots of growing, and of a community, Lloyd Rooney and Michael Fraser found contentment by leaving the glamour of London for the quiet backwaters of the Waikato.

2 vegetables to spice up this winter
Plant salsify and scorzonera soon and they'll be ready in time for all your winter soup and steamed veggie needs.

How to make the perfect sourdough bread
Pandoro co-founder turned viticulturist Richard Tollenaar shares a video on the secrets of baking a perfect sourdough loaf.

Ruth Pretty's Mother's Day menu
Stir the love and mix happy memories into Ruth Pretty’s autumnal three-course Mother’s Day menu

NZ's finest food producers revealed
We raise a glass, and a tasty morsel or two, to the winners of this year’s Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards.

Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards Supreme Winner announced
Richard and Helen Dorresteyn are committed cheesemakers, inadvertent buffalo farmers and deserving Supreme Winner of the Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards for 2018.

How to substitute stevia in baking and preserves
If you take sugar out of baking and use stevia as the sweetener, you need to replace the 'bulk.' Test out these stevia baking tips with a hazelnut shortbread recipe.

Cocktail delivery service? Sign us up
Cocktails look and taste great, but are tricky to do at home. Meet the NZ entrepreneurs making them easy. Plus 2 bonus cocktail recipes.

What to do with unripe tomatoes
You may be left with a bumper crop of green tomatoes but pick them anyway.

25 producers in the running for Outstanding NZ Food Producer Supreme Award

Whitestone wins big at the world’s largest cheese comp
Oamaru's Whitestone Cheese Co. is riding a wave of international critical acclaim after recent achievements at the world’s biggest cheese competition in Wisconsin USA.

Two great feijoa recipes: feijoa chutney and feijoa loaf
It's feijoa season - prepare for the onslaught of delicious fruit with these two recipes - plus fruit storage tips.

18 baking ideas for the long weekend
Having guests around for the long weekend? We're serving up some baking inspiration.

5 easy forage food recipes
Additional foraging recipes from our special edition In Your Backyard: Urban Harvest.

A beginner's guide to goat's cheese
Goat's cheese is a hot culinary trend - but do you know which flavours to match with it? Take a course in goat's cheese 101 with two new cheeses from Whitestone.

Recipe: 20-vegetable salad with cucumber dressing
Ruth Pretty's recipe is based on a salad she loved eating in Tokyo. Change the veggies depending on what is in your fridge or the garden.

Tips to growing and preserving great capers
They’re small but pack a piquant punch to a dish, and it is possible to grow them in NZ, if you know what they like.