Food, Wine & Beverages

"An apple is an excellent thing…until you have tried a peach." - George du Maurier 1834-1896

A belated Happy New Year! I have always found this an unreal time of year in New Zealand; Christmas is past, the New Year celebrated but with many still on holiday and the country itself has got its shorts and jandals on and is just cruising slowly throug

Happy New Year! It's summer and for many that means dusting off the BBQ. Some BBQs have more gadgets and style than a Lear Jet but that's not really the oily rag way.

Whether these thoughts help you to solve your Christmas present problems or just give you something to put on your own wish-list to Santa, Donna and I wish you the very Merriest of Christmases and a New Year of Peace, Joy and Happiness.

I have no wish to cause uproar in the aisles, but realising yesterday that there is less than a month to Christmas I thought it perhaps time to give a thought or two as to what to eat over this hospitable and celebratory season.

Get Irene's great carrot cup cake recipe here - it'll make about six large cup cakes.

Find out how to make Irene's Tuna Mousse recipe here. This recipe serves 2.

Wild rabbit meat has fewer than half the calories of pork and about half those of lamb and beef. Delicious and nutritious though these animals undoubtedly are, they are also a major pest.

My sister in law is a fount of wisdom. One of her sayings is "Inbetween falling, kick up your heels!". I sit here with my left arm encased in a fetching apple green plaster cast. Luckily the supermarket has a lot to offer the one armed cook.

We are told so often how lucky we are to be living in New Zealand, where we have such wonderful produce and spectacular food. I thought about that as I wandered round my local supermarket last week, trying to get enthusiastic about buying something for di