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Continental breakfast
In a similar vein to saying there is no such thing as 'Italian food' as each region produces such varying local cuisine, one could say the same of Spanish food. Although many of us think of seafood paella and tapas, there is so, so much more...
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Budget bites
More than a cheap eats cookbook, the Destitute Gourmet series by Aucklander Sophie Gray represents a change in the way of thinking around shopping and creating meals. So much so, that I knew my husband was not going to be in to this...
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Real smoothie
Jessie Gurunathan is not just a pretty face; she's a mean smoothie maker, to boot. I can vouch for this, after tasting her green smoothie at the media demo, before we ruined all that healthiness by attacking the candy bar...
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Moet Amongst the Stars
Billed as "the red carpet event of 2011", guests glammed up in a variety of short cocktail dresses and floor-length maxi gowns, for Moet Amongst the Stars on Friday night set on Rydges Hotel rooftop balcony. See what everyone wore...
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Emerald City
The emerald oil of avocado oil was on the menu at the Grove Look, Cook & Eat event at the Seafood School at Auckland Fish Market when we rolled up for a cooking demo - and of course to eat the spoils...
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Goodwill Hunting
Matua Valley Wines launched its Cellar Door at iconic historic homestead, Hunting Lodge, with a degustation wine-matched feast on Thursday. Guests including John Hawkesby, Mark Sainsbury, and friends joined Matua founders...
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Just your cuppa tea
Some people would go a great distance for a fine cuppa. But from one end of the country to another? That's exactly what the Twinings Great Earl Grey Taste-Off roadshow will do to determine NZ's fave cuppa Earl Grey...
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The first of the Summer Wine
As the festive season approaches it becomes important to find light fresh wines to accompany that first bowl of strawberries, the barbequed prawns or the ever present tropical fruit salad. We recently applied ourselves to this task...
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Wild woman
Sasha Grayson thinks you're distinctively feminine with a crisp, fresh and fruity flavour. Well, perhaps not YOU, exactly, but your taste in wine. And that's what she's created - especially for the NZ woman to drink...
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These geyser great
We experienced a Taste of Rotorua, tasting the local culinary delights of blueberry pies, Maori bread, koura and venison flavoured with indigenous herbs, as No. 1 Queen Street became a corner of Rotorua in Auckland's downtown...
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Cloudy Day
Last night Cloudy Bay brought a little bit of Marlborough to Britomart to celebrate the launch of their 2011 Sauvignon Blanc, as Australis House was transformed into an urban vineyard and more than 200 guests enjoyed the First of the Season...
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Cook the books
Instead of ending with dessert, I have decided to start with it. Just because I can. And also because of a quote in this first book that says “Life’s too short; eat dessert first”...
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