Recommendations for late autumn drinking cheer from our resident wine expert PHIL PARKER. Get stuck in while you can!
Food
Getting real with wine and food matching
There’s a lot of nonsense written about wine and food matching, but our expert in the good grape, PHIL PARKER, is here with the juice.
Strong coffee, wind and wine, wine, wine
Witchdoctor’s wine guru PHIL PARKER travels to Wellington for a lashing of wind and Martinborough for a tasty drop or two.
How to make/bake… nut bars
FRANCES CHAN is back with a classic nut bar that has stood the test of many sets of crunching, munching teeth.
Astrolabe wines are out of this world
Witchdoctor’s wine guru PHIL PARKER has a sneaky taste of some wines from Marlborough’s Astrolabe family winery.
DIY Chicken Taco Seasoning – How to make it!
Adding just the right seasoning can add a wonderful flavour bomb to your chicken taco. PAT PILCHER shows you how.
How to make… Carrot cake cheesecake
In the latest ‘how to make…’ FRANCES CHAN says ‘what the hell, let’s try a novel twist on ye olde carrot cake recipe’.
Oh Bubbles! Soda Maker REVIEW
PAT PILCHER gets all fizzed up with Oh Bubbles! At last, healthy and environmentally aware soda for the 21st century.