Raspberry Mille-feuille

Recipe Vicki Ravlich-Horan, Images Ashlee DeCaires These fancy custard squares look impressive, and I agree they have a few steps and can be a little fiddly, but don’t put them in the too-hard basket!

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Zucchini and Their Flowers with Fresh Cheese

Words and images Kathy Paterson Zucchini – Courgette “One in the same” The late Antonio Carluccio was Britain’s leading exponent of Italian cooking, and to quote him, “This vegetable may come last in alphabetical

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Chicken, Zucchini and Mascarpone Lasagne

Recipe Vicki Ravlich-Horan Images Ashlee DeCaires This lighter lasagne is just the ticket for the summer months, especially if you planted zucchini in your garden and are wondering how to eat them faster than

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Butterflied Roast Chicken Piccata

Recipe & Image by Julie Le Clerc Chicken piccata is a wildly popular Italian-American dish usually made with chicken breasts, but I like to change things up and use a whole butterflied bird. The

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Fatima’s

Over the past 30 years, Fatima’s has served more than a million customers from its bustling kitchens in Auckland. They’ve always been cooks first – passionate about feeding people, sharing flavour and making food

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Hamilton Gardens Newest Garden

Words Vicki Ravlich-Horan One of the most intriguing churches in Palermo (Sicily) is San Giovanni degli Eremiti (or Church of Saint John of the Hermits) with its distinct red domes. This now deconsecrated church

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Put to the Test – Audi Q5

Words Vicki Ravlich-Horan Images Ashlee DeCaires Audi recently released their all new Q5. First introduced in 2009, this midsized SUV quickly became Audi New Zealand’s best seller. Greg Leet, General Manager, Audi New Zealand,

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An Italian Brunch at The Trading Post

Looking for a fabulous brunch, Vicki checks out an Italian style brunch at The Trading Post Words Vicki Ravlich-Horan Images by Billie Blue A few years ago, I began to hear good things about

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