Postcards from Portugal
Wayne Good discovers on a recent trip to Portugal there is more to see and taste than pastéis de nata. How lucky was I to find myself in Portugal in May this year. After what seemed like a lifetime of not being able to travel, here I was. This was part of a larger trip […]
The Perfect Icing on Top
Words Vicki Ravlich-Horan Images Ashlee DeCaires I’ve decorated my fair share of cakes. In fact, when I was child-free, Aunty Vicki’s cakes were my contribution to my nieces’ and nephews’ celebrations. And while these cakes were always well received, the end product never quite matched my initial vision and enthusiasm. I needed some expert help. […]
It’s Time to Party
Words Vicki Ravlich Horan “There is a real appetite for people to get together and party,” says Lisa Quarrie. I’m sitting with Lisa and Marie Corkill to talk about the trends they are seeing in events at the moment. Marie owns Royal Laboratorie and offers a boutique alternative to the event hire and design […]
Indoor Plants
I’ve often admitted my slapdash gardening skills. And my treat ‘em mean keep ‘em keen attitude to plants follows through to the indoor ones. The good old peace lily is my go to, not just for the implied calmness it may bring to my household but for the fact it is very forgiving! This is […]
Solera – The Perfect Blend
When hospitality couple Nick Potts and Chloe Ashman relocated from Australia to Tauranga they settled in quickly but they missed the casual wine bars they’d known and loved in Melbourne – the intimate little places with great atmosphere and cracking food and wine. They did something about it, and at Easter last year they […]
A Good Story
“Both of our families are full of storytellers,” says Bridie Osborne, who along with husband Kane owns and runs Storyteller Bar and Eatery in Te Awamutu. “My Dad in particular is known around the community as liking a good yarn. My whole experience of growing up was sitting around a table with good food […]
Value Added Shopping at the Farmers Market
Words Liz French, Images Brydie Thompson Eating is a pleasure and shopping for food should be too. When rising prices and supermarket monopolies dim your enthusiasm, the Tauranga Farmers Market can inspire you again. Spring is the most prolific season at the farmers market. As Trixie, the market manager, points out, “Growth starts four weeks […]
Destination: Bin Inn Pāpāmoa
Words Kate Underwood, Images Brydie Thompsom There’s a nostalgic familiarity about a Bin Inn store. This quintessential New Zealand grocery brand was founded in 1988, and thanks to Jo and Paul Nolan, the Pāpāmoa store has been transported into the future. Now offering a fresh, modern, destination grocery shop with an enticing range of products […]
Market Costs
Denise Irvine counts the benefits of farmers market shopping. I bought orange roughy from the Raglan Fish Truck at Hamilton Farmers Market a few Sundays back. And along with the fresh fillet – a species rarely in the regular line-up – I got a good tip on cooking it. Fish truck staffer Guy Noda-Bailey says […]
River Ridge’s Lactation Slice
Recipe Sharon MacIntyre, Words Vicki Ravlich Horan, Images Ashlee DeCaires Sharon MacIntyre says she can remember coming to see River Ridge East Birth Centre before it opened. That was for her job interview nearly 20 years ago. Two decades on, Sharon is still content in her kitchen at River Ridge where she is the on-site […]