Food Culture
Food for Thought
Emma Johnson has edited and complied a book that looks at how our food impacts our culture and the people involved in creating local food identities. Kai and Culture - Food stories from Aotearoa is… Audio
Adam Wills: changing food culture
Expatriate Wellingtonian Adam Wills co-founded Gourmet Burger Kitchen in 2001, changing the UK burger scene. Five years ago, he co-founded Kopapa Café and Restaurant in Seven Dials, London, and just… Audio
Yael Shochat on the art of brunch Mediterranean style
Brunch Mediterranean-style with Yael Shochat from Auckland restaurant Ima. We'll run some Arab and Israeli recipes for Shakshuka, Borekas and Falafel. Yael Shochat arrived in New Zealand 17 years ago… Audio
Taste and flavour
From children who won't try a new food even once, to adults who enjoy foods so spicy that the pain of eating them drowns out the taste, why we like some foods, and are disgusted by others, is a… Audio
United Noshes
Jesse Friedman is hosting 194 dinner parties, celebrating the national cuisine of each member state of the United Nations in alphabetical order. Audio
The Monday Morning Cooking Club
In Sydney in 2006, Lisa Goldberg was one of a group of Jewish women who began meeting every Monday morning. They cooked, ate, drank endless cups of tea and discussed the merits of different recipes… Audio
Spiritual Outlook for 24 November 2013: Christmas Food - Part 2
Amelia Nurse finds out about Romania's fascinating Christmas traditions and joins the newly arrived Floroiu family to learn how to cook something indulgently festive. Audio
Spiritual Outlook for 17 November 2013: Christmas Food - Part 1
In France, dinner on Christmas Eve is the most important meal of the season, and steeped in tradition. For Assyrians, a type of cookie called kleach is the feature of their Christmas cuisine. Amelia… Audio
Iranian food
Minoo Officer and Lobat Parsi cook up two Iranian delicacies, fessenjoon and tachin. Audio
Asian Report for 13 September 2011 - Migrating Kitchens
Lynda Chanwai-Earle experiences hands-on cuisine and culture from around the globe, featuring the Iranian community in an interactive and touring exhibition called Migrating Kitchen currently on show… Audio
Asian Report for 26 July 2011 - Geoff Ngan
Chinese New Zealander and Head Chef of Wellington's Shed 5 Restaurant, Geoff Ngan certainly has an adventurous palate. Honey fried tarantula, embryonic chicken in the egg and whale meat, Geoff tells… Audio
Asian report for 25 August 2009
Chinese food by its very nature is made to be eaten with groups, so I took a bunch of friends out to a nearby Yum Cha establishment. Audio
Pavlova with Everything
Is there a New Zealand cuisine or have we been swept away into a miasma of 'Asian-Pacific fusion'? Food writers Helen Leach, Alexa Johnston and Ray McVinnie discuss with Lauraine Jacobs the state of… Audio