Food
Wine: Yvonne Lorkin on harvest time
The grape harvest got underway this week. Wine writer Yvonne Lorkin tells us what we can expect from each region. Audio
Seasonal fruit and vege report
What's crispy, crunchy, tasty, and in abundance this Autumn? The president of United Fresh, Jerry Prendergast tells us what's the best buying and eating right now. Audio
The Expats: Selling pizzas to the Chinese
Kiwi, Jade Gray runs a pizza company in Beijing, China. Audio
The Kiwi onion dip mystery thickens!
Was the iconic kiwi onion dip recipe actually adapted from a popular American version? Audio
Cooking on a student budget
Chef Geoff Scott gives tips for cooking on a student budget and shares has recipes for Easy Vegetable Curry, Fast Baked Potatoes and Sausage Pie. Audio
Wine with Joelle Thomson
Joelle Thomson talks about wine from the Canterbury region. Audio
Julie Biuso: cooking with plums
Plums are out in force, and chef Julie Biuso talks about all the things you can do with them, and answer some of your questions. She also shares a recipe for Plum Tart Audio
How colour influences food texture
Kathryn Ryan talks to University of Auckland marketing lecturer, Gavin Northey on how colour can influence perception of food texture. Audio
This Way Up: Making Knives
Bryan Baker of Svord Knives in Waiuku has been making knives for more than 30 years, turning his teenage hobby into an international business making 30,000 knives a year. Now his selection of handmade… Audio, Gallery
Pie eating goalie in trouble
Pie eating goalie in the UK has resigned for taking part in the bet that he would eat a pie during his team's match. Audio
Should we fish for sharks?
In some regions shark numbers have dropped more than 90 percent and a quarter of species are at risk of extinction - in large part due to over-fishing. Conventional conservation wisdom holds that it's… Audio
Top Auckland restaurants embrace organic sheep milk cheese
A central Hawke's Bay cheesemaker is pushing organic sheep's milk cheese as the next big thing for upmarket diners. Audio
Inventor of Kiwi classic dip discovered after 5 decades
The woman who invented New Zealander's favourite dip - onion soup mixed with reduced cream - has been tracked down, decades after she created it. John Campbell talks to Rosemary Dempsey. Video, Audio
The activist chef
Sam Kass is no ordinary chef. He cooked for the Obamas in the White House for six years and served as President Obama's senior adviser for nutrition policy. Audio
Finding Rosemary: The inventor of Kiwi onion dip
After a long and strange search, writer for the Spinoff Hayden Donnell, finally tracked down the inventor of Kiwi onion dip. Audio
Dunedin dairy owner boycotts Cadbury products
Dunedin dairy owner Errol White has boycotted Cadbury products after Mondelez International announced plans to close its Dunedin factory, with the loss of over 350 jobs. Video, Audio
Govt extends Kaikoura paua closure til November
The Government has extended a ban on collecting shellfish along the Kaikoura coastline, and some commercial fishers are facing the prospect of going out of business. Audio
Food: Exotic ice blocks for the end of summer
Amy Delahunty and Chrissy Vize are setting up Paekakariki Pops. They tell Nine to Noon how they make their locally sourced seasonal gourmet ice blocks, with flavour combinations such as avocado and… Audio
Brewing beer
Beer writer and all round expert, Michael Donaldson is here to answer your home brewing questions. Audio
Pomegranate Kitchen
In our food segment today, we meet one of the team behind Pomegranate Kitchen, a social enterprise where refugees to New Zealand cook meals for Wellingtonians, using recipes from their homeland. Audio, Gallery
