Food
Driverless truck delivers 50,000 cans of beer
In a world-first, a driverless truck has completed a 200 kilometre beer run to deliver 50,000 cans of Budweiser from Fort Collins to Colorado. Video, Audio
The art of frugal hedonism
The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More is a new book by Annie Raser-Rowland and Adam Grubb, that gives readers a toolkit to do just that. Audio
Is hemp milk soon to hit supermarket shelves?
Ministers from New Zealand and Australia will be meeting next month. One item that may be up for discussion: hemp milk. Audio
Fonterra launches internal review over milk seller rules
Fonterra has launched an internal review after people in China were arrested for on-selling milk powder that was past its Best By date and should have been destroyed. Audio
Tasty and controversial: the Cornish Pasty
Historically, the Cornish pasty was the convenient one-stop lunch box for west country tin miners. The pasty's history goes back thousands of years further: to Ancient Roman times and the Bronze Age… Audio
Can nutrition and meditation help treat cancer?
Kim Hill talks to Dr Ian Gawler, one of Australia's most experienced authorities on mind-body medicine and meditation. He and his wife, Dr Ruth Gawler, are visiting New Zealand to run a meditation… Audio
Showcasing natural wines
New Zealand's first natural wine fair is on next month in Wellington. Budburst is a gathering of winemakers who grow organic grapes and follow natural production methods. Jesse speaks to Amy… Audio
Food: Cooking Venison
Graham Brown, Executive Chef for Deer Industry New Zealand talks about venison, and shares a recipe for Tea Smoked Vension Salad. Audio
Nadia Lim launches new magazine
Nadia Lim joins Jesse in the studio to talk about her new bi-monthly lifestyle magazine, Nadia. It will focus on health and wellbeing, with recipes and advice. Audio
Baking without refined sugar
Carine Claudepierre is a scientist and sweet-tooth who discovered a few years ago she was pre-diabetic. That set her off on a journey of trialing new ways of baking - without refined sugars and flours… Audio, Gallery
The food scene in Auckland provides a taste of inequality
Associate Professor Damon Salesa talks with Professor Lisa Marriott, Dame Diane Robertson, Lisa King and Dr Teuila Percival about why the diet of Aucklanders depends on where they live. Audio
A toast to gluten-freedom
Yeshe Dawa's perfected a gluten-free bread that's liberating her from a life of allergies, food intolerances and dietary restrictions. Her Freedom loaf takes centre stage at her cafe, the Midnight… Audio, Gallery
Mary Daish: changing kitchens
Kim Hill talks to architect Mary Daish, whose practice has a particular focus on kitchen design. With her mother, cook and food writer Lois Daish, she discussed the social issues expressed in our… Audio
Frozen yoghurt 'not yoghurt' - judge
Two frozen-yoghurt companies have been fined for misleading people about how healthy their products were.
Growing Vegetables
Sarah O'Neil is on a mission to get more people to grow their own food. She grows pretty much all of her families fruit and veges on her property in Waiuku. She's just released a book, Growing… Audio
Scott McWilliam on Australia's first families of wine
A sixth generation winemaker who is Senior Winemaker at McWilliam in the Hunter Valley. Audio
Food: Julie Biuso answers your food questions
Julie Biuso is with us to answer any food questions you have, including how long butter and sugar should be creamed and How do you best avoid going too dark when melting sugar into caramel? Audio
Whey-off regulations stink, cheesed-off producers say
Regulations governing raw milk cheeses are ridiculous and unaffordable, cheesemakers have told a parliamentary committee.
Security at Toast Martinborough
Two prominent vineyards are pulling out of Toast Martinborough because of what they think is over-zealous policing. Audio
