Food

Planting trees or shrubs among food crops could provide a safety net for Pacific island countries in the event of a natural disaster. Audio

Two young biotechnology grads are trying to recreate expensive wines and rare vintages, using water, ethanol and some flavour molecules. Alec Lee of Ava Winery wants to make the flavours of top notch… Audio

Wine writer Yvonne Lorkin is looking at desert wines. Audio

Winsome Parnell is a dietician and a member of the advisory committee to MPI on Health Star ratings. She says despite some flaws the five scale front-of-pack labels are helping consumers make… Audio

What we think is healthy and what the "experts" tell us. Audio

Award-winning baker and pastry chef Michael Kloeg from The Claireville Bakery in Carterton on pastry making and the techniques to getting it right. He is giving a hands on masterclass at his bakery as… Audio

Australian wine educator, Dan Sims brings his public wine competition Game of Rhones to Auckland. Audio

What are the challenges for food producers and exporters, as well as importers and regulators? New Zealand food exports have changed over the past five decades - from largely Western markets, towards… Audio

Dine Academy gives school kids interested in cooking a chance to try catering for big events - and get paid while they're doing it. Mike Kirk helped set up Dine Academy a couple of years ago and so… Audio

Clara's Cookbook has been voted the best children's cook book in the world in the Gourmand Best Cookbook Awards. Put together by a 12 year old from Muriwai, Clara Donne was just ten when she finished… Audio

Giles Yeo is is a neuroscientist and geneticist from Cambridge University who studies the the brain and how it controls weight. In a new BBC documentary called 'Why Are We Getting So Fat?', he travels… Audio