Food
Avocado time machine
A Queensland-based company has come up with a machine that keeps avocados from going brown once they are cut or mashed. Audio
Feeding hungry children
Eat My Lunch is a social entreprise which has given 180 thousand lunches to hungry children in the last year via a buy-one give one model. CEO and founder Lisa King talks about the next phase - the… Audio
The Art of Etiquette - wine tasting
We're delving into the culinary arts for this episode. How do you hold a stemless wine glass? Should I taste white or red first? Will the fragrance I'm wearing impact the smell of the wine? Zoe George… Audio
Food: Oyster Soup
Steven Tutty is manager of the Capri restaurant in Gore, where his signature dish is Tutty's Oyster Soup. That recipe is a jealously guarded secret, but other winter warmers include a hearty vegetable… Audio
The history of afternoon tea: Dr. Annie Gray
Food historian Dr. Annie Gray talks about the history of the now global tradition and how it has evolved from the Georgian and Victorian eras. She also describes some of the dubious-tasting wartime… Audio
Fast food photographer
Photographer Drew Hill's new exhibition In Your Face uses fast food wrappers as a canvas, placing images on them. Drew says "Like they are mass producing their food, I am using the wrappers to mass… Audio
Philip Armstrong: sheep
Kim Hill talks to the Head of the Department of English at the University of Canterbury, and co-director of New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies about his new book, Sheep. Audio
Wine with Joelle Thompson
Wine tutor and autjor, Joelle Thompson discusses wine that goes with a nice steak
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Geoff Scott tells us how to cook a perfect steak
Chef Geoff Scott shares some of his tips today. Audio
Geoffonomics: the economics of food
Earlier this year we saw cauliflower top $10 a kilogram and now avocados are the new 'green gold' with prices over $18 per kg. Audio
Love Food Hate Waste campaign launches
The average Kiwi family wastes more than three shopping trollies of food a year. Jenny Marshall the national co-ordinator of the Love Food Hate Waste campaign wants to put a stop to it with the launch… Audio, Gallery
A call for more church groups to help the homeless
A woman setting up a soup kitchen to help feed the homeless is laying down the challenge for more church groups to play their part. Audio
A taste of inner city gardens
We're making the most of the bounty from inner city gardens, including backyard honey. Sarah Adams is an urban agriculture adviser at Wellington City Council which has just opened its sixteenth… Audio, Gallery
Can a late harvest help the hungry?
Every year in New Zealand more than $800 million worth of good food goes to waste while families in need go without. At a time when lines for food banks seem to be growing longer, what can be done to… Audio
The Swedish School Lunch Revolution: From Kaitangata to Gislaved
School kids in the Swedish town of Gislaved regularly enjoy a rosemary-scented lamb stew that awarding winning Kiwi-born chef Lyndon McLeod learnt in his nana's kitchen in Kaitangata, South Otago.In… Audio, Gallery
Peter Gordon - Fusion Food
Chef Peter Gordon was born in Whanganui and showed early promise when, as a four-year-old, he created his own cook book. Since then he's gone global, with award-winning restaurants in Auckland and… Audio
Wine with Gordon Russell
Gordon Russell, chair of The Gimblett Gravels Winegrowers Association talks local wines. Audio
Food with David Griffiths
David Griffiths from Napier restaurant Mister D joins Jesse in RNZ's Napier studio, and shares a recipe for winter roots soup. Audio
