Food
Low-calorie ingredient taking on the world
A New Zealand company is hoping to cash in on the fight against obesity and tap into a multi-billion dollar global market with its low-calorie sweetener that is a substitute for sugar. Audio
Distinguished Professor Paul Moughan
Dairy prices were a 'hot topic' at the World Dairy Summit last week, and with on-going market instability in China, New Zealand's dairy industry is struggling. Prices rebounded in the past three… Audio
Eat My Lunch - Lisa King
Eat My Lunch is an initiative where customers can pay to have a lunch delivered to them at work as well as to a child at school. Currently they make between 1300-1700 lunches a day and have just… Audio
Cooking with Game
Restaurateur Angelo Georgalli's heritage influences his food. He was born to an Italian mother and a Cypriot chef father. His love of fishing and hunting in wilderness parts of Wanaka is reflected in… Audio
The good and the bad of potatoes
A Harvard study on spuds has slated them as a cause of obesity. Nutritionist Claire Turnbull talks the truth about potatoes. Audio
Weekend Wine - Maciej Zimny
Maciej Zimny from Hippopotamus in Wellington is the newly-awarded Sommelier of the Year. Audio
Living Below The Line - Geoff Scott
Auckland chef Geoff Scott is participating in the Living Below the Line challenge. Participants will live on $2.25 a day, the New Zealand equivalent of the global extreme poverty line, for all their… Audio
Christchurch Vegetarian society on Vegetarian Day
Sunday actually is the Christchurch vegetarian expo - the biggest vegetarian event in the country. Melanie Patterson is on the vegetarian society committee and joins me. Audio
Ugly Bagels - Amelia Nurse
Amelia Nurse talks to chef Al Brown at his new Montreal Bagel factory and shop, Best Ugly Bagels. Audio
Saving Love Soup Tokoroa - Julie King
She's been described as the hero of Tokoroa. Julie King is the heart and soul behind Love Soup, the soup kitchen that feeds more than 200 people per week. A few months ago they were told by council… Audio
Wine Icecream - Philip van der Waal
Philip van der Waal owns the Penguino Ice Cream Cafe in Nelson. And he's been crafting up all sorts of new adult flavours. Audio
All about Eggs
Mark Dickson is the co-owner of Taste Nature, an organic grocery store and eatery in Dunedin. He has a small market garden at Waititi and a home flock of chickens. The eggs for his shop are sourced… Audio
David Pattemore: sniffing out bees
Pollination & Apiculture team leader at Plant & Food Research's Ruakura campus in Hamilton, who has trained his dog, Ollie, to sniff out underground bumble bee nests. Audio
Call for pipi bed closure after mass die-off
Elders of a Whangarei marae are calling on the government to close local pipi beds after a mass die-off earlier this year.
Food with Jacob Brown
Jacob Brown of The Larder, Wellington. Including a recipe for Pickled Sardines. Audio
'Orchard in a box' - using GM to breed better apples
A greenhouse that is also a strict containment facility allows scientists to experimentally add apple genes to apple trees to speed up the breeding of new varieties Audio
