Food

Benedict Collins investigates future food developments in Asia as supplies there and in NZ are threatened by climate change Audio

Nicola Twilley of The Edible Geography blog has just been in China reporting on the country's refrigeration boom for The New York Times. Audio

Jane Toll of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, works for one of the organisations that oversees The Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It stores 825,000 samples from more than 200 crops in the permafrost on a… Audio

Professor Kevin Verstrepen of the University of Leuven is on a team sequencing the DNA of more than 200 different yeasts from all over the world. He's trying to understand how individual genes… Audio

New Zealand writer discussing The Simple Things by Bill Condon, Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell, and One Year in Coal Harbour and Everything on a Waffle, both by Polly Horvath. Audio

It's nice to be cosy in bed on a winter's night isn't it? Spare a thought for some kids who might not manage that. In South Auckland people're trying to do something about that. Audio

Fix and Fogg Peanut Butter: Commercial lawyer turned artisan peanut butter maker Roman Jewell shares recipes for Fudge Fingers and Winter Peanut Butter Coleslaw. www.fixandfogg.co.nz Audio

The tasty noodle soup that's becoming so popular that it's being tipped as the new cupcake! With Asher Boote and Tsubasa Takahashi of The Ramen Shop, and ramen historian Barak Kushner of the… Audio

New York writer who has written her first novel, Delicious, after a series of memoirs, and will be a guest at the WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival in August. Audio

The lifestyles of modern humans may be more similar to early hunter-gatherers than we realised, with implications for obesity Audio

American city dweller Jared Gulian found himself living in rural Wairarapa, where he started making olive oil. He shares his recipe for gluten-free focaccia, made with his own Moon Over Martinborough… Audio

Jake Dell is a fifth generation owner of Katz's Delicatessen in New York, the Jewish deli which had 'that scene' from the movie, When Harry met Sally. The Deli which was established in 1888 is a… Audio

We're on the hunt for black gold, Perigord black truffles to be exact, with truffle-growing couple Kees van den Munckhof and Wendy Hutchins in Hawke's Bay. Audio

June 20 marks World Refugee Day. Lynda travelled to the Night Markets at the New Lynn Community Centre to meet the WISE collective (Women - Inspired - Strong - Empowered and Enterprising). That's… Audio

Jo Donnelly is the co-owner, with her husband Ian Stewart, of artisan honey cordial company Bees Blessing based out of Kau Whero farm in the Mangaroa Valley. She brings recipes for Spiced Syrup… Audio

Under Neville Chun's supervision, the sourdough bread goes into the oven. Audio

We proof and shape the dough, ready for baking. With Neville Chun. Audio

Lauren Bramley is a student and amateur cook, whose blog Health Eating on a student budget shares her recipes, and instructions for making cheap healthy meals. Lauren will share a recipe for her Paleo… Audio

Thomas Talhelm of the University of Virginia reckons that some of the differences between Western and Eastern cultures can be explained by the crops they grow. Audio