Food & Recipes

A new gin product aims to deliver the taste without the booze. AF Drinks is a new enterprise from Eat My Lunch founder Lisa King. Audio

Our Minister of Fruit and Veges Glenn Forsyth on where are the coconuts and pomegranates? Audio

Julie Biuso shares a recipe she and her daughter Ilaria are addicted to!  Audio

Joining us now for the weekend market report is our Minister of Fruit and Veges Glenn Forsyth - looking at what are the best salad ingredients and garlic. Audio

We're up ridiculously early here at First Up and we always like finding out who is awake and about at the same time. At Auckland bakery Daily Bread the bakers arrive at work at 2am to start baking as… Video, Audio

It might be peanuts for now, but coffee, pineapples and tropical jackfruit could all be part of Northland's future food basket.  

The Ministry of Primary Industries has teamed up with the makers of… Video, Audio

Former New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman says Big Food marketers and politicians thrive on a food system that isn't good for us and isn't good for the planet. He  talks to Jesse about trying… Audio

Kombucha master René Archner (of Rene's Kombucha) is revving up the local beverage industry.  The former chef has teamed up with Auckland roasting company The Coffee Lab to make a coffee-kombucha… Audio

Joining Nathan for his first report from the markets this year is our old mate - and the Minister of Fruit and Veges, Glenn Forsyth. Audio

New Zealanders are among the biggest consumers of ice cream in the world - each eating an incredible 23 litres per annum on average. And we have a surprisingly long relationship with ice cream in this… Audio

Taewa - the umbrella term for Māori potatoes - have been a staple food crop in Aotearoa for over 200 years. They are an easy vegetable to grow and cook, says ethnobotanist Dr Nick Roskruge of Tāhuri… Audio

The Chief Executive of the UMF Honey Association says the industry needs to change their practices to ensure pesticides stay out of honey exports.

All New Zealand honey is now being tested at the… Audio

Japan is warning it will stop importing New Zealand honey if it continues to find the weedkiller glyphosate during border testing. Our global honey exports totalled $490 million last year, almost $68… Audio

A 72-year old vegetable gardener from Oxford is an unlikely Twitter star, but Gerald Stratford found online fame earlier this year when he started tweeting about his wonderful produce amid the… Audio

Robert Oliver is the creator and global executive director for the Pacific Island Food Revolution, and he joins The Weekend to tell us more about it, as well as share a simple raw fish recipe. Audio