Colin Harrison Memorial Trophy
Each year at the Nelson Winegrowers annual dinner The Colin Harrison Memorial Trophy is presented to the producer of the region’s top Chardonnay. I have had the pleasure of being…
Each year at the Nelson Winegrowers annual dinner The Colin Harrison Memorial Trophy is presented to the producer of the region’s top Chardonnay. I have had the pleasure of being…
A new business opened a packaging plant in Stoke recently, South Pacific Salt sources pure, natural sea salt from Marlborough, refines it and sorts it into different grades then packages…
An essential food product in our house is garlic, we use it in almost every dish we make and one of our favourite garlic products is fermented black garlic, especially…
You may have seen this strange looking, mud filled vegetable at the local farmers market and wondered “what am I supposed to do with that thing” Celeriac is a fantastic vegetable, which is…
Something that has always intrigued me about Pic Picot - the man behind the peanut butter brand that has spread throughout the country and around the world - is his incredible generosity. He…
No matter where you look in this delightful region there appears to be a Thai restaurant within a short distance, while the food in the vast majority is delicious one…
Regular readers of this column will know about my love of wine and good food, but what about other drinks? Just as not everyone likes wine, I don’t like gin,…
Wellington is famous for having more hospitality businesses per head of population than New York City and many of those businesses have coffee as their main reason for being. When…
Winter is finally starting to show up and that means hospitality businesses have time to roll out a few treats for diners rather than just being crazy busy cooking delicious…
In recent years much has been said and learned about the health benefits of honey, manuka honey in particular, so I thought I would catch up with Terry Bone from…