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Produce report: August 26
FRESH IN: There’s a good range of pears in the produce department throughout the cooler months. With them, the winter Angelys, a cross between winter doyenne...
Squeeze more Happiness into your home
It’s a space to create, collaborate and feed the people we live, love and laugh with. That’s why we’re always on the lookout for ways to make kitchen...
Produce report: August 19
FRESH IN: The original Owairaka kumaras (red skins, white flesh) and the orange variety are especially good buying now, although all colours of kumara are...
Produce report: August 12
FRESH IN: Sweet and seedless navel oranges and afourer mandarins are plentiful now as the season gears up. Navels will be in store for many months to come,...
Produce report: August 5
NEW IN: The long commercial scallop season is about to begin and with it the feeling that spring is inching closer. It finishes a few days before Christmas....
Produce report: July 29
FRESH IN: Tamarillos hit their peak in July and August and prices right now are about as low as they will get. Their availability drops a little by September...
Winter entertaining with Michael Van de Elzen
Michael says: Preparation is key! The more you can prepare ahead of time the better; That way you won’t spend the whole time in the kitchen and you’ll be...
Produce report: July 22
FRESH IN: Asian greens join cavolo nero, silverbeet, spinach and kale as the best way to get greens into your diet now the cold has truly hit. Bok choy (or...
Follow along: Kid-friendly baking favourites
Encourage the kids to love baking their own treats with a little screen help. We have cooked up a batch of banana choc chip muffins and assembled a classic...
Produce report: July 15
FRESH IN: Whole drumhead cabbages are super-affordable and cauliflowers are in great form too, easy on the pocket compared to prices a year or so ago....