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Each week, award-winning executive chef Peter Gordon answers your culinary questions and conundrums. If you are stumped over something food-related, or looking for a little expert advice on ingredients, recipes and kitchen tips, then send your question to [email protected]. Keep checking Bite magazine and right here for answers.

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Ask Peter: Spoons

Some of my baking recipes specify using a metal spoon, others say to use a wooden one. Does it matter? And how do silicone spatulas stack up in place of...


Ask Peter: NZ apricots

I stashed quite a few apricots in my freezer last summer (the Central Otago beauties) and I am wondering if you have any ideas on how I could use them to...


Ask Peter: Kebabs

Recently in beautiful Rarotonga we twice had a meal of chicken kebabs from the Muri Beach night markets. The lovely lady served the kebabs off the barbecue...


Ask Peter: Cooking fish heads

I saw on your Instagram postings a photo of fish heads in Croatia which you said you’d bake separately. Do share. Dianne Until I flew into Split, a port town...


Ask Peter: Fresh or dried herbs?

In your opinion which is the best — dried or fresh herbs? I thought fresh was best, but maybe it depends where you buy them from? Elaine Both fresh and dried...


Ask Peter: What's for breakfast?

What do you like to eat for breakfast? I am collecting simple ideas that go beyond toast and cereal to serve to my B&B guests. Toni I love breakfast. it is...


Ask Peter: Avocado for kids

I really want my children eating avocados but they are refusing. We have a tree full of them so I would like to find ways of sneaking them in. Have you got...


Ask Peter: Pad thai

Would you be able to tell me how to make a pad thai-style sauce. There are many variations — some of them very complicated, others very simple. I have played...


Ask Peter: Soup additions

Can you suggest something a bit different to serve with soup – I resort to bready things mostly – grilled cheese/garlic bread etc but would like to serve...


Ask Peter: Making bread without an oven

I am about to be without an oven for four months (probably longer, the way things get delayed with building and renovating) and I am wondering if there is a...


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Dedicated to food and wellbeing, Be Well is The New Zealand Herald's weekly Monday magazine that celebrates your relationship with food. Be Well offers recipes and kitchen tips contributed by some of New Zealand's most talented cooks and chefs, reviews and insider knowledge on where to eat in New Zealand and abroad, gardening and fresh food tips as well as new trends to help you live well.
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