Monique Fiso: the chef creating Michelin-style Māori kai
Wellington chef Monique Fiso's mission is to elevate Māori cuisine. After a long stint in the New York fine dining scene, this year she opened Hiakai – the first permanent Māori restaurant.
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James Briscione: flavours that long to be together
American chef James Briscione and his wife Brooke Hayward have written a recipe book called The Flavor Matrix which brings together flavours that are chemically attracted to each other.
Brooke Parkhurst and James Briscione, authors of The Flavor Matrix. Photo: The Couples Kitchen / Facebook
Kelly Gibney's roasted cauliflower and walnut soup
This dairy-free recipe is from Kelly's book Wholehearted is a favourite feed for many, with its delicately earthy flavour and comforting creaminess.
Photo: From Kelly Gibney's book, Wholehearted
A beginner's guide to fermentation
Fermented foods helped ease blogger Bonnie De Gros's gut pain and anxiety, but it wasn't until they improved her son's health that she really got "hard into" their benefits. She shares her recipes for sauerkraut and coconut yoghurt.
Bonnie De Gros and her coconut yoghurt. Photo: Supplied
Rewi Spraggon: saving the hāngī
Auckland chef Rewi Spraggon is taking on the challenge of creating a resurgence in the art of hāngī and raising a generation that can master the traditional Māori cooking method.
Rewi Spraggon guides chefs in the art of hāngī making. Photo: Supplied
New Zealand's best Israeli Easterbuns
Freshly spiced, fruit-loaded hot cross buns made by the Auckland restaurant Ima are in hot demand at Eastertime. Chef Yael Shochat shares her recipe with new convert Jesse Mulligan.
Photo: Callum Thomas
Gordon Ramsay: 'Never trust a fat chef'
English celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has opened more restaurants than some of us have had decent meals and sold a stack of books. He talks to Wallace Chapman about his journey from "big boy" to triathlete.
Everybody Eats: the pop-up restaurant tackling food poverty & food waste
Photo: Everybody Eats
Samoan-Kiwi chef Monica Galetti is the toast of London
Monica Galetti has been on the UK food scene for 17 years. She rose to fame in 2009 as a judge on the BBC cooking show Masterchef - The Professionals.
Monica Galetti and her husband David. Photo: supplied
Lashings: from top notch to top nosh brownies
English pastry chef Jackie Lee Morrison and her husband recently moved to Wellington where she's getting a reputation for her Lashings brownies. She shares a recipe for vegemite brownies.
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