Three Palmerston North students have teamed up to win one of New Zealand’s most prestigious culinary competitions, bringing the title to the city for the first time in the process.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/82655873/UCOL-students-take-out-top-gong-at-Toque-d-Or-culinary-competition
The future of produce is ugly. Twisted, blemished, mutated and deformed, to be specific.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/82655737/Buy-ugly-fruit-and-vege-goes-mainstream-with-Walmart
While testing this recipe, I’m not ashamed to say I gobbled six of these delectable, guilt-free cookies.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/recipes/82581007/Recipe-Banana-and-almond-butter-cookies
Craft beer brewer Moa has dismissed suggestions its branding is “misogynistic” and says it has no plans to release a video labelled “unacceptable” by a shareholder.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/82645194/Moa-defends-claims-of-misogynistic-marketing
A carpentry tutor has given TV show The Block NZ a hammering for what he calls a hypocritical approach to health and safety issues.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/82485713/Carpentry-tutor-nails-The-Block-NZs-health-and-safety-attitude
The “king of breakfast radio” Mike Hosking has been dethroned by state broadcaster RNZ’s Morning Report programme.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/82627601/Bloody-marvellous-John-Campbell-and-Morning-Report-lead-RNZ-to-a-ratings-resurgence
Giant US petrol and convenience store chain Speedway is to use New Zealand self-pay technology to cut costs.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/82613158/Massive-US-convenience-store-rollout-for-Kiwi-self-pay-technology
Big-game trophy hunters from the United States are shooting thousands of Kiwi critters every year, but local hunting guides are upset they’re being shut out of the market.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/82581842/Star-spangled-shoot-em-ups-bringing-big-bucks-to-Kiwi-countryside
One of the country’s larger travel firms has pledged to have nothing to do with so-called “tiger tourism”, after staff offered to sell a holiday to Thai resorts where wild animals are kept for tourists’ entertainment.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/82648868/Travel-firms-urged-to-boycott-tiger-tourism
The Tenancy Tribunal has fired a warning shot over any tenant who interferes with rental property smoke alarms.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/82532323/Removing-a-smoke-alarm-proves-costly-for-tenant
Customs officers will have to wait for up to another two years for cutting-edge crime-fighting software that should help them find drugs after it failed to pass tests.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/82621068/Customs-disappointed-it-will-have-to-wait-for-whizzy-crime-fighting-software
The owners of a hexagonal Petone building are looking for new tenants for the top floor.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/82587665/Petone-building-offers-CBD-perks-without-the-cost-or-chaos
A Christchurch lawyer believes lawyers who work in the cloud like he does will eventually undercut the rest of a very traditional profession.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/better-business/82438681/Legal-profession-is-about-to-be-uber-ised-online-lawyer-John-Shingleton
A New Zealand entrepreneur planning to build a $100 million global education company has signed a “sweat equity” agreement with an equally ambitious Australian businessman.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/small-business/82454414/Unfiltered-founder-Jake-Millar-signs-up-Aussie-entrepreneur
Calm. Quiet. These are the first two things I jotted down on a Wednesday night visit to the Leinster Rd Bistro. It reads a bit boringly doesn’t it? But believe me this is high praise.
It had been a frazzled kind of Wednesday, one of those days when we had too many balls in the air. The night was wet, the bistro was hard to spot among all the medical buildings, and we’d had to circle around trying to find a park.
The last thing in the world we wanted was to end up in a place with “doof doof” music thumping out of a speaker just above our heads.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/82290289/Restaurant-Review-Leinster-Rd-Bistro-Christchurch
Culinary students from UCOL have been creaming the competition, and were steaming up the kitchen again on Friday at the New Zealand Chefs National Salon.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/82634700/UCOL-culinary-students-cooking-up-a-storm-across-the-country
While wine and food matches are a concept that’s familiar to most, chilly winter evenings and a serious sweet tooth had us searching for more specific boozy pairings, with the only prerequisite being that one half of the match must be chocolate.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/drinks/82028056/Chocolate-and-liquor-The-perfect-winter-pairing
A London teen claims he cracked 12 eggs in a row, each with two yolks – a one in 1,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000 chance.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/food-news/82626563/Its-a-one-in-an-undecillion-chance-cracking-a-dozen-double-yolk-eggs-in-a-row
A couple of years ago, Cuisine magazine flew me to Auckland. I raced straight from the airport with my suitcase to a three-course lunch with two matched wines. A few hours later I ate a three-course dinner with two wines.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/82160487/The-secret-world-of-a-Cuisine-restaurant-judge
A team of tweens’ cooking skills is about to launch them onto national television.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/82630733/Magic-meal-a-ticket-to-TV-cook-off-for-Palmerston-North-kids
“You can make a bad dish out of great ingredients but you can’t make a great dish out of bad ingredients.”
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/82622766/How-to-choose-the-best-fruit-and-vegetables
OPINION: Beer can be a serious business, but it is supposed to be fun, and it’s hard to think of a more fun day on Wellington’s crowded craft beer calender than the West Coast IPA Challenge.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/drinks/82619170/Beerhive-Blog-The-most-fun-day-on-Wellingtons-craft-beer-calendar
Picturesque views of Mt Victoria from the Devonport shopping centre are under threat, as the Unitary Plan recommends loosening height restrictions.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/82635853/Views-of-Mt-Victoria-in-Devonport-threatened-by-Unitary-Plan
Air New Zealand has come up with a new approach for selecting the best wines in the country for its business class cabins.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/82603804/Air-New-Zealand-sets-new-benchmark-for-wine-industry
A unit in central Wellington which is home to Felix Cafe is up for sale.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/82587720/Wellingtons-Felix-Cafe-property-put-on-the-market
