Category: Lifestyle

Mar 03
Celebrity Chef’s Summer Selections – Peter Gordon

It’s been a magical summer so far and we plan squeeze every bit of fun we can out of the last month before daylight savings ends. We asked three of our favourite community foodies to recommend the best food and wine to make the most of it and here are their suggestions. Peter Gordon, the […]

Mar 03
Celebrity Chef’s Summer Selections – Tanah Jane Dowdle

Tanah Jane Dowdle Tanah Jane Dowdle knows a thing or two about food after 42 years working in the industry as a chef, restaurant owner, sommelier, wine consultant, food stylist, radio and TV food presenter, caterer and more recently in her company Gourmet joy who do food tours and classes. Here’s her sage advice for […]

Mar 02
Eat or Avoid?

Health 2000’s Stu Cook examines five foods that health experts can’t stop talking about! With Pride all but done for the year, and the wine and food festival completed, it’s a great time to reflect on our diet. Even if we’re not looking to lose weight, what we eat reflects internally and externally. Outbreaks on […]

Mar 01
Ask Agony Aunt Lisa – To Speak or Not to Speak

Rainbow Counsellor Lisa Michelle is here to help with your problems. Q. One of the guys on the rugby team I captain just came out. The guys haven’t said anything in front of him, but behind his back they call him names like poof and fag. My problem is I’m gay too, but nobody knows. I […]

Feb 28
Cottoned On!

In an exciting express exclusive star of TV One’s Coronation Street Antony Cotton talks to Oliver Hall about his time in NZ, his iconic gay television characters and accusations that he has put our community back 25 years! Antony Cotton best known as for playing Coronation Street’s Shaun Tully landed in New Zealand back in […]

Feb 26
Foodie Bites – Say Cheese!

Alexia Santamaria is the co-author popular blog www.cheapeats.co.nz the Auckland guide to eating great food without going bankrupt. If you’re partial to a bit of brie, a smattering of stilton or a morsel of munster, the Langham will be your heaven on earth on the 18th of this month. CheeseFest is part of the 2015 […]

Feb 25
Foodie Bites – Turkish Treats

Alexia Santamaria is the co-author popular blog www.cheapeats.co.nz the Auckland guide to eating great food without going bankrupt. You can’t miss the folks at the Turkish Bazaar stall at La Cigale and Takapuna markets. They do a gorgeous range of traditional dips (I’ve never seen more flavours of hummus in one place) olives, breads, baklava, […]

Feb 24
Foodie Bites – Irish Elegance

Alexia Santamaria is the co-author popular blog www.cheapeats.co.nz the Auckland guide to eating great food without going bankrupt. If you fancy picking yourself up a lovely Irishman this St Paddy’s day (March 17) but don’t like the idea of drinking loads of thick black Guinness in the process, here’s the ultimate solution. Several bars around […]