The other day Lena texted me a great question: “I want to start including more probiotics/ live foods into my diet. Could you advise me about the products that are the best (tastiest) probiotics, that you think have the most benefit for maintaining a healthy body/...
I have a broad, inclusive view of food activism. In my definition, food activism is about making empowered choices around food, in the widest sense. Food connects us to wellbeing on all levels: social, personal, physical, environmental, cultural, spiritual. Empowered...
Last weekend at Hamilton Farmers’ Market, Richard Cato of Pirongia Mountain Vegetables handed me a couple of big, pale green and white, cylinder-shaped Asian cabbages. “What are your favourite recipes for these?” he asked. This kind of Asian cabbage makes great...
When I was a kid in Papua New Guinea, I yearned for peaches. In the tropics, fresh peaches were magical and unattainable. There were all sorts of amazing tropical fruits, including a wonderful palette of different kinds of bananas. But only canned peaches. I was...
The loquat tree on our driveway has been laden with fruit this year. I’ve been loving the golden egg-shaped fruit. Loquats have a sour-sweet, aromatic and slightly astringent flavour that I especially enjoy. Loquats are distantly related to quinces and apples....
