Dining Out: A History of the Restaurant in New Zealand Perrin Rowland Auckland University Press, $59.99, ISBN 9781869404642 Picture this. A freshly made flat white and a sugary blueberry scone will soon be delivered to your table. The morning…
Dining Out: A History of the Restaurant in New Zealand Perrin Rowland Auckland University Press, $59.99, ISBN 9781869404642 Picture this. A freshly made flat white and a sugary blueberry scone will soon be delivered to your table. The morning…
First Catch Your Weka: A Story of New Zealand Cooking David Veart Auckland University Press, $49.99, ISBN 9781869404109 There’s an Aberdeen sausage, rosy pink and coated in breadcrumbs, on a plate in my fridge. I’d never made one before and…
The Kindness of Strangers: Kitchen Memoirs Shonagh Koea (illustrations by Peter Wells) Vintage, $34.99, ISBN 9781869419189 It wasn’t in her own mother’s kitchen that the young Shonagh found out food could make her happy. Things at home were a bit…
A Distant Feast. The Origins of New Zealand’s Cuisine Tony Simpson Godwit, $34.95, ISBN 1 86962 037 2 One of the most important pieces of baggage any immigrant brings with them to their new home is a knowledge of how…