Moroccan Roll

Bastella: the best chicken pie in Wellington?.

Most of what I know about Moroccan food I’ve learnt from Claudia Roden, Julie le Clerc and Peta Mathias. I know something of souks and cinnamon, and...

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Sarah.

Show time: opening night is served

Show time: opening night is served.

Tuesday. Opening night. A full house. I’m sitting up in the office of the old Bayswater Brasserie now WLG Wellington New Zealand, counting the money from the till and  hearing the...

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Antonia.

Stock, Set, WLG

Stock, Set, WLG.

  The last two days have felt like a week. There’s been so much going on. Our Maitre D’ Clay Toomer turned up in the midst of 150 cases...

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Antonia.

Touch down in Sydney!

Touch down in Sydney!.

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks getting everything ready and thanks to Time Out Sydney we’re pretty fully booked – crazy! We’ve ’sold’ around 2000 tickets...

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Antonia.

The Price of Bread

The crispy potato pancake. Mmmmmm.....

‘There are going to be riots’. So said an Australian restaurant critic last month, conjuring up the scene when Rugby World Cup visitors encounter the price of...

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Sarah.