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| Cider on comeback |
| One thing I have not drunk a lot of is cider. Not because I don't like the stuff, more because there aren't many good ciders. |
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Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00 a.m. |
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| Treats from tomatoes |
| Acid-free roma, heirloom cherokee purple, supertom alboron, black cherry, golden plum and tiny, sweet, red, cherry tomatoes from our vege garden are proving to be key ingredients in some rather tempting dishes. It's the first year we've had such an abundant, colourful mix and the flavours are outstanding. |
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Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00 a.m. |
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| The big cheese |
| This year's New Zealand cheese awards saw the champion of champions award go to Fonterra, but in Canterbury some of our smallest cheese businesses came home with medals and two major awards: the best hobby (home) cheesemaker is Emilio Festo of Aylesbury, and the champion cheesemaker in the country is now Loburn's Henk Littink. |
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Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00 a.m. |
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| Local team weeds out international players |
| A team of Christchurch council workers beat international competition to the supreme award at the Ellerslie International Flower Show with a garden of mushrooms, moss and lichen. |
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Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:07 p.m. |
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| Climate change chic at Chanel |
| An event based around hundreds of fashionistas flying in from all over the world was never going to be a convincing platform for environmental campaigning, but designers in Paris haven't let that stop them. |
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Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:36 p.m. |
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