Food

How much do you know about champagne? I am a lot the wiser, post-lunch date today with the experts from Pol Roger who showcased their fine champagnes over a three course long lunch at One Tree Grill…

It is the most blustery of winter evenings while I am writing this. The heating is on, and the curtains are closed. Everyone has found a comfy spot with a book, and the smell of dinner is just wafting through the house as I write about cookbooks…

Bubbles anyone? To celebrate the launch of the of Moet & Chandon Grand Vintage 2002, special guests – including Dan Carter and Honor Dillon, left – were invited to a Champagne tasting event at Soul Bar at the Viaduct on Tuesday night…

If you’re like me and think Auckland needs more rooftop bars, Tyler St. Garage is the stylish answer. The bar and restaurant had its opening party on Wednesday to unveil its loft style design with white walls and black stairs lending it an edgy vibe…

The MOTAT I remember as a child is nothing like this. Couples sit listening to the live band, drinking wine and eating a picnic on blankets on the grass lit by fairy lights on the Victorian Village green. What’s going on? Valentine’s at MOTAT…

David Hasselhoff created a buzz in NZ for a day with his appearance at Mount Maunganui on 6th January and at a VIP party later that night at Okahu, Mission Bay, serenading Kimberly Crossman with a Spanish love song…

Wednesday night’s opening party on 24th November revealed Snapdragon’s stylish industrial fit-out, including oversized light bulbs, vintage records on display, and New Zealand’s largest living wall of leaves and foliage…

People say you can’t wear white after labour day, but Absolut and the lovely people of Soul sure proved them wrong. I was a little reticent about attending a white party owing to heinous teenage flashbacks of blue lights and pop…

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon may be more famous, but Xanthe White’s hanging garden of Soul Bar was the place to be today as Judith Tabron hosted a divine lunch to launch their new Garden Of Soul for the summer season…

Annabel Langbein, The Free Range Cook, drew crowds last week as the guest speaker at two sell-out events held at the venue affectionately known as The Shed located on Northburn Station, Central Otago…