Baking
Pavlova with a choux twist
Maxine Scheckter is the creative force behind Sugar Flour, a small patisserie school in Wellington. Her classes take the most beautiful recipes and simplify the steps for any home baker to try their… Video, Audio
A show stopper for Christmas cake lovers
Cake convener Christine Beaton has a tip for fruitcake bakers at the New Zealand Agricultural Show, "you don't really cook a Christmas cake, you dry it out." Audio
Mint Cakery: How a farmers market stall evolved into a baking career
New cookbook Mint Cakery is the accumulation of countless late nights and early mornings for Michelle Morfett. At just 22, the budding baker began selling her goods at Auckland's Hobsonville Farmers… Audio
Want to find a good scone in Christchurch? Now there's a map
Looking for a good cheese scone in Christchurch? There is now a website with a map.
A Christchurch man has created a map of what he believes are the best spots for cheese scones - and how much you'll… Video, Audio
How do you like your hot cross bun?
The winner of the Great Hot Cross Bun competition was announced as Auckland bakery 'The Daily Bread' for the second year running. Head baker Patrick Welzenbach joins us to explain what makes a hot… Audio
Naomi Toilalo: 'Beautiful food instantly relaxes people'
When Auckland baker and mother-of-four Naomi Tailolo needed a creative outlet, her sister suggested social media. Last year Naomi released the bilingual cookbook Whānaukai, based on her popular… Video, Audio
It's time to 'tuck away' those Christmas Cakes
The question on many bakers' lips at this time of year is 'when should I make my Christmas Cake?'. Beloved Kiwi cook Jo Seagar joins the show to talk us through the ins and outs of making a moreish… Audio
Baking inspired by the flavours of the Pacific
Auckland bakery, Sweet and Me never has any coconut buns or pineapple pies left at the end of the day. Fiji born Chef, Bertrand Jang has worked around the Pacific and is now focused on creating a… Audio, Gallery
Bake sale to raise funds for Ukraine #CookForUkraine
#CookForUkraine is a global movement to raise money for Ukrainian refugees. Felicity O'Driscoll of Cook the Books in Auckland tells Jesse how they're getting involved with a bake sale at their… Audio
Expert feature: Erin Clarkson's baking tips
Erin Clarkson of Cloudy kitchen on making sure your baking creations turn out great. Audio
Music trumps TV and baking for feel-good lockdown moments
Have you listened to more music during lockdown? A recent study in Australia asked participants to rank lockdown activities in terms of most to least effective at making them "feel better." Audio
How to grow an online audience and make real money
The former Apprentice Aotearoa contestant and social media guru Kennedy Anderson gives us an inside look into the world of influencers and content creators and how they make real money from social… Audio
Top cooking tips with Vanessa Baxter: Butter
The Fearless Kitchen's Vanessa Baxter joins the show to share some top tips and offer up a traditional bread and butter pudding recipe. Audio
Sour power: Ten tangy lemon recipes
Did you know an average lemon contains 15 calories and two thirds of our recommended daily Vitamin C intake? Lemons are in season right now so squeeze the day!
How rap music is helping to reduce mental health stigma
Rappers are at the forefront of opening up the mental health conversation, with a new study showing that over the past 20 years, the lyrics of the most popular rap songs have been increasingly hitting… Video, Audio
The One Lamington to Rule Them All
In Voices this week, we meet the Auckland couple who smashed the Guinness World Record for baking the world's biggest lamington. Audio
Lots of: Nanna's baking made easy
Whanganui-based Rachel Dawson's speciality is cookie, cake, brownie and dog biscuit mixes, which you can either bake in the oven, or in the case of her mug cake, whip up in the microwave. Rachel's… Audio
Sam Forbes: baking bread, breaking bread
With gluten-crazed hordes of home bakers stripping supermarket shelves of every last gram of flour, now sugar, yeast, and baking powder have become the new, must-have essentials of Lockdown Season… Audio
Allyson Gofton: The Baker's Companion
Like many other New Zealanders, beloved food writer Allyson Gofton has been baking a lot recently. She shares with us two recipes from her "latest and probably last book" - The Baker's Companion. Audio
Allyson Gofton's Lemon Spiced Boston Bun
Recipe by Allyson Gofton
From Sunday Morning on Sunday 19 April 2020