Hidden History: New Zealand’s First Cheese Factory

View across Hereweka Farm towards Otago Harbour. Once covered in forest, Otago Peninsula is now mostly farmland. Photo: Alison Ballance The last episode in a six part series looking at some lesser known events and personalities in New Zealand’s history Presenting the series for us is Thomas Rillstone who...

Mac and cheese event returns to Midtown Crossing

Throughout Midtown Crossing on Saturday afternoon, restaurant employees could be heard shouting a common refrain to kitchen staff: “We need more mac and cheese!” The seventh annual Mac & Cheese Binge was back and bigger than ever on Saturday, with hundreds of people lining up for a $4 serving...

Happy Saturday! Wine Tasting TODAY at 109 Cheese and Wine!

Wine Tasting TODAY, Saturday, January 21 from noon to  5pm at 109 Cheese and Wine Ridgefield with Gary! Thevenet & FilsMacon Pierreclos Blanc 2021 Macon Pierreclos Blanc: 100% Chardonnay. The grapes for this cuvée are sourced from four separate parcels within Pierreclos: “Margots”, “Le Chateau”, “Les Grands Buys” and...

Scots rabbit (Scottish cheese on toast) recipe

Welsh rabbit and rarebit are the same dish – hot cheese served on toast – but the original 18th-century name was supposed to be a joke (there was no rabbit in it at all) so it became known as rarebit. This recipe, a Scots version, is based on one...