Life & Style

Exploring Gemini

This week, I invite you on a journey through the constellation Gemini, the Twins.

You are what your ancestors ate

You are what your ancestors ate

There’s a world of wisdom in the recipe books of our ancestors, writes Hagar Ozri.

Take it slowly with fermented foods

Take it slowly with fermented foods

If we can encourage good microbes in our gut, we can feel a lot better.

Your garden, February 14th

Your garden, February 14th

Onions have layers, and so too does your garden.

Look to nature for a lasting token of love

A living plant is a lasting Valentine’s gift. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Look to nature for a lasting token of love

Here’s your invitation to slow down and take some rose garden selfies with your sweetheart.

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Four with designs on bright futures

The first Otago students to graduate with a master’s of architecture degree (from left) Hunter...

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Four with designs on bright futures

The first graduates from a new master’s of architecture programme are looking forward to making a difference in the areas that interest them. Kim Dungey reports.

Everything is sweeter in Kandy

Kandy and the lake. PHOTOS: MIKE YARDLEY

Everything is sweeter in Kandy

Nature meets nurture in Sri Lanka’s Central Highlands. It’s an uplifting adventure to relish, Mike Yardley writes.

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Hope endures beyond the honeymoon

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Hope endures beyond the honeymoon

When the honeymoon phase is over, it may feel like a bubble pop.

Traces of her journey

The Egtved woman, who died 3395 years ago. Photos: The National Museum of Denmark

Traces of her journey

On a summer’s day 3395 years ago, a young woman in Denmark died and was interred under a tumulus, in a coffin hewed from a massive oak, wrapped in a blanket and an ox hide.

No easy task to rustle photons from a glowing sky

No easy task to rustle photons from a glowing sky

After a week of cloud-choked nights putting paid to any chance of astronomy, the forecast finally promised clear skies last Sunday.

Cooked with love

Once I’d rolled my eyes and thought beyond the schmaltz, I was inspired by the idea of food cooked with love for this week’s Valentine’s Day-themed recipe.

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Courgette soda bread

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Courgette soda bread

Soda bread has to be one of the fastest breads to whip up.

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Refreshing whites ticking the box

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Refreshing whites ticking the box

On a recent family holiday road trip I found myself drinking either white wine or beer: the reds just didn’t get a look in.

Cooking hacks to save time, boost taste

Expert hacks include using yoghurt to elevate your dish and substituting baking ingredients....

Cooking hacks to save time, boost taste

Make a splash in the kitchen — top chefs and cooks share easy ways to take your dinner to the next level.

Cook once, eat twice

With children back in school, the dreaded lunchbox roundabout has begun for another year.

We must turn the page, together

Solar panels on the roof of Parliament House. Photo: supplied

We must turn the page, together

We’re in 2025, and it’s a brand new year, and yet it all feels rather surreal — as if the pages of a dystopian novel (similar to those I like to read) have suddenly become our reality.

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