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Dish

Issue 123 Oct/Nov 2025
Magazine

Dish is an award-winning bi-monthly magazine for people who enjoy cooking and reading about good food. It contains inspiring seasonal recipes and stories about food producers, issues and trends around food in New Zealand and overseas. The recipes are beautifully presented and simple to follow and offer inspiration for both accomplished cooks and those keen to try something new.

BUMPER ISSUE

EDITOR’S PICKS • What I’m loving this season

dish loves Farro • Farro is the dish team’s go-to food store, our one-stop shop for preparing each issue. There’s always something new and inspiring to discover on their shelves.

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A natural glow • The kitchen of this 1990s home has undergone a dramatic transformation to become a modern, highly functional space, that’s warm and flooded with light

CONTRIBUTORS • We’re proud to plate up another great issue of dish, and here are some of the lovely people behind it!

Maille Goodness! • Make every meal magical with Maille

bite size

Where we’re eating and drinking • There’s no rest for the food-obsessed… when the dish team isn’t bringing you delicious recipes, we’re out there trawling far and wide in search of tasty fare. Below, we share our favourite go-tos.

Bring the Flavour • Banish boring by adding a splash of flavour from Lee Kum Kee’s epic sauce range

Home-town hospitality • Will Lyons-Bowman and Liam Kelleher both grew up in Ōtautahi Christchurch but travelled far and wide picking up valuable experience before teaming up in their home town to open Lillies, Ōtautahi’s first cidery, winery and restaurant

Farinata – Piedmontese Chickpea Flour Pancake (gf) (v)

International flavours • While our inspiration for new dishes is often prompted by the seasons, we also look to global flavour profiles to shake things up! Our flavours map is designed to help you swap out ingredients from your fave dishes for some playful reinvention

WHAT IS A dish CLUB AND WHY SET ONE UP? • Find out why keen amateur cooks around the country are marking “dish night” on the calendar

How to start your own dish club • With a little planning, and a lot of fun, you can get your own dish club up and running!

Introducing The Valley • A new music festival celebrating everything Gibbston

Ready. Set. Spring! • In some areas the spring garden is at the mercy of frost and even snow, in others new plantings enjoy a warmer welcome. To make the most of your spring gardening try to avoid starting before the weather is on your side!

IN SEASON • We tuned into nature’s timetable to choose the ingredients for these recipes, which are designed to showcase seasonal produce at its peak

BABS FOR DINNER • We love having friends over for dinner — and the first one we thought of was our friend’s mum and all-round legend Babs!

AND TO DRINK… • Drinks Editor Yvonne Lorkin suggests matches for these dishes

FOWL PLAY • Circle the globe with these Indian, Korean and American takes on everyone’s favourite — crispy, juicy fried chicken

IN CRUST WE TRUST • Pimp up your pizza night with these recipes for homemade doughs, tempting toppings and scrumptious sauces to dip and drizzle

DINNER FOR TWO • Grab your nearest and dearest — whether that’s a partner, a pal or a parent — and treat them to a catch-up over a delicious dinner

AND TO DRINK… • Drinks Editor Yvonne Lorkin suggests matches for these dishes

INDULGE A LITTLE • Whether your go-to dessert flavour is lemon, chocolate or coffee, and in tart, crumble or cake form, this line-up has something for everyone

MAKE IT TONIGHT • Simple, quick and stylish meals for any night of the week — maximum deliciousness with minimum fuss and dinner will...

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  • English