In today's Bite: A Mother's Day gift

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For all of you with mums who require some special attention this Sunday, our gift to you is Ray McVinnie, who joins us today with recipes for a three-course meal that is as simple as it is delicious and some words of wisdom to hopefully encourage you into the kitchen to, in Ray's words, make a good job of something your mother has probably done for you most days - cook a great meal.

Ray's menu starts with a

ceviche salad

with juicy citrus, crispy radish and a shot of tequila, followed by a one-dish

chicken with bacon and white beans

and a

mango and banana salad with yoghurt and coconut sponge

to finish. Go on, she'll love you for it!

Ray is one of New Zealand's most respected food authorities and we will benefit from his knowledge and skill through the pages of Bite every week and on bite.co.nz everyday. You can watch Ray in the Bite kitchen making basic recipes, starting with this simple three-ingredient sponge that you can watch right now.

He'll be brushing up our kitchen technique and sharing plenty of tips and tricks that will help us all be better cooks. To lighten things up and to get him out of the kitchen, he's also heading off on some culinary capers - cameras rolling - that I think you'll find very entertaining indeed.

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