24 recipes for you to choose from

Make the best roast ever this Sunday

Perfect for a weeknight dinner with friends

Sharing our most popular cookie recipe

Laurie Black reports from Sydney via Paris and Stockholm

Back from the deep southern states of America, Kyle Street works his magic on a classic

Find all your favourite bits from today's Bite magazine online. Follow the hyperlinks in Jo Elwin's editor's letter and lose yourself in bite.co.nz.

Sandwiches made deliciously different

Goji berries soaked with rolled oats overnight makes them more digestible

Two Hawkes Bay orchardists share some insights

These 10 foods are their starter dinner stalwarts: they're nutritious, not too hard to make, will appeal to young appetites and are cheap enough that they will want to cook them.

Buffy Gill combines mangoes with turmeric – a favourite medicinal spice

Easily made on a smaller scale using scotch fillet steaks

Make a cake using Danbae, the late-season nashi pear that is in stores now

Does the traditional Kiwi meat pie from the bakery use puff pastry on the bottom as well as the top?

Tender, pull-apart chicken is achieved using the slow-cooker

Ray McVinnie makes a simple soup with butter, onion and a couple of veges

Hating your body will never get you as far as loving it will

Ray McVinnie has an enviable collection of casserole dishes and recipes to cook in them

Mikki Williden on the vitamin you need to smile your way through winter

Melt in your mouth lamb cooked in the slow-cooker and served with pasta and feta

Celebrity chef Matt Moran and his butcher mate Anthony Puharich are heading over to host a weekend of beef at Cape Kidnappers

Tonight the All Blacks take on the Pumas, inspiring us to think about an Argentinian feast. It might not be do-able tonight, but the drool-worthy pictures are worth a browse anyway.

Combining the best NZ olive oil and fresh, seasonal citrus

Fritters, followed by steak and crispy potatoes and rice pudding with dulce de leche at fulltime

Everything you love about apple tart tatin without the pastry

One of the largest storms in history heightens Warren Elwin’s appreciation for country cuisine

Hannah Horton from healthyeah.co.nz shares her recipe

Keep the kids busy in the kitchen cooking meals they love

Peter Gordon walks us through step-by-step