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Mary Curry's avatar

This is gorgeous. I emigrated from the US (to Aotearoa NZ) 21 years ago and while this is definitely home now, there's still a sense of foreigness that will always be a part of me. Food definitely helps ground me to my past and my present.

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Wil Reidie's avatar

Thanks, Mary. New Zealand. I'd so love to visit one day. Any Kiwi dishes I should try? I know very little about NZ food...

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Mary Curry's avatar

ThereтАЩs some really good baking (old-school тАЬslicesтАЭ and scones) and being an island, seafood is usually very good. Traditional M─Бori food (and modern takes on this) are definitely worth seeking out. The coffee in Wellington is excellent! (WeтАЩre snobs about it, I admit.) A sausage sizzle (aka bunnings sausage) is not haute cuisine, but certainly an iconic flavour. Oh! And kiwi dip is delicious (and NOT the same as lipton onion dip, no matter what other Americans may say. This is my hill and IтАЩmтАжpouting on it). I donтАЩt love sausage rolls or pavlova, which I kept quiet so they wouldnтАЩt deny me citizenship. Definitely let me know if you do make it over; IтАЩll send you a list of my favourite places (and shout you a coffee if you make it to my fair city).

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