Honey, Not Just For Your Toast or Greek Yogurt Manuka Honey has long been renowned for it’s healing qualities through it’s immense antibacterial properties. So much so that companies in America are utilizing the health benefits of Manuka honey to create medical dressings which are reported to reduce the time wounds take to heal. Derma Sciences (part …
The Pure Source of the Southern Hemisphere New Zealand is known for it’s; lush green pastures, rugged snow capped mountains, pure rivers & lakes and all round beautifully diverse landscape. All these great assets combine in the clean environment to produce some of the finest natural products in the world. From Manuka honey packed with anti-bacterial properties to …
Gearing up for an Antipodean Christmas in the sun? Then impress your guests with stylish liquid refreshments that seduce their taste buds and keep them as cool as a naked Norwegian chick in the snow. You can forget those cocktail recipe books with photos from the eighties, you know the ones, they are always on …
Cocktails are often associated with white sandy beaches, parasols, neon signs, sunshine and handsome bartenders called ‘Jack’. Thanks to the Quickten team you don’t have to wait until summer in fact you don’t even need Jack. Try some of these tasty tipples to melt away the chill of winter: Summer time where you are reading …
Not Such a Great Idea But We can Cure it Most of us have gone through the pain and suffering of a self induced, hedonistic hangover. At the time you thought it was the best idea to keep drinking till 4am and get up for work at 7am whilst slurring the famous words of “I’m not …
There is something reassuringly comforting and unpretentious about soup. It has the same potential to cheer you up as ice cream and comes in as many different flavours and textures if not more. Pretty much every country and culture in the world has a recipe for soup or broth, from Britain to Bolivia and beyond. …
More than Meets the Eye with American Cuisine The USA isn’t exactly renowned for their contribution to world gastronomy, but there is more to American cuisine than fast food and diners. Such a melting pot of cultures, new world produce, ideas and often excess is bound to produce something half decent to eat. Which brings …
Comfort food is the type of thing to serve on a cold winter’s day after a game of footy, when you are ill or just plain hung over and feel like shit. Wholesome comfort food evokes childhood memories, so everyone’s idea of comfort food differs slightly, especially if from another country. A good pie often hits the …
Enjoy that next coffee from the comfort of your own home Coffee has become one of the biggest beverage industries in the world spreading far and wide, giving it’s energizing hit with gay abandon. Crazy to think that coffee’s origins started back in the 13th century in the country of Ethiopia, eventually spreading through Europe and the …