Melt-in-your-mouth treats: Mrs Dentons

Any stress will certainly melt away with a taste of the pies at Mrs Denton’s takeaway cafe and deli on Kendal Avenue.   Any stress will certainly melt away with a taste of the pies at Mrs Denton’s takeaway cafe and deli on Kendal Avenue. Owner and consummate pie maker Delwyn Lanauze […]

30 years of sweetness: Original Foods Baking Co

Practice makes perfect, and 30 years is certainly plenty of practice!     What started as a small Christchurch business is now one of the most trusted and loved bakeries in New Zealand. Original Foods Baking Co. has been baking delicious, sweet treats since 1991, celebrating 30 laps around the sun this […]

Rendezvous on 72: Route 72

  Take a drive along Highway 72 to Cust and it will lead you to the unique Route 72 Café Bar Emporium. Owners Steve and Annette Thomson have created an outlet for inspiring tastes and treasures both, with the café servicing one set of needs and the emporium and its fabulous selection […]

Super soups

  Warming, refreshing, delicious and simple to make, soups are a true one-pot wonder, and just as we embrace the cooler weatherof winter, it’s time to embrace creativitywith your winter soup repertoire. Here is Metropol’s round up for some easy soup-spiration for the cooler months ahead.     GREEN GOODNESS Eating your […]

Peri-what?

An expert’s advice on navigating perimenopause. As a naturopathic doctor with decades of experience in women’s health, and now the bestselling author of two books, Lara Briden has an incredibly in-depth understanding of menopause and all that comes with it. Lara’s latest book, Hormone Repair Manual is a practical guide to healthy […]

Now hear this: Bellbird Hearing

From the moment you walk through the door of the recently established Bellbird Hearing clinic you have a sense of a warm and caring environment. The waiting area is inviting; the staff welcoming – a place designed to overcome any reluctance patients may associate with requiring treatment for hearing loss.   “We […]