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- 1 November 2019
  Strawberry and asparagus salad with plant-based mayo dressing
  
  With all the rain, strong wind and cold temperatures, it’s hard to believe that spring has arrived this year, but if there is one thing that reassures us that it is actually spring, it’s asparagus. Fun facts about asparagus: Asparagus belong to the same family as …
  
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- 24 September 2019
  NZ Road Trip – Part 2
  
  Maruia Hot Springs Lodge When I put my skis on, I am 16 again and, sometimes, speeding down the slopes, I feel the urge to compete again, even if it’s just with myself. Unfortunately, this time around, I wasn’t in my 16-year-old body (or mind) that …
  
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- 20 August 2019
  Winter roadie! (Part 1)
  
  For almost 20 years, New Zealand winter season has been the perfect time to visit family in Italy and lie on the beach. But for the past few years, we have decided to turn to our childhood winter activity: skiing. As last year, we planned to …
  
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- 7 June 2019
  Easy as pizza dough – what can go wrong??
  
  The decision to move to New Zealand was the perfect opportunity to realize my dream of opening a cooking school to both share my love for cooking and at the same time to keep the link with my homeland. As I would later explain in the …
  
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