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• Motivating the imperfect, irrational human being

  By Emma Davidson on October 3, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  At the Dietitians NZ Conference in Nelson this year I attended a memorable workshop by Melbourne-based Psycoholgist John Boyle, on making changes and breaking habits. Lightbulbs went on in my head throughout the workshop, appropriately titled A conversation around compliance,… Read More ›

• Food Week dishes up popular cooking tips

  By Emma Davidson on May 13, 2011 • ( 2 )

  There’s only 2 more days to go in the inaugural New Zealand Nutrition Foundation Food Week! Having completed 16 radio interviews and five interactive celebrity cooking demos with audiences of hundreds, and with 600 “likes” on the Food Week Facebook page,… Read More ›

• One meal, many cultures

  By Emma Davidson on February 17, 2011

  

  Recently I was lucky enough to dine at ‘Eight’ Restaurant in the Langham Hotel.  When described to me by a friend, the words ‘buffet’ and ‘hotel’ in the same sentence ensured my expectations remained modest, but as it turns out… Read More ›

• The resurgence of ‘Home Grown’

  By Emma Davidson on October 14, 2010

  Growing fruit and vegetables at home is hardly a new phenomenon. But over the past couple of years there has been a real surge in popularity of home grown produce. It’s been reported that in response to the Global Financial… Read More ›

• Te Mahi Kai – The language of food

  By Emma Davidson on July 30, 2010

  This week is Māori Language Week, themed The Language of Food. What better way to engage the Nation than to create synergies between Te Reo Māori, one of our three official languages* (which only 4.7% of us can speak fluently),… Read More ›