Appetite for Words

A shared journal of Aotearoa's most compelling food voices. With fresh food writing (and audio!) published every Saturday from some of New Zealand's most-loved and emerging writers.

Launched 9 months ago

Appetite for Words

The perfect panna cotta

Maxine Scheckter has a lengthy and complicated relationship with panna cotta. Having recently fallen back in love with this simple, elegant dessert, she…

Jun 19•Appetite for Words

What It Takes to Brew the Best Filter Coffee in the Country

Sam Low has spent years chasing the perfect brew, he recently channelled everything he knows into coaching Dove Chen to the top of the Aotearoa Brewers…

Jun 12•Appetite for Words

Dining in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2046.

What might it look, feel and taste like to go out to dinner in Aotearoa twenty years from now? Kate Underwood imagines.

Jun 5•Appetite for Words

Let us eat (birthday) cake

Lucy Corry isn’t one of the world’s best birthday cake makers. But that’s not going to stop her trying.

May 29•Appetite for Words

Keeping My Finger On The Pulse

Diving into the history and future of beans, Angela Clifford shares her long held dream for homegrown hummus and a nation that finally takes its beans…

May 22•Appetite for Words

A Pizza My Heart

When it comes to pizza, Leisha Jones doesn't discriminate. From cardboard boxes to balls of dough on a Friday night, she shares how her family's humble…

May 15•Appetite for Words

Chicken soup and a mother’s love

Catherine Bell knows the healing power of a good bowl of soup - with a freezer full of chicken stock and her mother's recipes to draw from, she shares…

May 8•Appetite for Words

Holy Hot Sauce + Tasting Notes from the Fence Line

A double-serving of stories this week from the 2026 NZ Food Communicators Scholarship Recipients: Sophie Albornett & Esta Chaplin.

May 1•Appetite for Words

Where joy and hope live: The Auckland marae feeding more than stomachs

Alexia Santamaria returns with a moving story about the Papatūānuku Kōkiri Marae, the impact it has on the community it serves, and the universal…

Apr 24•Appetite for Words

Everything Has Its Season

Sunita Patel shares a deeply personal reflection on loss, the rituals of food, and why in a time of grief, death tasted like persimmons.

Apr 17•Appetite for Words