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Dominion Post

01/09/07
When cook and food writer Annabel Langbein was growing up in Wellington, dinner meant enjoying the best of the season’s vegetables from her officeworker father’s backyard vege patch and cooking was taught at school.

Now, her own, lush Auckland oasis, plus the nine hectares she and husband Ted Hewetson are cultivating as a garden and orchard in Otago, sustain the couple and their children, Sean, 15, and Rose, 13. Food from cans and packets Ú eating barcodes, as Langbein calls it Ú is not on the menu.

Otago Daily Times

29.08.07
Leeks grown in a warm climate are never going to have the sweetness of leeks grown in winter; for best flavour tomatoes need to ripen on the vine and stay out of the fridge - tomatoes in winter are invariably tasteless; coriander planted in the middle of summer will bolt - it's better planted in spring or autumn.

It's all part of Annabel Langbein's philosophy of good food.

Watch out Nigella, Here Comes Bella

It’s official, Annabel Langbein ranks on the world stage with Nigella Lawson and Delia Smith. The NZ food writer has just been nominated for the 2007 Le Cordon Bleu World Food Media Awards. She’s alongside four other celebrity chefs in having been selected from 600 international entries.

Annabel has been nominated in two categories; for Best Soft Cover Recipe Book for “Assemble, Sensational Food Made Simple” and for Best Website with www.annabel-langbein.com. Gold prizes are to be awarded in Adelaide, Australia on 20 October.

Close Up, TVNZ

30.08.07
This week the Close Up film crew descended upon the house where I hosted lunch and some stimulating debate.

Reporter Sofia Wenborn gathered together oils expert Laurence Eyres, nutritionist Lynn Ferguson, mother of three Justine and I to discuss "smart foods".

We pondered how to make sense of all the conflicting advice consumers receive these days, the value of omega threes, and what it is processed foods actually do to your system.

I matched a menu to the topic, which was a Salad of Beets, Beans, Walnuts and Goats Cheese with Five Grain Country Loaf;Mediterranean Stuffed Salmon Fillets with Red Pepper Sauce and Flash Roasted Cherry Tomatoes and for dessert, Chocolate Fudge Pudding. We'll get you a link to the video as soon as we have it.

TVNZ News

04.08.07
Auckland hosted the Food Show in August at which a huge variety of products were on display and there was some robust argument about food and it's carbon footprint.

I'm a director on NZ's Sustainability Council, so bound to have an opinion. TVNZ reporter Lisa Glass asked what I thought in this report.

Eat Fresh

Call for "An End to Eating Barcodes" from Acclaimed Food Writer.
Renowned cook, food writer and publisher Annabel Langbein literally "puts the gumboot" into take out and ready meals with the launch of her latest book Eat Fresh - cooking through the seasons.

A director of the Sustainability Council for the last five years, and a keen organic gardener, Annabel's latest offering takes the reader from the vegetable patch to the plate, endorsing making healthy choices and eating seasonal food throughout the year...

New Zealand Life & Leisure

Look out for Annabel's regular feature in the premium lifestyle magazine 'New Zealand Life & Leisure'.

Annabel's column in this month's issue (14) 'Fresh from the Garden'features comfort food to fend off winter chills.

Recipes include Black Bean & Bacon Soup, Moroccan Lentil Soup, Brussels Sprouts, Kashmiri-style Lamb Shanks, Parsnip & Rocket Mash, Leeks Vinaigrette, Coconut Passion Cake and Lemon-ginger Sponge Pudding.