23 Aug 2017

Sound Archives: The changing Kiwi kitchen

From Afternoons, 1:39 pm on 23 August 2017
Tui Flower’s Cookbook, 1968

Tui Flower’s Cookbook, 1968 Photo: supplied

In the kitchens of mid-1960s New Zealand, broccoli was an unknown and cooking oil was a dirty word. 

The former food editor of the New Zealand Women’s Weekly, the late Tui Flower, passed away last week, and in today’s visit to the Sound Archives we hear about how the country’s eating habits changed over the course of her long career.