Quietly tucked away at the bottom end of Queen Street is one of the city’s newest boutique hotels with one of the most accomplished restaurants, Cooke’s.
In anticipation of the sweetness that is the festive season, Verve called in for a bite with Hayley Molloy, who founded artisan cookie company, Molly Woppy, with her partner, Alistair Parker, 21 years ago.
It’s been nearly 200 years since wandering shepherds first experienced the warm embrace of what was then a farmstead at Wharekauhau – te reo for ‘place of knowledge’ – cradled between the Remutaka Ranges and the churning surf of Palliser Bay in the southern reaches of North Island.
Bunet is a classic dessert from Piedmont and every home cook has her version of it. This is 93-year-old Ida’s recipe, or rather her mother-in-law’s recipe because Ida learnt it from her.