FOOD BLOG

Wanaka weddings – fast casual is in.
Karen Lahood Karen Lahood

Wanaka weddings – fast casual is in.

Formal structure for weddings is out, casual is in. Elopement weddings, barefoot weddings, call them what you will – they’re popping up on beaches, backyards and in baches all over the country

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Slow food, served fast
Karen Lahood Karen Lahood

Slow food, served fast

In 2009, I was travelling in Lebanon with my partner Caroline and four of my 10 siblings. Near our hotel in Beirut was a tiny farmers market with a sign that read ‘Slow Food’ in English. I was as attracted to those words as I was to the heaped up tomatoes and shiny aubergines and sheaves of flat-leaf parsley. I now think of it as a message from my future.

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Becoming sustainable
Karen Lahood Karen Lahood

Becoming sustainable

In the many moving parts of Big Fig, here are some of the ways we’re trying to be a more environmentally responsible business. It’s a constant work in progress.

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