Getting the best out of your eggs

CHRIS FORTUNE - The Marlborough Express

Good bacon, great eggs and optional extra vegetables make a quick and no-fuss dinner or cold lunch option that everybody is going to like.

Nelson craft beer trail on map

GEOFF GRIGGS - The Marlborough Express

Although the drive from Blenheim to Nelson takes less than two hours, it's a trip I haven't made anywhere near often enough. In fact, in the 15 years I've lived in Marlborough, I've probably averaged only about three visits to Nelson a year. That's way too few.

Time in the bottle does wonders

DEBORAH WALTON-DERRY & PETER MORICE - The Marlborough Express

If the recent crop of wines we've tasted is anything to go by, the winemaking and flavours in sauvignon blanc are continuing to evolve.

Exile on easy street

BRENDA WEBB - The Marlborough Express

I'm absolutely baffled as to why Napoleon Bonaparte wanted to leave the beautiful Italian island of Elba.