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Stanley Tucci releases second cookbook

Actor Stanley Tucci has created his second cookbook. He tells Tim Adams that food is a great way of expressing love.

James McNaughton's amusing thought-experiment

In the prevailing climate of heightened risk-aversion among New Zealand book publishers, it’s always a welcome thing when someone is prepared to offer the market something different.

Wine: Our favourite Marlborough wines

Marlborough: capital city, Blenny-vegas. We love it for squint-inducing sauvignon blanc, Renwick pies, mussel farms, plane museums, pinot noir, riesling and everything in between…

In Canvas tomorrow: Heavenly creature

Canvas editor Michele Crawshaw shares highlights from tomorrow’s Canvas magazine. Get your premium glossy weekend magazine in tomorrow’s Weekend Herald.

What type of sleeper are you?

Does the way you sleep affect your health? Cherill Hicks rounds up the seven most common sleep problems and has a warning for those planning to sleep in this weekend.

Mid-winter formal wear

Mid-winter formalities never looked better with these luxuriously dark options.

Wine: The people behind the drops

Staring at acres of bottles on supermarket shelves, it’s easy to forget that there are actual human beings behind our favourite fast-moving consumer goods.

Review: Sake Bar Nippon

Trepidatious first impressions are soon forgotten when familiar fare is served with flair.

Ready for Jurassic Kiwi?

Off to see Jurassic World this weekend? Canvas columnist James Griffin pens his own NZ dino-rampage blockbuster.

In Canvas tomorrow: Are some kids born naughty?

Canvas editor Michele Crawshaw shares highlights from tomorrow’s Canvas magazine. Get your premium glossy weekend magazine in tomorrow’s Weekend Herald.

Fashion: Waterproof rainwear

Don’t sacrifice style on a rainy day with these standout wet weather pieces.

Wine: Feel the rush of joy

These wines will get you close to replicate a visceral joy-rush.

Restaurant review: Peasant, Mt Eden

A pending liquor licence and chilly dining room couldn’t detract from the outstanding Vietnamese flavours on offer.

No guts, no glory

Alan Perrott talks to TV’s most eccentric star, David Farrier, about abandoning convention, the abrupt ending of his medical studies and being ‘post-modern gay’.

Brunch: Black and Gold Coffee / Eatery, Rosedale

Expert baristas bring passion and flair to a new venture north of the bridge.

Dear D&P: My child's divorce is causing my friendship with the in-laws to suffer

We have always got on really well with our daughter’s in-laws and often catch up socially. But now our children are going through an ugly divorce, our friendship with the in-laws has suffered, and I feel bad.