My food and photography loving cousin based in New Zealand surprised me a while back by sending me a copy of The Great New Zealand Cookbook (Thom & PQ Blackwell) . Browsing through it on Sunday i thought the Fa'alifu Taro and Corned Beef dish by Michael Meredith of Meredith's in Auckland pictured below would add a nice twist to St Patrick's Day table. Find out more about the book and how to order it...

Fly RT in July from New York (Newark Liberty) to Frankfurt, Milan, Paris for $880 to 980. Prices I spotted this morning via Google Flights for travel July 7 to July 28, 2015. Dollar-Euro exchange rate today stands at $1.08 per Euro... Another good reason to visit Expo Milano 2015 opening May 1. (* Image from Expo Milano 2015 from their Facebook page)