Te Wharekai

Sachie travels to Nagano, the home of the world’s leading manufacturer of miso. Back in her kitchen it's three ways with miso paste - grilled eggplant, pork katsu with miso sauce, and a miso walnut brownie.

Sachie visits Kyoto. First stop is the famed Nishiki vegetable market in search of the amazing array of vegetable pickles on offer, then on to a local Michelin star restaurant.

Sachie and her family go foraging for bamboo shoots and other special vegetables for a Japanese style barbecue. She prepares seasonal vegetables and sesame dressing; beef and soy vege wraps; and yakitori skewers.

Sachie demonstrates how to make fast foods perfect for lunches and snacks, from home-made udon noodles to renkon chips and University sweet potato.

(AO) Today Howie is in Canada with Native American buddy, Delmar Williams. Deer roam freely in this unforgiving environment so the hunters prepare themselves for a man versus beast face-off.

An exciting cooking series celebrating Japanese cuisines. First up, Sachie goes to the largest fish market in the world to whip up her tuna tataki, sugar and spice salmon and stuffed squid.

Back in Auckland, Pio & Sonia share a couple of their favourite eating spots with us. Pio introduces us to the spicy food of 'Paradise', while Sonia invites us to her regular eatery 'The Tasting Shed'.

(AO) Howie takes us on a journey into the heartland of New Zealand with salt-of-the-earth characters who are passionate about hunting in the stunning outdoors of Aotearoa.

(AO) This week, Pete catches up with the Hewat whānau from the Gunaikurnai tribe in Victoria to learn how they harvest food for the dinner table.

(AO) Pete heads to the South Island to catch up with a legendary hunter and well known pig dog breeder, John Lockley.