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Located in Papanui, Christchurch, Rare Fare is regarded as a boutique food and beverage store and they like being referred to as an everyday farmers market. Stocking some unique New Zealand products they can also provide recipes about how to use these products. As they say, it’s all about taste.

Products that are unavailable in mainstream supermarkets and have been created by the small producers of New Zealand are in abundance. The result of their ideas is a one stop shop where you can find top quality protein items such as Akaroa Salmon, Sweetbriar Merino X Lamb and Mountain River Venison with a range of condiments and a handpicked selection of New Zealand made Wine and Beer to complement these items. The majority of products stocked are as the stores name suggests; Rare, and have all been selected based on their exceptional taste and quality, with some items exclusively available at Rare Fare.

On a Saturday, the range is expanded with stallholders arriving in the car park, quality artisan style breads, a great array of organically grown fruit and vegetables, fair trade organic coffee fish fresh from the market and freshly made cakes and slices produced by Shirley Bradstock.

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Tomato Jam

It’s not sauce and it’s not ketchup, but it is a cousin of these tomato preserves. Rather, it’s jammy and spicy with all the joy of a slightly sweet, ...

by Mark Bittman of The Minimalist

Free range The steadily growing market of the conscious food consumer

The steadily growing market of the conscious food consumer

Discerning and ethically conscious buyers and diners are driving the growth of the market for free range and organic produce. This growth has, in rece...

by Sue Rea for Hospitality Magazine

Butter Clarified butter is so easy and so good

Clarified butter is so easy and so good

A knob of butter will improve almost any dish. The Indian sub-continent calls it “ghee”. We can call it clarified butter or liquid gold; that concentr...

by Kay Chun for bon appetit

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MJ's meatballs	Produced by European Gourmet, MJ’s Meatballs are spicy, gluten free and so delic...	View
European Gourmet's soups and stocks and sauces	European Gourmet was the result of Clint & Regina Toomer’s travels through Europ...	View
Glass Eye Creek's meat sauce	Start with the bottle and then look at the label. This is classy wild food sauce...	View
Mrs Thomas's mint syrup	Like many food products, Mrs Thomas’s mint syrup started with its owner, Jan de ...	View
Gruff Junction's goats cheese	Ev Moorhead started farming goats in Greenpark , Canterbury in 2001. He now milk...	View
Murrellen Pork's farmed meat	A Canterbury pork producer has become the first recipient of a quality assurance...	View
Indofusion's chatni	Yes, we spelt it their way. Chatni. Vijay Lal is of Indian and Danish descent an...	View
Lavenders Green's cordials	Mary Biggs loves lemons. Growing all the ingredients for Lavenders Green lemon ...	View
Cannonhill Gourmet Foods's relish	Cannonhill Gourmet are a Canterbury based family business who supply farmers mar...	View
Blue River Dairy's sheep's cheese	For something a little different especially if you like cheese, but have an alle...	View
Maison Therese's chutneys and relishes	Maison Therese has been selling great products since 1965 when Therese Mooren de...	View
Mandys Horseradish sauce	Mandy Steel grows her horseradish and makes her horseradish sauce in the cold cl...	View
Mariano's Spanish Goods's chorizo	Mariano Vivas came to New Zealand from Barcelona in 2006 and quickly felt homesi...	View
Piako's gourmet yoghurt	It is a testament to Piako gourmet yoghurt that they are exporting significant q...	View
Pic's peanut butter	Pic's Really Good Peanut Butter is not lying. It's very good. And also, they hav...	View
Pip's Kitchen's chutney	Philippa “Pip” Douglas has used her considerable culinary skills as a chef to cr...	View
Proper Crisps's crisps	Proper Crisps are pretty up front about what they're about. And firstly, they're...	View
Ringawera's Lavash	Many of us might not know what lavash (pronounced "lahvosh") is. It’s a type of ...	View
Shott's syrups	With a myriad of uses, the flavours of Shott's syrups are superb. It all starte...	View
St Andrews Limes preserves	St Andrews Limes harvest homegrown, Hawkes Bay limes from which they make a ran...	View
Taste of Provence's pate	Philippe Meyer was inspired by his home country, France, when he established Tas...	View
The Damson Collection's jam	The damson plum is steeped in history. Taking their name from the city of Damasc...	View
Havoc Pork	Ian and Linda Jackson are sometime known as Lord and Lady Havoc. Ian, a Scot was...	View
Mountain River Venison's game	The Mountain River farms and factory are located by the Rakaia River, which flow...	View
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Orcona Chillis'n'Peppers's chilli sauce	Growing chilli plants in greenhouses at Pakowhai, Hawkes Bay, Anne Prescott and...	View
Moutere Gold's preserves	Moutere Gold makes gourmet preserves in sunny Nelson using local fresh fruit in ...	View
Nuts about New Zealand's macadamia nuts	We are all Nuts about New Zealand, so we love this brand for its name instantly....	View
Sids Sauce	In New Plymouth, Paul Garvin is the mastermind behind Sids Sauce. He’s named the...	View
Te Mata Just Fig Jam	Te Mata Figs grow 23 varieties of figs of which 13 varieties are in production! ...	View
Mowbray Fine Foods’ English Pork Pie	Pork pies sound simple to make. Hot water pastry, diced seasoned pork and jelly....	View
Genevieve's Chicken Liver Parfait	So, what is the difference between a chicken liver pate and a chicken liver parf...	View
Traditionally Tuscan	If you’ve ever been lucky enough to sample a true Italian Panfore di Sienna (and...	View

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