Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Kevin Milne joins Kate Hawkesby to talk about his mission trying to find a set of pepper and salt grinders that last longer than just a few months.

Kate Hawkesby went along to her daughter's school camp for the first time as a parent helper.

She opened this morning's programme by talking about what she learned during the experience.

NZ Herald movie reviewer Francesca Rudkin joins Jack Tame to talk Oscars and review much-anticipated sequel T2 Trainspotting, and trashy horror Rings.

INTERVIEW: Danny Boyle -  Choose life, choose a Trainspotting sequel

New York Times best- selling author Gregg Hurwitz has had 17 books on the New York Times best seller list.

His last book Orphan X had phenomenal success and is to be turned into a movie by Bradley Cooper.

Gregg’s in the country to promote the sequel, The Nowhere Man, and he joined Jack Tame in the studio this morning.

Dr Brian Greene is an acclaimed particle physicist, cosmologist, professor of Physics and Mathematics and director of the Center for Theoretical Physics at Columbia University. The Washington Post calls him "The single best explainer of abstruse concepts in the world today."

Dr Greene is heading our way in March for an evening of interdimensional exploration and travel through space-time, and he joined Jack Tame this morning for a chat.

Jack Tame opened his show this morning by reflecting on the lack of progress made in either tearing down or repairing the Cathedral in Christchurch's central city.

Clafoutis (cla-foo -tee), the much celebrated French dessert, is so simple to put together and you can use any fruit really but I’m fond of using blueberries for their gentle flavour and health-giving properties paired with the tartness of a raspberry and scenting the custard with plenty of vanilla for good measure. It’s a gentle pudding in my view, not too rich, yet perfectly satisfying and gluten free too.

Serves 6-8

1 cup fresh blueberries

½ fresh raspberries

3 eggs

1 cup milk

½ cup cream

½ cup caster sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup ground almonds

3 tbsps cornflour

Caster sugar or icing sugar for dusting

Whipped cream to serve

 

Preheat oven to 180 C. Butter well a 24cm oven proof dish.

Spread fruit in bottom of greased dish.

In a bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, cream, sugar and vanilla.

Stir in almond and cornflour and mix to a smooth batter.

Pour batter over back of a spoon and into the ovenproof dish – doing it this way means it doesn’t displace the fruit pieces.

Bake for 35 minutes or until middle is only just wobbly.

Serve large spoonfuls of warm clafoutis with whipped cream.

NZ Herald movie reviewer Francesca Rudkin joins Jack Tame to talk Oscars and review much-anticipated sequel T2 Trainspotting, and trashy horror Rings.

INTERVIEW: Danny Boyle -  Choose life, choose a Trainspotting sequel

New York Times best- selling author Gregg Hurwitz has had 17 books on the New York Times best seller list.

His last book Orphan X had phenomenal success and is to be turned into a movie by Bradley Cooper.

Gregg’s in the country to promote the sequel, The Nowhere Man, and he joined Jack Tame in the studio this morning.

Dr Brian Greene is an acclaimed particle physicist, cosmologist, professor of Physics and Mathematics and director of the Center for Theoretical Physics at Columbia University. The Washington Post calls him "The single best explainer of abstruse concepts in the world today."

Dr Greene is heading our way in March for an evening of interdimensional exploration and travel through space-time, and he joined Jack Tame this morning for a chat.