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Lois Daish

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Lois Dorothy Daish MNZM is a New Zealand restaurateur, food writer, cookbook author and contributor to Radio New Zealand and Newstalk ZB. She is also a judge of food and restaurant awards and is a food commentator.[1]

Dinner at Home (1993) by Lois Daish

Biography

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Daish was born in Gisborne, and grew up in the Wellington suburb of Roseneath. While young, her family moved to New York for two years as her father had a job at the United Nations.[2] This early exposure to American food influenced her interest and taste in food in later years.[1]

In the 1960s, Daish cooked at the Downstage Theatre, and later worked at a bohemian cafe, The Settlement.[2]

In the 1970s, Daish wrote articles for a friend's newspaper in the western suburbs of Wellington; most were on town planning issues, but Daish convinced her friend to include a food column and she wrote food articles for the newspaper as well.[2]

In the 1980s, Daish owned several Wellington restaurants: Number 9 on Bowen St for four years, followed by the Mount Cook Café from 1984 to 1989, and then the Brooklyn Café & Grill.[2][3] In 1984 she began writing a food column for the New Zealand Listener magazine. For the first ten years she wrote alternate weeks with Annabel Langbein, and from 1994 she wrote the column every week.[4] She retired from the Listener in 2009.[1][5] In 1987, she was a founding member of the New Zealand Guild of Food Writers.[3]

Publications

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  • Good Food: Recipes from the Listener (1989), ISBN 9780908833016[6]
  • Dinner at Home (1993), co-written with Geoffrey Notman, Bridget Williams Books, ISBN 9780908912452[6][7]
  • Fuss-Free Food for Two (1997), ISBN 9780908808809[6]
  • A Good Year (2005), Random House New Zealand, ISBN 9781869416904[4]

Honours and awards

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In the 1997 New Year Honours, Daish was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the food industry.[8] In 2010, she was elected a life member of the New Zealand Guild of Food Writers.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Lois Daish – Food writers, chefs, cooks and foodies in the talented Bite team – Bite". www.bite.co.nz. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Romanos, Joseph (3 December 2009). "The Wellingtonian interview: Lois Daish". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Wellington.scoop.co.nz » New Zealand food writers honour Lois Daish". wellington.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  4. ^ a b CircleSoft. "NZ Listener: A Good Year by Lois Daish | Page & Blackmore Booksellers". Page & Blackmore Booksellers. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Nici Wickes: An afternoon with my hero". New Zealand Women’s Weekly. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "Lois Daish Cookbooks, Recipes and Biography | Eat Your Books". www.eatyourbooks.com. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  7. ^ "0908912455 – Dinner at Home by Lois Daish and Geoffrey Notman – AbeBooks". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  8. ^ "New Year honours list 1997". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 1996. Retrieved 15 December 2019.