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Dished up

There’s something particularly fabulous about Beth Brash. It could be the art adorning the walls of her inner city apartment, the plants that “are thriving through sheer negligence”, or the dirty martini she offers me on arrival.

Somewhat of an oracle in Wellington’s foodie scene, Beth was originally drawn to food because of her mother’s curious disposition, she says. Her parents lived in a kibbutz in Israel at one point, and when the family lived in a small town in Otago they’d host elaborate Lebanese dinners, for example.

Studying theatre and film at Victoria University, she found herself watching more Anthony Bourdain travel documentaries than studying. After university,

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