You wouldn't think a dessert could possibly whip up this much fuss. But the origin of the seemingly innocuous pavlova is the latest issue to divide neighbouring rivals Australia and New Zealand. The ...

Australians and New Zealanders have long argued over who invented the pavlova, but the authors of a new book have found the dessert’s origins go back much further. Baking a “pav” and turning up to a ...

Apologies dear readers but there is no delicate way to break such culturally sensitive news – the pavlova belongs to the Americans and the English. It is well known that Australians and New Zealanders ...

“I’m serving pavlova for dessert,” announced the host of a recent supper gathering I attended. This dessert, like all good dinner party courses, sparked a debate: when is a meringue merely a meringue, ...