When Jason was invited by Heilala Vanilla to the Kingdom of Tonga in 2010, to record a bespoke tour of their vanilla plantation, local attractions and a variety of fantastic eating experiences -for Dish Magazine - he was also lucky enough to met the legendary Tui Flower.   At 90 plus years young, Tui Flower has royal status in the NZ culinary scene. She pioneered food journalism, writing for the NZ Herald. In those days all photos were in black and white and took several days to process.  The male dominated bastion of newsprint did not take kindly to a woman in their midst, let alone one writing exclusively about food.  She had to carve out her patch and staunchly defend it.  As time passed Tui became a household name through her recipes in the NZ Woman’s Weekly (the most widely read woman’s magazine in it’s time.) Our mother’s and Grandmothers could totally rely on her “triple tested ‘ recipes and through her columns and books she ente...