The French are increasingly shunning the traditional baguette, opting instead for cereal at breakfast, biscuits at tea time and pasta and rice dinners.

The decision on whether packaged food in New Zealand will have a rating system of ticks, stars or colours will depend on how successful the scheme is in Australia.

The Auckland restaurant scene is showing no signs of being in hard financial times. In the past year, 137 new establishments have opened, and fewer than 30 have closed their doors.

The giant leap from testing foods in the lab to their amazing marketed powers is simply too far to be scientifically or ethically sound, writes Emma Beckett and Zoe Yates.

One of Georgie Pie's founding fathers says his contribution to the reheated fast-food favourite has been left in the back of a pie-warmer.

I am using this jar of Strawberry Marshmallow Fluff to christen a new food category for my column called "Loud and Proud".

An avocado shortage is driving up prices to almost $5 at some outlets and is worrying a sushi chain that depends on the fruit.

The humble sausage sizzle has been saved by changes to the Food Bill that will allow communities to continue fundraising through the sale of food.

New Zealanders spent a staggering $60.4 million on bottled water at petrol stations and supermarkets last year.

Hubbards cereals can contain more than double the sugar listed on the label, independent tests have found.

We came here because I was bored of going to the usual jam-packed suspects (Circus, Frasers) on Mt Eden Rd.

Sales of canned food are dropping because there's a perception that products in pouches are more modern, and therefore better.

I've never come across these before but I'm told that Lasagne Toppers, which are the big version of these, are very popular.

Oysters, liver and anchovies have topped a list of foods deemed unpalatable by British adults.

Scarfie favourite, Dunedin's Captain Cook Tavern, could close by the middle of this month.

Juice-maker Charlie's is rolling out some big changes at it prepares for its next phase of growth - including a possible expansion into alcoholic drinks - nearly two years on from the company's sale to Japanese brewing giant Asahi.

An unnamed Northland food outlet is being investigated over nine confirmed cases of a rare type of Salmonella.

It doesn't look much of a kitchen: the bench is barely a metre long and the chef has just enough space to swing a Sabatier.

When Tzu Chen first saw camellia trees flourishing in the Waikato, it seeded what could have been viewed as an impossible dream.

Jars of sauces like this can mean that dinner is on the table in a matter of minutes. Just fry some meat, at the sauce and heat until hot.

Just 15 months after its launch in New Zealand, frozen yoghurt retailer KiwiYo is gearing up for major push into China.