Auckland's latest restaurant takes eating out to new heights.

Nici Wickes discovers quality and service at The French Cafe are still top notch

Whittaker's has again taken the crown of New Zealanders' most trusted brand in an annual survey.

With people unable to resist as portion sizes rise, regulations may be the answer, says Lenny R. Vartania.

The country's new supreme pie award winner is bracing for a rush of business this morning after his "perfect" mince and cheese creation was crowned the nation's best pie.

A "perfect" mince and cheese pie has been crowned best in the country, breaking a controversial two-year winning streak for fruit pies.

Waiheke-based entrepreneur Pete Russell is on a mission to revive the local food market, one city at a time.

Eighty-five years of the best thing since... This week marks the anniversary of sliced bread.

Fried chicken giant KFC is the latest fast-food franchise eyeing up prime real estate on Queen St

Buying meat in a can is something we used to do more when it was harder to get fresh meat every day.

Health-conscious kiwis feeling the pinch this winter are unlikely to find any respite with fruit and vegetable prices expected to remain high.

Fruit and vegetable prices have spearheaded a 2.1 per cent rise in food prices for June 2013, the biggest monthly gain since GST was lifted to 15 percent in October 2010.

Aotearoa Fisheries said its first-half earnings fell sharply after its 50 per cent-owned seafood business, Sealord, wrote down the value of its loss-making Argentinian fishing business.

Cereal maker Hubbards has ordered a relabelling overhaul after internal testing found four mueslis had much higher sugar content than stated.

I recently returned from China with some "issues" in the digestive department. I self-diagnosed my problem as having a deficit of good bacteria in my gut and so scanned the supermarket shelves for a product which might change the microflora balance.

Mr Whippy has opened the first of what may become a network of retail sites around New Zealand.

What does a typical day 'at the office' involve?

Squid are making a round trip of more than 18,000km on their way to your dinner plate - after they are caught.

Paula Deen's merchandise and media empire is fast unravelling as fallout builds from revelations that she used racial slurs in the past.

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.