Restaurants are still divided over charging extra to cover costs, 10 years after a law which made them pay staff more on public holidays.

There are some things you just have to eat, no matter how bad they are for you. For me, bacon sandwiches are squarely in that category.

In the gastro bar world, we are talking about tapas and sharing plates drawn from international cuisine. That's Libertine.

The days of quality cheap New Zealand wine are numbered as a nationwide fall in production has put an end to a surplus that has delighted price-conscious consumers.

What's your attitude towards shark fin soup? Were you aware how its key ingredient is often sourced?

Wanting to see how NZ subs stacked up, Herald reporters bought and measured seven foot-long sandwiches from Subway stores around the country.

All Blacks captain Richie McCaw is the New Zealand celebrity Kiwis would most want to sit down to lunch with, a survey has found.

An all-Australian burger has been launched – but the move has left traditional patriots fuming.

Isn't there something ungracious about a well paid manager from an international corporation living here for several years then bad-mouthing us on his way out?

Subway's signature foot-long sandwiches are a bit shorter than their name implies - even in New Zealand.

Food watchdogs in Britain have launched an urgent inquiry into beef produce after a number of products were found to contain horse meat.

Increasingly consumers don’t connect their food and where it comes from.

Jamie Oliver has just signed a five-year deal with Manchester City's Etihad Stadium.

It may be a better guide to eating out than how busy the restaurant is - where do our top chefs choose to go for a meal?

A genetically modified salmon which grows twice as fast as ordinary fish could become the first GM animal in the world to be declared safe to eat.

It might be grown on old opium farms but $60-a-cup Black Ivory is hardly the most unexpected coffee discovery in the shadow of Asia's golden triangle.

Jeanette Lewis is sipping a latte and looking out over a damp market square. She checks the buses as they pass down the high street.

A whiff of lollies in the breeze - with a trace of gravy - is the sweet smell of success for a South Auckland factory providing steady jobs and export earnings.

A battle between Sanitarium and a Christchurch man who imported 2000 jars of UK Marmite into New Zealand will head to the High Court early next year.

Misleading nutrition and health claims about food will be stopped under new regulations on labelling.