How often have you been told that a restaurant's licence bans it from allowing BYO? Whoever told you that is either ignorant or fibbing.

The Cafe of the Year winners treat their customers like their family.

A French winemaking giant has lost its case against a Hawkes Bay estate after it accused the company of ripping off the name of one of its wines.

The very best of Auckland cuisine will be shown off by the city's best chefs and restaurateurs this weekend.

Shares in Moa Group, the boutique beer maker doing NZ's first initial public offering of the year, have started trading on the NZX at an 8 per cent premium.

Seasonal falls in vegetable prices took the food price index down 0.6pc last month.

The product developed with the company Flyhidrate consists of three different coloured drinks, designed to be consumed at different stages of a long-haul flight.

Local eateries are have signature dishes on offer at bargain prices during this special event, reports Alexia Santamaria.

Alexia Santamaria rounds up some of the Auckland eateries serving up what they grow.

Each week, Wendyl Nissen takes a packaged food item and decodes what the label says about its contents.

Restaurant owners Antonio Crisci and his nephew Sergio Maglione talk about nurturing Italian cuisine in New Zealand, ahead of their joint effort at Taste of Auckland.

The council representing local food manufacturers has defended the use of controversial additives, including some that have proven negative effects in children.

Ben Bayly, head chef at Auckland's Grove restaurant, lines up with a VIP list of food stars from around the world for the Moet & Chandon Grand Vintage 2004 International Launch.

A mother has blamed her teenage son's secret energy drink habit for a breakdown in his mental health. He drank up to 16 cans a day.

Toblerone chocolate has been named and shamed with an award for dodgy goods and services for claiming its bar has 16 serves - when there are only 15 segments.

A Facebook campaign about plastic lollipop sticks has forced Chupa Chups to start a project that will change the product to a more sustainable material.