More than a third of NZ's craft beer brewers are exporting and another third say they plan to expand into global markets, an ANZ Bank industry survey shows.

First it was Burger King Japan with black and red burgers, now KFC China has upped the ante and released a pink burger as well.

When beer lovers congregated for the start of the Great British Beer Festival in London this week, they did so amid a nationwide enthusiasm for craft brewing and ever more exotic drinks.

It's very narrow inside so if you didn't know the other patrons upon arrival, you will soon be rubbing shoulders with them.

It has been said that Cadbury's Flake chocolate can withstand the hottest of temperatures. In the interests of exposing the truth, Mike Hosking puts it to the test.

The chart below lays out thirteen awesome combinations that are so versatile they can almost all work as a sauce, dip, or salad dressing.

Beer gut: It's right there in the name - but it seems that beer might not be as bad for the waistline as previously thought.

Vegemite is being used to make bootleg booze in indigenous communities where there is a ban on selling alcohol.

Tap Bar, the country's first alcohol-free bar, has shut its doors after only five weeks of business on Auckland's Karangahape Rd.

The potato is being credited with fuelling the extraordinary expansion of the brain in human evolution.

As I eat my way around Auckland I have found five pork buns that I need to tell you about.

It's true we need a bit of salt, but very little - half a teaspoon of salt each day is all we need. Kiwis consume an average of 9g of salt each day, writes Niki Bezzant.

Vibrant Malaysian offering from Top chef Josh Emett invigorates Takapuna.

Portraits of Audrey Hepburn and Charlie Chaplin, views of Venetian canals or a growling lion, these artworks all have something in common outside hefty price tags - they're edible.

Toddlers in Britain are to be referred to weekly weight-loss classes to curb rising obesity levels.

This is the bar you would head to after uni for cheap, fruity drinks and some weird band you've never heard of.

A new video could be just the inspiration people need when it comes to jazzing up their unadventurous lunchboxes.

The doughnut franchise has just opened a store in Reykjavik, almost six years after McDonald's closed its Iceland restaurants.

A sensation on social media, the new Hamburglar didn't succeed at his main job: promoting McDonald's sirloin burgers.

A step-by-step guide to the dramatic way a can of Diet Coke affects the body from 10 minutes after the first sip until an hour later.

They could have the best job in the world. Dr Rowald Hepp and Simon Nunns are among 13 experts tasting 120 wines each over three days at one of New Zealand's largest wine shows.

In as little as seven days, you could have 19 litres of award-winning homebrew beer - a successful invention which has allowed homebrew kit company WilliamsWarn to eye up the global market.

Dr Rowald Hepp, from Germany and Simon Nunns from Coopers Creek Vineyard in Kumeu are among 13 experts tasting 120 wines each over three days at one of New Zealand's largest wine shows.

Alcohol enters the bloodstream mainly through the lungs but also the eyeballs. Guests are advised to "breathe responsibly."

Olivia Newton-John is releasing her own brand of wine to boost a cancer campaign.

Think outside the square with seasonal vegetables.

To celebrate Roast day and save you the cooking, we've found five eateries dishing up a tasty roast meal during the cooler months.

Food is a family business for an expat pair who headed to Britain to study and found they just couldn't stay away from the kitchen.

It was the perfect place to enjoy a Bastille Day dinner - and hardly anyone knows it's there.

Competitive checkout operating requires speed, accuracy, mental precision and an unshakeable smile. Steve Deane finds it's harder than it sounds.