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Auckland's top 5 sammies
A good sandwich should have your mouth watering at its mention. Here are five of the best we've tried around Auckland.
Hawkes Bay: 50 shades of grape
Elisabeth Easther goes on a Mission to learn about Hawkes Bay wines.
The most controversial food ingredient?
Food campaigners are unhappy with plans by Food Standards Australia New Zealand to allow food producers to use more of a controversial sweetener.
Restaurant review: United Kitchen
This is a place providing quality food with a character of its own at a very competitive price, well presented with competent service in a pleasing venue.
Whittakers unwrapping China
Asian markets are developing a sweet tooth, creating export opportunities for Wellington chocolate maker Whittaker's.
Bar review: Peach Pit, Auckland CBD
The perfect spot for a feed and a few drinks before kicking along to other K Rd haunts.
Comment: Treat labels like fables
She saw the words "no sugar" and logically thought she was buying something that was not sweetened. Now she knows that that is not necessarily the case.
Cheese recalled due to listeria fears
WeightWatchers and Kaweka chicken meals have also been recalled due to the risk of possible chicken bone fragments.
Alcohol from Vegemite?
Vegemite has been in the news of late for all the wrong reasons. The question of whether it's even possible to brew alcohol from the black spread has since been raised.
Human bones keep restaurant shut
A beachfront restaurant at Long Bay Regional Park is facing its third summer of closure as Auckland Council tries to manage concerns over ancient human bones.
Five cosy bars for a drink
It was meant to be nearing the end of the big chill, but the frosty months seem to have a second wind. Here are our favourite winter watering holes.
The sugar 'hiding' in drinks
A NZ-born Brooklyn-based food photographer has set out to show the world what the sugar found in popular soft drinks really looks like.
Restaurant review: Nanam Eatery
A Royal Oak restaurant is bound to convert you to the flavours of Filipino cuisine.
Science & Tech: Michelle Dickinson
Dr Michelle Dickinson, also known as Nanogirl, is an Auckland University nanotechnologist who is passionate about getting Kiwis hooked on science. Tweet her your science questions @medickinson
Plenty brewing in Anaheim
Anaheim has a serious beer scene brewing. By the end of the year, the Orange County city will be home to more than a dozen breweries.
Super shrink me: Maccas gets smaller
The all-consuming fast food chain is being forced to slim down. Is it the beginning of the end for the golden arches?
More British pubs calling time
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.
Bar review: Charlie Baxter's, Ellerslie
It's very narrow inside so if you didn't know the other patrons upon arrival, you will soon be rubbing shoulders with them.
Is it true a Cadbury Flake won't melt?
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.
13 flavour combos that make food better
The chart below lays out thirteen awesome combinations that are so versatile they can almost all work as a sauce, dip, or salad dressing.
Don't blame beer for belly
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.
Australia's agonising Vegemite problem
Vegemite is being used to make bootleg booze in indigenous communities where there is a ban on selling alcohol.
Dry bar: 'no one showed up'
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 foreign food in our freezers
Frozen vegetables and berries sold in New Zealand can come from as far away as China, Belgium and Peru, a Consumer NZ survey found.
MKR winners stalked by Kiwi fan
On Wednesday night Spy met My Kitchen Rules' winning duo, Steve Flood, 31, and Will Stewart, 37. And we weren't the only ones.
Potatoes 'made us smarter'
The potato is being credited with fuelling the extraordinary expansion of the brain in human evolution.
Auckland's top 5 pork buns
As I eat my way around Auckland I have found five pork buns that I need to tell you about.
Rehabilitate your 'salty tooth'
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.