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Top 5 spots for tonight's roast
To celebrate Roast day and save you the cooking, we've found five eateries dishing up a tasty roast meal during the cooler months.
London: Where to get the best dumplings
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.
Review: PumpHouse's French Rendez-vous
It was the perfect place to enjoy a Bastille Day dinner - and hardly anyone knows it's there.
Checkout operating harder than it sounds
Competitive checkout operating requires speed, accuracy, mental precision and an unshakeable smile. Steve Deane finds it's harder than it sounds.
Moa brews up staff share offer
Craft beer maker Moa Group will give workers another chance to get shares in the company, with a long-term employee option scheme issuing up to 1.2 million share options.
Geoff Simmons: Ban junk food marketing to kids
Junk food advertising aimed at kids plays a part in this epidemic. "Why would the industry spend money on pester power if it didn't work?" writes Geoff Simmons. "Anyone who denies this is an idiot or a lobbyist."
Shelley Bridgeman: Six reasons I hate cafés
Shelley Bridgeman missed the memo about NZ's café culture. She only visits them if she has to. Here are six reasons why she hates them.
Chef's Twitter prayers answered
New Zealand chef Matt Lambert of New York's Musket Room meets with UNDP chief and former PM Helen Clark.
Restaurant Month: Get on yer bikes to eat
Restaurant Month promises more than 100 dining offers and 30 food-inspired events throughout August.
How to feel fuller for longer
Your mother was right when she told you not to wolf down your food. For people who eat more slowly feel fuller and think they have eaten more than those who eat quickly, a study has found.
Dumpster diving for food bounty
For the past four months a group of 40 friends have eaten the best - all courtesy of Northland supermarkets, though no one has set foot inside one of the stores.
15 reasons to love Welly
Wellington celebrates its 150th birthday this weekend. To celebrate, we've come up with 15 reasons to love the windy city - one for every decade.
Ten meals kids must know
These 10 foods are their starter dinner stalwarts: they're nutritious, not too hard to make, will appeal to young appetites and are cheap enough that they will want to cook them.
I'm the mum of the 'demon toddler'
Tara Watson rejects diner owner's claims her daughter was having a meltdown.
Cigarette butt found in salad mix
A retail giant is apologising after a customer found a nasty surprise in his pre-packed bag of salad.
Brownlee near-naked on cafe menu
Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has been lampooned in the new menu of a Christchurch cafe he helped officially reopen after the earthquakes.
Macca's reveals truth of 'secret menu'
McDonald’s NZ says there is no such thing as a ‘secret menu’ down under, but that "customers have always been able to customise their burgers".
CC's in snack giant brand fight
A fight over the right to use the CC's brand name has lead to claims that a food giant was trying to misappropriate
We need to protect kids from junk food ads - survey
Kiwis want greater government controls on junk-food promotions to children, with 72 per cent calling for stronger restrictions, says a survey.
Aussie burgers world's worst - NY chef
Momofuku restaurant founder, David Chang, has slammed Australian burgers and one Aussie chef is not happy about it.
Crackdown on bars for RWC
Auckland Council will be cracking down on bars that want to screen Rugby World Cup games after hours, with each venue having to put on special events to stay open.
Restaurant review: Bawarchi, Sandringham
It took me two attempts to get the brains at Bawarchi. I had heard they served them, but there was no sign of them on the menu and our waiter, who I think had been dragooned into service to cover for staff who had called in sick, didn't have the best comm
Niki Bezzant: Broccoli battles can lead to bulge
Many will have a memory of sitting miserably at the table being forced to eat what was on the plate before being allowed to get up, Niki Bezzant writes.
Feelgood recipes in winter
The big chill has Kasey and Karena pondering their favourite ‘warm me up’ dishes.
Will grumpy chef grace Kiwi TV?
Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White has been wining and dining in Auckland this week, prompting speculation he will appear on the new series of MasterChef NZ.
Film Festival ethnic dinner ideas
Dinner and a movie is the best way to spend a wintery evening during the film festval, writes Dionne Christian.
Profits up despite Mad Butcher woe
Veritas, owner of the Mad Butcher chain says it expects profits to rise, despite tough times for some of its independent store owners.