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.

It's time to embrace rustic comfort foods wholeheartedly; celebrating the healing qualities and traditional origins of bones.

A pizza company's drivers will be able to be tracked from the moment they leave the store to when they drop the pizza off at your door.

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.

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.

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.

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."

A new survey shows Aucklanders are not the number one coffee connoisseurs some might assume.

Chocolate lovers have rated one of New Zealand's oldest confectionery makers as the most trusted brand in the country.

Restaurant Month promises more than 100 dining offers and 30 food-inspired events throughout August.

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.

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.

Howick eatery serves up outstanding Indian-Portuguese flavours.

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.

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.

Tara Watson rejects diner owner's claims her daughter was having a meltdown.

A retail giant is apologising after a customer found a nasty surprise in his pre-packed bag of salad.

Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has been lampooned in the new menu of a Christchurch cafe he helped officially reopen after the earthquakes.

Hungry pastry fans from Wellington are driving north to Napier just to sample the perfect potato pie crowned the best in the country.