After years of explosive growth turned it into the world's largest restaurant chain by number of locations, Subway Restaurants is in retreat.

Crusading chef wants a sugar tax to curb obesity and diabetes.

I'm always surprised that people feel they have a right to walk into any bar or any club in town as if they own the place, writes Kerre McIvor.

Have all the fun of the fair creating your own street food.

Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown says more Aucklanders should pack up and move to the capital.

Traditional menu matched by traditional virtues make for an excellent evening.

You've one day to eat a treat between two buns, warns Donna McIntyre.

Our natural honey products could be used against the bane of teenagers everywhere - acne - in major findings which open up a market potentially worth tens of millions of dollars to New Zealand.

When Burger King urged McDonald's to collaborate on a beautiful piece of junk food artistry, many fast food fans got their hopes up.

Scientists are getting closer to understanding why people indulge after dark and to determining whether those nighttime calories wreak more havoc than ones consumed earlier in the day.

Matthew Crawley was surprised his social media post exploded and just wants to have a discussion about how we can work together to make Ponsonby "a bit nicer".

Returning to traditional items that are simple yet integral is getting more and more popular. Emma Gleason lists eight classic items you should have in your kitchen.

Kiwis who consider crackers to be a healthy snack may be shocked to hear some of their crunchy favourites are higher in salt and fat than certain potato chips.

A little bit of heat makes a flamin' good meal.

A good sandwich should have your mouth watering at its mention. Here are five of the best we've tried around Auckland.

Elisabeth Easther goes on a Mission to learn about Hawkes Bay wines.

Food campaigners are unhappy with plans by Food Standards Australia New Zealand to allow food producers to use more of a controversial sweetener.

The perfect spot for a feed and a few drinks before kicking along to other K Rd haunts.

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.

WeightWatchers and Kaweka chicken meals have also been recalled due to the risk of possible chicken bone fragments.

Coffee can be more than just your daily morning fix.

For much of the past 35 years, the world for Sjoerd and Marjan Rustenhoven has been a quarter-circle of kitchen floor in the Wellesley St West eatery that has become a city legend.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A Royal Oak restaurant is bound to convert you to the flavours of Filipino cuisine.

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