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.

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.

Asian markets are developing a sweet tooth, creating export opportunities for Wellington chocolate maker Whittaker's.

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.

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

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.

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.

Frozen vegetables and berries sold in New Zealand can come from as far away as China, Belgium and Peru, a Consumer NZ survey found.

On Wednesday night Spy met My Kitchen Rules' winning duo, Steve Flood, 31, and Will Stewart, 37. And we weren't the only ones.

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.