The thought of musicians serenading you as you eat may make your stomach churn. But listening to music during a meal will actually make your food taste better.

Just half a handful of nuts a day can cut your risk of dying from a string of major diseases, a study has revealed.

Shares in gourmet burger company BurgerFuel are up more than 10pc after it reported a big jump in profits.

Consumers have a connection to the brand concerned and a sense of ownership that develops over time. Manufacturers mess with it at their peril.

Whatever your caffeine consumption, there's no doubt that there's a frothing interest in coffee. We asked local connoisseur to spill the beans.

Lewis Road Creamery has repackaged its most popular milk for charity, but the "breast milk" has slammed by advocates as disrespectful towards women.

Danone Nutricia, the French-owned infant formula maker, has reported a full-year loss it attributes to the continuing effects of the Fonterra Co-operative Group's botulism scare in August 2013.

Danone Nutricia has reported a full-year loss it attributes to ongoing fallout from the Fonterra botulism scare in 2013.

Alexia Santamaria finds out some of the city’s most delicious secrets.

Auckland’s hospitality industry has named its best and brightest for 2015 in last night’s Lewisham Awards.

A change to Milo's recipe has caused outrage among fans of the chocolatey drink, who say it now tastes "gross and disgusting".

A new strain of Fusarium wilt, Panama disease Tropical Race 4, has emerged to threaten the Cavendish banana.

The fire is out but it's still smoking hot at Al's place.

It’s hard to pick just a handful of the best brunch spots with the burgeoning food scene here, but with that in mind, herewith my favourite five — this week.

Sugar has been in the spotlight lately. From TV shows to bestselling books, it is a hot topic, the latest dietary demon, writes Niki Bezzant.

Hooters is a gimmick. It's something all-American you try on your first wild trip to the US and never again as it's rubbish. But letting it into NZ won't turn our girls into whores.

Ahead of July's Bakels Supreme Pie Awards, Elisabeth Easther set off on her very own Great NZ Pie Trail and found out there's more to these humble treats than meats the eye.

Kiwi wines are hitting the spot in the United States, with new figures showing a big jump in sales.

A group of Auckland entrepreneurs have designed a reusable, collapsible sushi container.

If each new vintage is like a newborn baby, then Nick Nobilo who today is appointed an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit has a lot of children to keep track of.

New Zealand's only commercial tea estate has secured a deal to sell its products in upmarket London department store Harrods.

For my 50th birthday a few years ago I gave myself the gift of weight loss. By the time I shared a celebratory glass or five of bubbles with my girlfriends I had dropped two dress sizes.

McDonald’s audits leftovers as other stores explain policies on where discarded fresh produce ends up.

Wine drinkers in the UK may face paying more for a glass of New Zealand sauvignon blanc.

Want to dine out like a king, but worried the bill will see you surviving on Weetbix for the rest of the week? Fear not, writes Anna King Shahab.

Whittaker's have stopped production of a new chocolate flavour as they investigate a report that a wasp was found embedded in a block.

Pizza Hut has taken fusion cuisine to an all new level, stuffing eight miniature pies into the crust of a pizza.

Moa reported a net loss of $5.58m in the year ended March 31, compared to $5.82m last year.

The $3 million factory is being opened as Pitango increases production and looks to boost exports.