While McDonald's still offers several items for $1, its menu is quietly getting more expensive, sending diners to its fancier rivals.

BurgerFuel Worldwide, the NZAX-listed fast food chain franchisor, is opening five new Australian stores and expects to announce the timing of its US expansion soon.

Award-winning Cromwell grower Simon Webb says the sun is still shining on New Zealand's apples, despite the criticism of an ''ill-informed'' British chef.

Kiwi apples have been slated by an acclaimed British-based chef as flavourless and full of sugar.

For some, the only real choice of wine is white or red. For red wine aficionados, here are some recent releases worthy of consideration.

In what promises to be the "most authentic Spanish bar in New Zealand" Pepitos is a welcome addition to the hungry North Shore dining scene.

He used to be a fine dining chef in Wellington. Then he had an epiphany and moved to Auckland. Greg Dixon meets Al Brown, the man who learned to relax at dinner and made us do the same.

When outbreak was linked to a bad batch of lettuce, one Auckland farm was singled out. The owners say they’re fed up with taking the blame for a much wider problem.

Is gourmet food really worth the extra dollars?

Fans of a new "artisan" chocolate milk have been waiting at supermarkets around the North Island to snap it up within minutes of its delivery from a northern Waikato farm.

Danone argued in the Court of Appeal it was an injustice for it to have to wait until 2018 to go to trial against Fonterra regarding last year's dairy contamination scare.

Feeling flush with cash and want to impress your mates by shouting them a meal? We've got five of the most expensive meals in the world to please your palate.

We visit New Zealand's largest dedicated cidery in Nelson to find out the best things about this beverage which is slowly catching up to beer as the preferred alcohol of choice this summer.

McDonald’s goes on myth-busting offensive and invites cameras into its burger factory for the first time.

The annual Devro New Zealand Sausage competition took place in Auckland today. Catherine Smith, a judge at the prestigious event, shares the experience.

The massive foodie tome, 1001 Restaurants You Must Experience Before You Die, has just been released. Among the featured eateries are a dozen of NZ's best.

Wine cellars are the stuff of every wine lover’s dreams and it is possible to create a good one on a shoestring budget, writes Joelle Thomson.

A family say they are disgusted that their canned fruit salad came with an unwanted cold-blooded critter.

Always on the lookout for something new, different or on it’s way to achieving cult status? Here are three wines that fit that brief ...

Kiwis are very keen on crackers. Everyone likes a quick snack of crackers and cheese, and it should be a healthy snack.

The chef and owner of a New Zealand restaurant named one of the world's best fine dining eateries says he couldn't have done it without his "amazing" staff.

A New Zealand restaurant has been voted in the top five best fine-dining establishments in the world.

BurgerFuel, the NZAX-listed fast food chain has opened the doors to its first restaurant in Kuwait.

Hopes of a more stable world dairy market were dashed yesterday when GlobalDairyTrade auction prices resumed their downward slide.

A major supermarket chain has issued a recall of a breakfast spread over fears it contains traces of peanuts, which could pose a danger for those with a peanut allergy.

Cured meats such as biltong and jerky are becoming increasingly popular because they give you a low-calorie meal of protein which is low in fat and carbohydrate free.