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Three perfect wine matches for Christmas dinner
The perfect wine matches for your Christmas Day dishes. Seriously. They're perfect. Buy them now or forever kick yourself ...

How to avoid awkward Xmas dinner chat
Ruth Spencer suggests ways of leading the conversation at the festive dinner table.

How not to overindulge this Christmas
Here are some pre-Christmas detox tips to make sure you don't pile on the kilos over the silly season.

What not to feed your pet on Christmas day
Feeding your dog a festive treat might seem like a kind thing to do during season for giving - but doing so actually puts your loved one's health at risk.

Sachie Nomura makes lunch in 10 minutes
Sachie Nomura's home is a delightful high-ceilinged, light-filled character apartment in Parnell's famed Axis building, just upstairs

Wendyl Nissen: 'Low-sugar' hides additives
COMMENT: The most disappointing thing about this syrup is that nowhere on the packaging does it signal that it uses artificial sweeteners.

Recipe: Joe's Diner's famous mushrooms
A Joe's Diner staple menu item, favoured by many Rotorua locals who frequented the legendary eatery over the years, will live on with

Watch: Christmas at Latin Kisses
How a Latin-style restaurant in Auckland CBD likes to celebrate Christmas.

How to keep Christmas lunch simple
Fresh and delicious are the key words for Christmas fare.

The drink that has more sugar than Coke
A new study has revealed that this fiery beverage contains more sugar than any other fizzy drink - including Coca-Cola.

Bakery closes after wedding cake battle
The bakery that refused to make a cake for a lesbian couple's wedding has closed after legal battles left the business financial devastated.

Watch: Ethnic Christmas Dinner - Korean Christmas spread at Hansik Restaurant
Chef Alex Kim prepares a full Korean royal Christmas spread at Hansik Restaurant.

Rice soup Koreans' key yuletide dish
At Christmas, Korean families eat kimchi and drink rice cake soup, chef Alex Kim says.

Delaney Mes' edible Christmas gifts
Edible gifts need not be sweet - try savoury sauerkraut too.

In today's Bite: The summer of sundaes
Find all your favourite bits from today's Bite magazine online.

Wines to give your taste buds a kick
Are your taste buds becoming a tad complacent? They need a good kick - and these are the wines for the job ...

Food news: What to eat this weekend
From foodie events to the best restaurants, recipes and diet tips, here are the best bites of food news this week.

Make My Lunch: Che Barrington makes lunch in under 10 minutes (+recipes)
Each week Greg Bruce challenges a chef to make him lunch in less than 10 minutes.

This beer will cost you $44,000
A brewery is promising the best beer of your life thanks to a personalised test using your DNA.

Brunch review: Excellent eggs at Kiss Kiss
Pretty in pink, eatery is a diner's delight day and night.

Surprising additions to your sushi condiments
After writing about wasabi rice crackers two weeks ago I realised that I had never taken a good look at two very common and popular condiments.

Nanogirl: The fowl truth
Don't fall foul of campylobacter this festive season; cook chicken all the way through and wash down surfaces exposed to raw meat.

The best pavlova recipes for Christmas
10 deliciously decadent pavlova recipes to try this Christmas.

Extreme diet: Only potatoes for one year
Andrew Taylor vowed to eat nothing but potatoes for a whole year. He did it. And it's changed his life in more ways than he expected.

Is this the ultimate coffee mistake?
The one thing you should never ask for when ordering coffee.

Why Diet Coke is bad for weight loss
A study on diet drinks has revealed surprising results about their effects.