WATCH: Viral video reveals what happens when you try to burn a McD's burger.

You may need to rethink that 'healthy choice'.

COMMENT: No matter how bad people say it is, it's also really good, writes Matt Heath.

Find all your favourite bits from today's Bite magazine online. Follow the hyperlinks in Jo Elwin's editor's letter and lose yourself in bite.co.nz.

Half-bar, half-eatery, Little Jimmy, which opened last week on the corner of Manukau and Empire Rds.

Cooking is the way we love to unwind after a long day.

COMMENT: In an age when we're supposed to be reducing, reusing and recycling, all that plastic seemed excessive.

Some of New Zealand's top chefs will unite next weekend for a gastronomic fundraiser for the people of Fiji.

With some help from two 'Westie chicks'.

Mick's is about as neighbourly as a restaurant can get.

These glorious drops got me through a Netflix binge of the pants-wettingly funny Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. They're great sips for sore ribs.

If you head west, through Titirangi Village and wend your way up Scenic Drive, you'll happen upon The Refreshment Room.

COMMENT: One of the secrets to healthy eating is keeping good snacks on hand so that you aren't tempted to buy a packet of chips or a bar of chocolate.

Could this discovery mean the end of stock cube mess?

Neither of us wants to see a rat foot or blowfly eggs in our food. We may not see eye to eye on the issues of brains and innards in our food, but I'll take the wins where I can, writes Lynley Tulloch.

For the guardians of French gastronomy, the prospect of being served something as unsophisticated as a slab of mincemeat with a bap and slice of cheese has long been considered nothing short of sacrilegious.

Children are consuming more caffeine than ever before.

Oysters were not always a luxury item.

I have long been a fan of culinary genius Giapo Grazioli's gelato creations coming out of his tiny Queen St store.

Find all your favourite bits from today's Bite magazine online. Follow the hyperlinks in Jo Elwin's editor's letter and lose yourself in bite.co.nz.

Cheesemakers are thriving here; the competition drew more than 420 entries, many of outstanding quality.

A new Southeast Asian eatery is generous in choices and offers good value for money.

Madonna. Fizzing doesn't begin to describe the feeling. How does that relate to my wine picks this week?

Lifelong tea drinker Jane Phare has never really understood the coffee culture. She sets out to find out what it's all about.

Researchers have realised our sense of sound also has an impact on how we perceive foods.

Episode two of Steve Braunias' journey down 'heart attack alley' - Auckland's Lincoln Road.

At a time of simmering Mideast tensions and rising malaise, a group of French chefs recently visited the West Bank to bring a little joie de vivre to Palestinian kitchens.

Can you guess where?