Marlborough: capital city, Blenny-vegas. We love it for squint-inducing sauvignon blanc, Renwick pies, mussel farms, plane museums, pinot noir, riesling and everything in between…

Segolene Royal, the French Ecology Minister, has outraged Italy by suggesting that Nutella should be boycotted because it leads to deforestation in the tropics.

Tim Stewart experiences exotic flavours on his chef's pilgrimage through Mexico.

The vibe is low-key and low maintenance. It's industrial chic with a Tokyo twist.

Aucklanders might be charged $4.70 for an average cup of coffee but it is not the most expensive in the country.

Maxine Frith takes in an 18-course tasting menu which take seven hours to get through... and is worth every cent.

It's the ultimate comfort food and is known to produce the same chemical in the brain as falling in love. Now scientists have found another reason to love chocolate.

Is there anything chocolate can’t do? Here are six reasons to justify slipping that block of Dairy Milk into the shopping trolley.

Eating up to 100 grams of chocolate a day has been linked to a lowered risk of heart disease and stroke.

Jase Hawkins and PJ Harding have sworn off junk food during June. Halfway through the month, they tell us their top 10 traps and tips to avoid them.

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.

In Auckland's insane property market, Te Atatu North, reinvented as Te Atatu Peninsula, is the new front line of upward mobility.

Savoury or sweet, these pastries will have everyone asking for another slice.

A-List chef Nick Honeyman is returning to France on Friday to run Le Petit Leon, an old-school French restaurant in the Dordogne region, a bistro that only opens for July and August each year.

Not only do some forms of tofu have crazy amounts of calcium sulfate but tofu may also be lowering my sex drive, worries Jack Tame.

This week 50 women will die from a disease that is, in part, preventable. It's something we tend to associate more with men: heart disease.

Change needs to come from the boardrooms of the people who produce the sugary food which is slowly poisoning our children, writes Paul Little.

Staring at acres of bottles on supermarket shelves, it’s easy to forget that there are actual human beings behind our favourite fast-moving consumer goods.

It's World Gin Day. To celebrate one of our favourite spirits we asked the very hip Rogue Society guys to give us their give favourite ways to drink it.

The look is five-star. Blond wood furniture, blue Mediterranean tiles on the floor, palms in copper pots and smartly dressed — and friendly — waitstaff.

Sure people are busy, but too busy to chop a few veges? What else are you going to do while you wait for the oven to preheat, wonders Wendyl Nissen.

Eating sauerkraut, pickles and yoghurt may be the answer for young adults suffering from social anxiety.

The vibe is pretty much everything I want in a bar. Somewhere convivial to drink with friends and listen to some excellent but non-intrusive music, without having to queue up or deal with any boneheads.

Residents of Northland have been caught illegally selling crayfish through buy, sell and exchange pages on Facebook.

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.

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.

On Sunday night Michael Meredith was named Auckland's top chef. At 6am the next morning he started making sandwiches for hungry children in Mangere.

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