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Top 5 spots for tonight's roast
To celebrate Roast day and save you the cooking, we've found five eateries dishing up a tasty roast meal during the cooler months.

London: Where to get the best dumplings
Food is a family business for an expat pair who headed to Britain to study and found they just couldn't stay away from the kitchen.

Little use in keeping a low-carb diet
I'm tired of the debate about what we should eat being framed as "fat vs sugar". Just cutting carbs or fat is no guarantee of a healthy diet, writes Niki Bezzant.

MasterChef more about celebrity status than skills - food writer
Top food writer Lauraine Jacobs says the MasterChef moniker is more about celebrity status than cooking skills.

Top 3 Aussie shiraz picks
The wines from the skin-stretchingly hot and dusty climes of South Australia are vastly different to our own ...

Review: PumpHouse's French Rendez-vous
It was the perfect place to enjoy a Bastille Day dinner - and hardly anyone knows it's there.

Celebrity chef in debt to creditors
Celebrity chef Jo Seagar's closed cafe and cooking school reportedly owes creditors more than $1.6 million.

Checkout operating harder than it sounds
Competitive checkout operating requires speed, accuracy, mental precision and an unshakeable smile. Steve Deane finds it's harder than it sounds.

Bar review: Tabac, Auckland CBD
Once a favourite late-night haunt, Tabac has undergone a refurbishment to lighten and brighten the back alley bar.

Shelley Bridgeman: Six reasons I hate cafés
Shelley Bridgeman missed the memo about NZ's café culture. She only visits them if she has to. Here are six reasons why she hates them.

Plenty of love on a plate at Food Show
A dairy-free yoghurt created by a group of innovative high schoolers is among the many artisanal delights to be found at this year's Food Show.

Ultra-processed food filling aisles
Ultra-processed foods - high in sugar, fat and salt - make up the majority of packaged foods available in New Zealand supermarkets, a study has found.

Do Aucklanders really love coffee?
A new survey shows Aucklanders are not the number one coffee connoisseurs some might assume.

In today's Viva: For the kids
Viva managing editor Amanda Linnell shares highlights from today's Viva magazine. Follow her hyperlinks below and be informed and inspired at viva.co.nz.

Eight drinks then drive - okay in Italy
Italian drivers who drink a bottle of wine before getting behind the wheel could face a fine of just a few hundred euros.

Real organic berries - shame about the air miles
The fine print reveals that although these bags of summery goodness are packaged here, the contents are grown overseas.

Restaurant Month: Get on yer bikes to eat
Restaurant Month promises more than 100 dining offers and 30 food-inspired events throughout August.

Recipes: Sunday night roast
Sunday night roast dinners evoke wonderful childhood memories for many: the delicious smells, the second helpings and the anticipation of the week ahead.

How to feel fuller for longer
Your mother was right when she told you not to wolf down your food. For people who eat more slowly feel fuller and think they have eaten more than those who eat quickly, a study has found.

Perfect 'single-vineyard' wines
The reason these “single-vineyard” wines are so glorious is because some serious thought has gone into matching the precise plot with perfect soils to grow these specific styles.

Review: Ma Cherie
The menu is French favourites, featuring lots of baking and cheese, very reasonably priced and hard to choose between.

Harmful drinking a 'middle-class phenomenon'
Wealthy over-50s are endangering their health by drinking far too much, experts have warned

Bar review: Ostro, Auckland CBD
The drinks list here is very impressive, but it's also worth noting the pleasing alcohol-free offerings.

New MasterChef judge: No meanies allowed
With Al Brown joining MasterChef, he's heralding a kinder, gentler version of the show with less conflict and more cooking.

15 reasons to love Welly
Wellington celebrates its 150th birthday this weekend. To celebrate, we've come up with 15 reasons to love the windy city - one for every decade.

Ten meals kids must know
These 10 foods are their starter dinner stalwarts: they're nutritious, not too hard to make, will appeal to young appetites and are cheap enough that they will want to cook them.