To celebrate Bastille Day today, we asked charming French pastry chef, Guillaume Nicoli to tell us how to make the best croque monsieur ever.

Nicky Park finds five local French bakeries worth a visit.

A leading Pacific doctor is supporting calls for island countries to consider a fat tax on junk food to tackle the ticking time bomb of obesity in the region.

Celebrity chef blames Canterbury quakes and "impatient" Inland Revenue for the closing of her cafe and cook school.

The Bite team will be at the Auckland Food Show later this month and we are looking forward to spending four days surrounded by many of our favourite food producers and food lovers.

Calorie and sugar-wise, are you better off eating a Jelly Tip ice cream or one of the new Jelly Tip biscuits? Wendyl Nissen crunches the numbers.

Kiwi competitive speed eater Nela Zisser was feeling "a bit full" last night after knocking back 100 pieces of sushi.

They never served these sweet treats in the Bastille.

If a bad mood has you reaching for the biscuit tin, watch out – they might not taste as sweet as you’re expecting.

Offering people choices is the answer, not bludgeoning them with the blunt stick of taxes, writes Kerre McIvor.

A nutritionist has dubbed a 3km stretch of road featuring more than 30 fast-food options "Heart Attack Alley".

Put on your ‘meat-eatin’ shoes’ for a great meal out.

Paul Rudd was miserable to be around for a year as he embarked on a bland diet to get in shape to portray Marvel superhero Ant-Man.

The menu is split into two - one side brunch, and the other side leaning more towards lunch-style options.

New Zealand speed eating queen Nela Zisser will be taking on sushi after missing out on the top spots of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest in New York.

Eating too much fatty food can damage nerves in the stomach that tell the brain we are full, scientists believe.

Try out these wines, recommended by writer Yvonne Lorkin, for winter.

The vibe is dimly lit and very hip with a strong Southern influence.

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.

If you had never heard the one about the Irishman, the German and the Sikh, Te Mahurehure Community Marae in Pt Chevalier on Sunday was the place to be.

In between the ignorance about food and the obsessing about diet, we’re forgetting the middle ground, writes Anna King Shahab.

"I'm always trying to persuade more women to drink beer. When I have dinner parties I pour out my ale into champagne flutes and brandy glasses," - Britain's best beer sommelier.

This pre-made garlic bread will do if you're running late, writes Wendyl Nissen, but it doesn't beat one you'd make yourself.

Caterer extraordinaire Sue Fleischl has agreed to share a couple of her recipes with us to celebrate her company's 20th anniversary.

Comfort food with Italian grace notes.

Before you sink your teeth into Pizza Hut's new cheeseburger crust pizza, you'll need a fitness plan ready to work off its contents.

Being on the road is great, but it’s also a joy to come home and whip up some of these home-grown favourites again.

Invented in Naples, the pizza has become one of the world’s favourite fast foods. But for every good pizza there are many dozens of bad ones. Living’s restaurant reviewer, Peter Calder, checks out his top pizza picks in town.

Preliminary results from a study by Mexico's National Institute of Public Health show their sugar tax has decreased the average consumption of sugar.

July already? Good grief! Instead of contemplating where the year has gone, think about what to drink this weekend.