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Heaven in a bun: Try the Maketu special (+recipes)
Don’t splash out at a burger joint, try making our favourites.
Great serves off the court too
Over the past two weeks, spectators, players and celebrities feasted on top-notch food and drink at the ASB Classic and Heineken Open.
Review: Apero Food & Wine, Auckland CBD
Apart from Euro, Apero is the only wine bar we've tried that takes the food side of the experience seriously.
Wendyl wants to know: Taco pack kitset for good, healthy meal
I'm all for meal kits which incorporate fresh ingredients such as avocado, lettuce, capsicum and tomato.
Food behaviours to stress (without stressing out)
My children are 12, 10 and 3. My chance to impart our family values, educate them and feed them well is by no means complete.
Want brekkie? Sign this waiver
Contestants are given an hour to attempt the challenge, signing a waiver before starting. Rules include no sharing, must be 18 or over and you must stop if you are sick.
Creme Egg changes affect NZ
If you think your Cadbury Creme Egg tastes a little different this year that might be because the chocolate shell recipe has changed.
Eggs-treme anger at changes
"It's no longer Dairy Milk. It's similar, but not exactly Dairy Milk."
5 things to know about coffee
A recent study got us thinking: What other crazy things do we know about coffee thanks to science? Answer: a lot
Photos: Incredible fruit & vege art
Amber Locke creates intricate designs by photographing fruit and vegetables arranged on a sheet, which she posts both on her Instagram and her website.
Wellbeing: Nana knows best (+recipes)
There have never been so many choices when it comes to food. In the old days, we had about 10 staples on which we survived.
Let's eat: Aw shucks, seafood by the bay
The memory is an unreliable faculty at the best of times. So it may be that I was mistaken in remembering that Only Seafood in Paihia was bloody good.
Delaney Mes: Stretch out that summer feeling
Some of summer’s best weather happens after the Christmas and New Year madness dies down and when we’re all back at work.
Wine: Summer essentials
Looking for summer bubbles, a lovely uncomplicated white that goes with anything or something tiny, transportable and functional? Here they are…
Nigella Lawson: 'I'm a survivor'
Nigella Lawson on childhood, family and why she’s the queen of onion soup.
The rise of the vegans
Veganism is now a global obsession with some heavyweight backers. Carroll Du Chateau looks at how a diet free of cheese, meat, fish and eggs went from hippie to hip.
Brunch: Depot Eatery, Auckland CBD
The menu is a short, sweet list of just three “morning glories” — bacon and egg doonas, toasted muesli and fresh, warm beignets. Plus the perfectly brewed Havana Coffee Co beans.
Books: Food journeys
Linda Herrick delves into four new cookbooks that transport the palate around the globe.
Wendyl Wants To Know: Take close look at packaging
While shopping for supplies for our New Year's Eve party, I found this very appetising "man sized" offering.
Coast's legendary kaimoana
All up and down the East Coast, where high brown peaks plunge into dark blue ocean, the convergence of legend and water is constant.
Monster cone too daunting
Northland's contender for the world's biggest icecream on a normal cone has reported a lot of interest but no takers for its latest creation.
Sizzling in wine country
Drive the winding road from Havelock North to the windblown crest of Te Mata Peak then study the panorama from west to east.
Summer Herald: First, the talking pig ... then some foul fruit
When I arranged to eat miscellaneous offal at work on a Friday afternoon, it seemed like as good a time as any.
Gandhi beer insults India
Descendants of Mahatma Gandhi have criticised an American brewery that put the image of India's teetotal independence campaigner on tins of beer.
Kai cooked in thermal wonderland
Reporter Jamie Morton and photographer and videographer Alan Gibson discover the naturally-steamed delights of Rotorua’s Whakarewarewa Valley.
Jem Beedoo: No point frying over filched chips
The desirability of foods is determined by the readiness that your co-diners display in snatching what is yours.