The next time you reach for a snack, you may want to make it a handful of nuts because research shows they can reduce your risk of death from heart disease.

For at least one in four Kiwi coffee lovers, breakfast consists of a cuppa and no food, a new online survey shows.

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But why does being poor make you fat? Here's a thought: it could be a lack of personal responsibility, writes Rodney Hide.

Restaurants do write some dreadful tosh about themselves. "Quality ingredients" are always "freshly sourced" and "expertly prepared" (as distinct from second-rate stale crap carelessly chucked together, presumably).

It’s the taste of home that many immigrants miss. Alexia Santamaria meets some who are sharing their foods with their new country.

For National Kids’ Day, open up the kitchen and give them free rein!

Tired of summer whites and rosé wines? Longing for a robust red even if you have to match it with fish and salad? Help is at hand ...

The Otago restaurant and its host are world famous — the seafood for its freshness and the host for her good humour.

A low-calorie diet isn't necessarily a healthy and balanced diet.

Everybody loves a burger but it would seem that some love them more than most.

This is a Jervois Rd stalwart where diners chatter over plates of perfect Italian food while others extend happy hour out the front.

A big fall in the amount of beer available has lead to a 2 per cent fall in the size of New Zealand's alcohol supply last year.

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.

Try the flavours of Thailand: citrus, basil and coriander.

Three New Zealand wines seeking points of difference while retaining those elements you expect to find in wines you particularly enjoy.

Succulent steak, beautifully cooked every time, is one of life’s simple pleasures — and a tradition for the patrons at Jervois Steak House.

Kiwi chef Peter Gunn has been crowned the winner of the Pacific round of the San Pelligrino Young Chef competition.

People associate the luxury of an expensive restaurant with sexual pleasure, while eating tasty food in a cheap diner is more likely to be compared with drug addiction and physical trauma, scientists found.

Peter Washer runs perhaps New Zealand's best known food truck, The White Lady.

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.

The history of tapas is contested, and they vary by region, but one thing if for certain, these Spanish bar snacks are always delicious. Anna King Shahab finds out more.

Our understanding of the foods we commonly eat is constantly changing - Dr Jocelyn Eason, shares 10 things we might not know about popular Kiwi foods.

Kiwis' consumption of health-giving fruit and vegetables is thought likely to have dipped further during the past 12 months because of a 7 per cent price rise.

Whether you can name one of her recipes or not, you know who Annabel Langbein is. She's the TV cook living the sweet life on the shores of Lake Wanaka.

I found these 'wonder noodles' at a New World supermarket and was overjoyed to find no MSG, no artificial anything, and natural tomato paste as flavouring.

The appeal of the crab eludes me: it's great food if you are lost in the wilderness and eating to survive, but at dinner it's less a dish than a test of one's dexterity and perseverance.

Pack up a picnic for lunch or dinner and head to one of our top five spots. We bet it will prolong your happy holiday vibes.

In Maketu, everything growing in the summer vege garden is an inspiration.