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![Buy Crikey: Buy in season for best taste and better value](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Buy Crikey: Buy in season for best taste and better value
Are you gorging yourself on asparagus, strawberries and avocados? We are. They're in season and what's more, at their most flavoursome for the year.
![Cheeky prices for a pint](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Cheeky prices for a pint
Recently released industry statistics show the country's pubs and bars have an average 100 per cent mark-up across food and drink.
![Review: Masu, Auckland CBD](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Review: Masu, Auckland CBD
Lonely Planet may have gone several steps too far in naming Auckland in a top-10 world city list but in the category of eating out you could make a plausible case.
![Australia: Wines of Clare and McLaren](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Australia: Wines of Clare and McLaren
Australia is blessed with a wide range of exotic wine regions with beautiful vistas, character vineyard restaurants and wines of distinction.
![Crowds - with chance of meatballs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Crowds - with chance of meatballs
Zero-waste cooking, local produce, casual dining and gourmet meatballs are tipped to be the flavours of the year at the fifth annual Taste of Auckland festival.
![In-N-Out Burger in Auckland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
In-N-Out Burger in Auckland
American burger chain In-N-Out Burger is operating a pop-up store in Auckland to test whether New Zealand has potential as a market for permanent outlets.
![And NZ's best wine is...tba](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
And NZ's best wine is...tba
Just over 110 New Zealand wines have been declared outstanding gold medal winners by an international panel of judges at this year's Air New Zealand Wine Awards.
![Napa Valley dining: Flavour fit for the gods](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Napa Valley dining: Flavour fit for the gods
Jesse Mulligan experiences destination dining at its finest - and most expensive.
![Penny Lewis: Foodie fever in class acts (+recipes)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Penny Lewis: Foodie fever in class acts (+recipes)
Ditch any preconceptions, a foodie weekend is fun whether you're a newbie or a seasoned gourmet.
![Review: IVillage Indian Restaurant & Bar, Victoria Park](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Review: IVillage Indian Restaurant & Bar, Victoria Park
Having just been reminded that our Indian population is the second-largest ethnic community in the city, it was fitting that we booked, on a very quiet night, for dinner at IVillage.
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Celebrity chef had aneurysm months before death
The wife of Charlie Trotter said doctors discovered the acclaimed chef had an aneurysm months before he died and that he'd been taking medicine to control seizures, his blood pressure and high cholesterol.
![All sweet tooths should go Dutch](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
All sweet tooths should go Dutch
Every region in The Netherlands is known for its own special sweets. Bernd Meier heads out to sample a selection.
![Celebrity chef death: autopsy inconclusive](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Celebrity chef death: autopsy inconclusive
An autopsy conducted on celebrated chef Charlie Trotter was inconclusive, but officials have found no evidence of foul play or trauma.
![Judging NZ's best wines](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Judging NZ's best wines
A team of expert judges have began swirling, sniffing and sampling the best wines in the country, searching for winners in this year's Air New Zealand Wine Awards.
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Judging of the Air NZ wine awards
Judging has began at the 2013 Air New Zealand Wine Awards. The international panel of experts have 1,380 different drops to sample before naming the winners at a ceremony in Queenstown later this month.
![Michelin judges' secret world](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Michelin judges' secret world
As a new edition of the all-powerful Michelin Guide is published, Neil Tweedie delves into the secret world of the restaurant inspectors who wield the power to award or withdraw those coveted stars.
![Grant Allen: Island cuisine a real catch (+recipes)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Grant Allen: Island cuisine a real catch (+recipes)
Grant Allen finds old friends and new dishes.