Best friends and good food make a celebration.

Celebrity taco chefs Otis and Sarah Frizzell spent yesterday serving at their usual Ponsonby spot instead of at a food festival their taco truck was used to advertise.

New-release wines continue to be of exceptional quality, which is good news for consumers who can select with confidence.

Three Hemis came out of the woodwork claiming they were the mystery man being sought by a food manufacturer. But the real Hemi came out of the bush.

A rugby fan has invented an icecream creation that he says takes care of Bledisloe Cup fever and is his tribute to the All Blacks and New Zealand.

A one-man craft beer operation in Nelson has been declared New Zealand's top brewery.

New Zealand wine exports increased by 10 per cent in both volume and value to a record $1.33 billion in the year to June.

NZ could become a "superpower" of the global craft beer market, with demand for Kiwi brews expected to triple, according to research by ANZ.

It was school meets Hell's Kitchen as top culinary students from around the country battled it out in Auckland yesterday.

Chocolate makers and fans of hazelnut-filled products including Nutella spread may need to brace themselves for price rises, after poor weather devastated hazelnut crops.

We regularly revisit our 5.30 theme (five ingredients in under 30 minutes) in Bite to help satisfy the constant demand for quick, easy recipes that help put good food on the table every day of the week.

Top chefs are swinging into action to help educate kids who think potatoes are long yellow things from McDonald’s.

"Eat your carrots!" exclaimed the caregiver firmly to my children, who, like most youngsters, were trying to avoid contact with anything remotely resembling a vegetable.

Sean Armstrong's baking business, Loaf, started in a fit of anger. As a chef, Armstrong outsourced the bread baking when he needed large volumes for functions at Prime Bistro.

More than 2000 avocados stolen from a Whangarei orchard had recently been sprayed and are unsafe to eat, police say.

Not a week goes by where I don't eat at least one fish meal - pan-fried with salad, crumbed with chips, stir-fried in to Asian dishes, raw in Japanese dishes, baked, grilled, barbecued, marinated, curried, steamed - fish is so incredibly versatile.

The first mouthful of Gareth Stewart's chocolate pudding had me close to tears. I've been lucky enough to eat a lot of delicious meals this year, but this was one of the most wonderful desserts I'd had in a long time.

The rest of the world is now sending us some of their best wines, which enables us to see what all the fuss is about. These are worth checking out.

It was a night full of surprises. First we were surprised to be taken out to Le Vietnamese Kitchen's back room, and find it warmer and buzzier than in the front.

For cheese lovers it will be news worth celebrating with an extra slice of cheddar.

The focus of this week's Bite was going to be on foods we should be eating right now to ward off winter ills and moody blues.