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Delaney Mes: Born in the USA (+recipes)
Think beyond burgers and fries and embrace the taste of New York, writes Delaney Mes.

Review: Cafe Viet, Grey Lynn
Never having been to Hanoi, I might be mistaken. But I suspect the similarities between eating at a street food stall in Vietnam and dining in a Grey Lynn cafe on a cold Auckland winter’s Sunday night are not striking.

Marmite recipe could get a tweak
The recipe for Marmite could be rejigged to make it healthier in response to new Government plans to introduce nutrition rankings for all packaged food.

Migrants get a taste for Kiwi kai
Company director Sam Kamani grew up on a diet of mainly Indian roti and vegetable curry, but that's changed to bacon, eggs and steak since he moved to NZ.

Choice! Food goodness at a glance
Shoppers will soon know which foods are healthiest as the Government introduces a system to rate nutritional value.

Alex Robertson: Eat as the locals do
Dietary restrictions can be difficult to keep to in far-flung corners of the world, writes Alex Robertson.

Do quirky cold cures work?
Being sick sucks. Usually it comes when you're at your busiest, you feel unable to stop life for anything, let alone a snotty nose.

Sight of moon means start of month of abstinence
Muslims in New Zealand will this year be fasting just 11 hours during Ramadan while their counterparts in the Northern Hemisphere will be going without food for over 20 hours.

Family dinner for under $5?
The Tattersfields spent less on one meal for their whole family than the price of one McDonald's Happy Meal by following a plan that promises to feed four people for five days for less than $50.

How to fake a pricey bottle of wine
A recent spate of counterfeit wine busts has shone a spotlight on how pervasive the problem of wine forgery might be.

Bite-sized and beautiful (+recipes)
Mouth-watering morsels will get your drinks party off to a flying start. Kasey and Karena Bird show you how.

Here's to inventive ways to eat toast
Forget peanut butter or other traditional spreads, 12 innovators have pushed the possibilities of toast with creations such as pear and camembert bake and an icecream sandwich.

Tasting new wines is never a chore
Getting to try newly released wines is never a chore, nor is it taken for granted. I sample them all so you don’t have to…trust me; we’ve never had it so good…for example.

Review: Gusto Italiano, Ponsonby
Gusto Italiano is one of those restaurants that makes you feel great the moment you walk through the door. It's light, warm, reasonably

Row over grisly bunny pics
The author faces backlash for sharing pictures of a rabbit she killed, skinned and cooked on Twitter.

Kiwis' favourite winter fruit
Apples are the pick of winter fruit amongst New Zealanders, dominating a local poll, way ahead of runners-up avocado and mandarin.

Live Chat: Talking food with MasterChef winners
This year’s MasterChef NZ winners Kasey and Karena Bird were viewers’ favourites from the get-go.