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 is blessed with a wide range of exotic wine regions with beautiful vistas, character vineyard restaurants and wines of distinction.

Ask any chef and they'll tell you stories about injuries in a busy kitchen to make you wince.

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.

Jesse Mulligan experiences destination dining at its finest - and most expensive.

Ditch any preconceptions, a foodie weekend is fun whether you're a newbie or a seasoned gourmet.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 finds old friends and new dishes.

The battle of the supermarkets has never been so cut-throat, with the major players constantly on the lookout for new ways to lure us inside. Alan Perrott finds global trends indicate worse is to come.