There’s something for all appetites at a French bistro in Newmarket

It's a worldwide trend - top chefs moving into gourmet fast food and now chef Sean Marshall (Roxy) is the latest restaurant chef to bring us fabulous food on the go.

In the gastro bar world, we are talking about tapas and sharing plates drawn from international cuisine. That's Libertine.

If I could live that lifestyle where I buy a block of land in the country, set up a restaurant and grow my own food with my family, that would be fantastic.

A decade after public holiday surcharges were introduced in restaurants, several eateries have "given up" trying to enforce the added costs.

A Vietnamese restaurant in Newmarket lives up to expectations.

The increasing Asian ownership of restaurants and cafes in Auckland is giving Asians an advantage over English-speaking European job seekers, a Massey University sociologist says.

If you haven't done so already, I suggest this year you make peace with a more casual style of eating out.

A new book features stalls and holes in walls alongside three Michelin-starred restaurants that are among famous chef's favourite eateries.

Laksa is one of the hottest-selling items on the menu of Mamak Malaysian Cafe, and is popular with Asians and non-Asians alike, says chef and cafe co-owner Charlotte Ng.

It may be a better guide to eating out than how busy the restaurant is - where do our top chefs choose to go for a meal?

What do the hard-working people who run some of our city's busiest and best kitchens do when their restaurant kitchen is given a final scrub-down for the year? Do they put their feet up and let others wait on them hand and foot?

Can lunch ever really compete with dinner as the ultimate dining occasion? Definitely. Especially when it involves taking a trip to the country through rolling hills to a beautifully restored villa with white wicker furniture set out on a shaded verandah.

Former international party planner Jonathan Rutherfurd Best shares his tips on how to throw a soiree to remember.

Restaurant Brands' newly opened Carl's Jr burger store in Mangere has performed ahead of expectations during its first five days of trading, the company says.

Eating may be cheating a lot of the time during the year, but not at Christmas when it's open season on treats. And let's pretend New Year's Day, with its pesky resolutions, isn't just around the corner.