Raising external finance the next step in sustainability for organic coffee firm.

A long-standing eatery lives up to its reputation for excellence.

Tasting menus take the stress out of choosing.

How often have you been told that a restaurant's licence bans it from allowing BYO? Whoever told you that is either ignorant or fibbing.

The Cafe of the Year winners treat their customers like their family.

A central city dining venue ticks all the food and service boxes — and allows easy conversation.

Local eateries are have signature dishes on offer at bargain prices during this special event, reports Alexia Santamaria.

Alexia Santamaria rounds up some of the Auckland eateries serving up what they grow.

Booking a table at one of the city's hottest restaurant was once the way to impress friends. Now it's getting a seat within an hour of arriving.

Restaurant owners Antonio Crisci and his nephew Sergio Maglione talk about nurturing Italian cuisine in New Zealand, ahead of their joint effort at Taste of Auckland.

Some fine food gets a bit lost in the fanfare at a Mt Eden eatery.

Angela Morris, owner of Toad Hall in Motueka.

Oysters are more beautiful than any religion," I said airily, plagiarising Saki and E. F. Benson in one pretentious breath.

Chef Michel Louws' mission is to fulfil his diners' every request, finds Diana Balham.

The new owner at Delicious has kept the best and improved the rest.

The Treehouse, an award-winning hospitality function venue created as part of a high-profile advertising campaign for Yellow Pages, is for sale.

Anyone who has ever spent time in South Africa knows meat plays a key part in its national cuisine. Smoked, roasted, dried, fried, whatever - meat is king.

Kathy Gulliver, owner, Mud Bay Cafe, Urenui, Taranaki.

Though the places we sleep in are often quickly forgotten, food will be at the heart of the stories that, years later, we tell about our travels.