A sugar-cured, old-fashion leg ham on the bone from a Canterbury Butchery has taken out the title of the best ham in the land.

Push for higher volumes compromising our greatest export, write Gareth Morgan and Geoff Simmons. "The future of NZ's dairy industry should lie in quality, not quantity."

McDonald's is introducing some higher-priced options to its Dollar Menu and renaming it "Dollar Menu and More" to spur sales in the US.

It wasn't the first complaint about airline food, but it was definitely one of the most emphatic.

A bartender from one of Auckland's hippest watering holes has been name the best mixologist in New Zealand.

Labels revealing how costly a glass of wine or beer could be in terms of weight gain could soon be on the way, as the Government explores making them mandatory.

Auckland bartender Adam Neal has been named the best at the Beam Bar Legend competition. The Racket/Orleans tender beat out nearly 500 other Kiwi mixologists, earning the title at the final cocktail making contest in Auckland last night. Check out the pics from the event.

It's hard work finding the perfect sausage - it takes two days, with almost 50 judges tasting more than 460 entries.

It's a food hall on steroids. Dozens of national cuisines are represented by stalls that sell various nations' street-food staples.

Making that ready meal look appetising on the packet requires plenty of photographic skill and maybe a little rearrangement.

A restaurant in Brooklyn's trendy Greenpoint neighborhood is serving up a four-course meal of organic, locally-sourced food, but isn't allowing any chit-chat.

Working at McDonald's will gain credits towards a university degree in a deal between the fast-food giant and Massey University.

While many fast-food outlets are discounting, the new arrival is expanding and keeping its prices steady.

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has teamed up with Woolworths to phase out the sale of caged eggs at the supermarket giant.

My uncle Allan Wallbank was an MP and he got me a job there as a waiter. I was on a bus to Wellington at 16.

McDonald's might be one of the giants of New Zealand's quick service restaurant market, but its boss reckons there's still plenty of room for the Golden Arches to grow.

Soaring sales of Georgie Pie during a trial in McDonald's stores have lead to the Kiwi classic now being made available across New Zealand

Save the steak for another day - today is World Vegetarian Day.