Koreans love their alcoholic beverages. The day after a wild night, Korean drinkers will turn to haejangguk, literally translated as "soup to chase a hangover".

It's hard not to relax and think "a beer, right now, would be nice" as you drive down Bow St in Raglan and catch a glimpse of the majestic Harbour View Hotel.

The ministry is reviewing how it recovers the costs of its biosecurity and food safety systems across the country's primary industries, after under-recovering for several years.

Three young Auckland chefs have been named finalists in an international competition.

The goodness in supermarket staples such as milk, yoghurt, cheese and cereal could soon be supercharged thanks to Kiwi-developed technology.

A Korean eatery in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou says the 50 most handsome people to arrive at its gates each day will be spared paying their bills.

If you think your Cadbury Creme Egg tastes a little different this year that might be because the chocolate shell recipe has changed.

"It's no longer Dairy Milk. It's similar, but not exactly Dairy Milk."

A recent study got us thinking: What other crazy things do we know about coffee thanks to science? Answer: a lot

Consumers have been stopped in their tracks after discovering nasty surprises such as sticking plasters, metal and pieces of glass in their food.

Turning carparks into eateries where diners sit on plastic stools and share their table with random strangers may not sound like a recipe for success.

It's been a big year - whole foods are huge, raw is popular, and coconut is everywhere. Here's a few predictions for the year ahead.

Dunedin-based Silver Fern Farms will be looking to raise around $100 million in new equity next year to repay debt, upgrade plant, and to accelerate its "value added" product strategy.

Food poisoning, rates issues, flooding and Dirty Politics have been listed as some of the biggest PR challenges of the past year.

The Herald has asked high-profile Kiwis for recipes to inspire you this festive season.

Everything from Nutella and McDonald's to Filipino delicacies, here are our top 10 food stories from 2014.

Unionised food workers have gone on strike today at Auckland City Hospital in protest against a contracting-out decision they say will cost jobs and be bad for patients.

She counts Lorde as a client and has done her part to make the quintessential Kiwi summer drink fashionable again.

One white, one red and one in-between wine from three producers who have managed to capture the flavours of summer perfectly.

Burgers, coffee, meat and butter - Delaney Mes takes a look back at the biggest food trends of 2014.

Authorities in New Zealand have issued a warning about unpasteurised milk after the death of an Australian child.

Neither Fonterra nor the Ministry for Primary Industries emerged unscathed in the final report on the botulism scare that rocked the New Zealand dairy industry last year.

Fonterra's workplace culture showed an entrenched 'silo' mentality that robbed it of vital cohesion, a govt report into a botched botulism scare has found.

Some people seem to defy the laws of nature. These people achieve so much in so little time it appears preternatural.

Celebrity chefs and restaurateurs have banded together to ask diners to help feed needy Kiwis this Christmas.

Looking for celebratory sparkling wine for Christmas? John Hawkesby recommends six of the best mid-range Kiwi offerings.

New evidence suggests our ancestors acquired a taste for the substance nearly 10 million years before.