Source: youtube.com / Franco Cooks. A (nearly) naked chef is cooking up a storm serving tasty dishes in his underpants.

NZH Focus: If you're watching your weight after the long weekend, you need to pay as much attention to what you drink as to what you eat.

The menu spoils for choice and it is very good - it's all about shared plates.

Experimenting with Asian ingredients can be fun.

Find all your favourite bits from today's Bite magazine online.

Scientists reveal the best ways to eat, absorb and enhance the health boosts we can get from everyday foods.

COMMENT: The only winners here are the diet promoters, who are laughing all the way to the bank.

Revealed: The one ingredient that will save your favourite summer dip. And it's not lemon juice.

Imagine if your taste buds had ears and a rock track for the first time. Such an assault is what a great blended white will provide the tongue ...

Stephanie Holmes eats her way around the Sunshine Coast and is left with a good taste in her mouth.

Celebrity chef Manu Feildel is on a global mission - and a budget - in his new show, writes Stephanie Holmes.

Is breaking the seal actually real? Or is it all in our heads?

You won't find gluten at this cafe - and not just to be trendy.

From foodie events to diet tips and Friday night drink recommendations, here are the best bites of food news this week.

She's New Zealand's gatekeeper of our gastronomic past, yet the internationally lauded Helen Leach is virtually unknown here, writes Kim Knight.

The secret of why cheese and wine complement each other has been discovered...

Head north for a pub without the usual style of grub.

With warmer weather on the way, try these clever hacks to stop your fresh produce going off too quickly.

COMMENT: Handy sauce sachet is pretty close to the real thing.

The latest food trend to come out of Hong Kong is so adorable, it's been named just that: "adorable eats".

The packed school lunch has been elevated to a form of art.

Nutritionist May Simpkin reveals the six mistakes that can be encouraging weight gain.

Steve Braunias, The man who ate Lincoln Rd, watched warfare over wedges at BFF Adventure Playground.

"$22 a week times 300 years - you will have a house for your ashes".

Avocado boss hits back at suggestions young people should stop eating smashed avocado to save money for a house - 'Why didn't he pick on coffee?'

Milk chocolate, peanut and peanut butter are the stalwart M&M's flavours, but soon there will be a new option vying for your taste buds' attention.

Is Weet-Bix the next Kiwi favourite to be called an Australian product?

A Kiwi blogger reveals how she dropped 55kg while adhering to a philosophy that being healthy doesn't have to be boring.

Chefs from top restaurants are protesting in one of the ways they know best - with food.

As tomatoes come in to season, research reveals the common place you shouldn't store them - unless you're hell bent on killing their flavour.