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Watch: Eating bugs
Fancy a spot of cricket? Not the sport, the bug. Avondale-based company Crawlers sells cricket pasta and flour.

Watch: Award-winning sandwich maker Liam Fox
Sandwich maker Liam Fox has been nominated for outstanding chef award.

Can dandruff be cured with this simple item from your fridge?
It may sound a tad flaky but yogurt could help keep dandruff at bay.

Steve Braunias: Lollypop chicken at Saaj
Steve likes chicken. And he was most impressed by this ingenious dish at Indo-Chinese restaurant Saaj.

The monster feijoa from Morrinsville
A 411 gram feijoa has been found on a tree that regularly produces a bumper crop.

Brunch review: Oaken
This slick refit, in the space that was once Quay St Cafe, caught my eye when I was at the Britomart markets.

Salad favourites boost bills
Higher avocado and tomato prices helped push the annual grocery bill up, the latest food price index shows.

Kids too smart to give breakfast miss
Studies report that about 25 per cent of US teens deem the first meal of the day unnecessary. I live with one of you, so I have heard your reasons.

Are your food portions too big?
Our portion sizes are growing along with our waist lines. Here's how much of our favourite foods we should really be eating.

CEOs are making their junk food and eating it, too
The current issue of Bloomberg Businessweek has a cover story on Nestle's big effort to transform itself from a maker of often-junky foods to a "nutrition, health, and wellness company."

Why is iced coffee more expensive than hot coffee?
If the only difference between iced and regular coffee is a handful of ice, how do you explain the price hike?

Make a delicious dinner out of nothing
Find all your favourite bits from today's Bite magazine online.

Can you really know if that pizza is antibiotic-free?
Even for companies that are touting new, cleaner products at their restaurants, information as to how they plan to get there and who will make sure they're doing what they promise can be murky at best.

Niki Bezzant: Give up on giving things up
Researchers found a "Mediterranean" diet, high in fruit, vegetables, fish and unrefined foods, was linked to a lower risk of heart attack and stroke.

Jack Tame: Eating a slice of history
COMMENT: I never thought I'd eat at Rao's. Every Yelp review and every magazine profile calls it the hardest place in New York to get a table.

Restaurant review: Viva
The pre-theatre package will appeal but restaurant needs to up its game.

When customer service gets too friendly
How familiar should the relationship between customer and server be? Kim Knight considers the issue.

KFC creates nail polish that tastes like chicken
Fast food giant KFC has introduced two edible nail polish flavours that supposedly tastes like chicken.

Restaurant review: Kiss Kiss
If there's a queue, it's worth the wait at Balmoral's newest eatery

Join Canvas for our new Hot Dinner series
Dine at Nick Honeyman's new bistro, Paris Butter with Canvas,

Wendyl Nissen: A yoghurt for dairy free eaters
COMMENT: The world has gone mad for coconut. Coconut water, milk and cream is in every health food as we search for more ways to improve our health.

Steve Braunias: The man who ate Lincoln Road meets a new challenger in the burger wars
The ceiling lights are very bright, the burgers are big and the service is fast at Mr Burger.

Man creates ode to coleslaw
He is so in love that he is willing to lay bare his deepest feelings for all the world to see - and the object of his affection is coleslaw.

Stirring up memories
Anne Tiernan had a difficult relationship with her unhappy mother. But, she recalls, baking was the one activity with which her mother could convey her love for her.