Restaurateurs have revealed the real reason you might not be given a good seat.

Summer is fly season. So how concerned should we be about their presence on our food?

Extreme clean diets and an obsession with physical perfection are ruining lives.

If there's one dish that makes Yael Shochat of Ima Cuisine think of home, it's salad.

A study has found mothers over 40 are at the forefront of a middle-aged drinking epidemic.

Get creative to give your meals that sizzled summer feel.

Here are six potential difficulties associated with sharing meals when dining out.

The secret to keeping a New Year resolution is to ask, rather than tell, yourself to change your behaviour, research suggests.

If you are struggling with a hangover tomorrow morning, it might not be entirely your own fault. Here's why.

A designer Kiwi cider that makers claim could combat ageing has hit the shelves in time for New Year.

Hedge funds are betting your morning cup of coffee is going to get cheaper.

A chocolate company has invented a bar that melts in your mouth - but not in your pocket.

You've swapped chips for salad, cake for fruit and crisps for cereal bars - so why aren't you losing weight?

For the first time in over three decades, competitors in the 2016 Coast to Coast won't be handed a well-earned Speight's after they complete.

Famous for its Maori culture, redwood forests and mud pools, this geothermal wonderland is also fast gaining a reputation for its gastronomic delights, writes Debbie Griffiths

These nibbles will ensure you make it through to midnight.

It's been a noisy year in the world of nutrition. Niki Bezzant rounds up the good, the bad and the controversial.

Jockey Leith Innes is riding in the Boxing Day races at Ellerslie and needs to stay light and race-ready.

The sale of Hammerheads Restaurant's assets won't cover all of what the collapsed eatery owes Inland Revenue, say liquidators.

And there's not a kale leaf in sight.

A Kiwi model and competitive eater has posted a hard-to-watch video of herself trying to eat 100 McDonald's burgers. How many did she manage?

Gluten-free Weet-Bix and frozen mango have topped Healthy Food Guide magazine's annual awards.

Here's what happens to our bodies when we consume alcohol.

Forget New York. Forget Vegas. Among celebrity chefs, the hot spot for fine dining is . . . the airport.

Most people have heard of gluten, but how many of us really understand how it fits into our diets?

A list of pet peeves, by way of advice to the restaurant sector.

Super-simple is the order of the day for the extended whanau.

I liked Nigella Lawson when she made some insightful remarks about faddish eating, in particular the fad of "clean eating," Niki writes.