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One jaw-droppingly calorific pizza
Before you sink your teeth into Pizza Hut's new cheeseburger crust pizza, you'll need a fitness plan ready to work off its contents.

Hong Kong-inspired recipes
Being on the road is great, but it’s also a joy to come home and whip up some of these home-grown favourites again.

Top 5 pizza places
Invented in Naples, the pizza has become one of the world’s favourite fast foods. But for every good pizza there are many dozens of bad ones. Living’s restaurant reviewer, Peter Calder, checks out his top pizza picks in town.

Niki Bezzant: Bring on the sugar tax
Preliminary results from a study by Mexico's National Institute of Public Health show their sugar tax has decreased the average consumption of sugar.

Wine: What to drink this weekend
July already? Good grief! Instead of contemplating where the year has gone, think about what to drink this weekend.

Restaurant review: Chikos
In a not-so-trendy part of town is an eatery offering exciting modern European cuisine with flavours from Bangkok to Texas.

Is this the world's most dangerous drink?
Devotees say raw milk is the ultimate health food. So why do scientists think it’s so toxic?

Before there was Masterchef
Reality style food shows seem to be the television that we currently love to hate. From Come Dine with Me to Masterchef and My Kitchen Rules - our TV channels are full of them.

Is marriage making you fat?
Marriage can boost your health in a number of ways but it appears there is one measure where it lets you down – your waistline.

Eight best non-drinker's bars
Embarking on Dry July or just want to lay off the liquor - here are our favourite bars for alcohol-free beverages.

Group calls for ban on alcohol sachets
An Eden Park group is urging Justice Minister Amy Adams to ban palm-sized alcohol sachets, which are being found scattered around the stadium grounds after big games.

Bar review: De Post Belgian Beer Cafe, Mt Eden
De Post is the perfect spot for beer connoisseurs looking for an extensive beer list.

Amy Stockwell: Miranda Kerr is trying to sell you a very dangerous message
Miranda Kerr's new baby-care recommendation is dangerous. So dangerous that it could cost lives, writes Amy Stockwell.

Lee Suckling: My year without caffeine
It's one year to the week since Lee Suckling had his last proper cup of coffee. He explains why - and how - he kicked the caffeine habit.

NZ's first non-alcoholic bar
Auckland revellers intent on staying out until 6am will have a new nightclub to go to this weekend - but the catch is, it doesn't serve alcohol.

Where's Auckland's most expensive beer?
From dirt cheap to almost cracking double digits, the price of a bottle of beer in Auckland varies wildly.

What is making Kiwis fatter?
An over-supply of high-energy, high-calorie foods in many countries has been today shown by New Zealand researchers as a likely driver of rising global obesity.

World's most expensive beer
Aucklanders partial to a pint are likely to pay more for their beer than those in Liverpool, Amsterdam or Los Angeles.

The stars of bars slug it out
Some of the country's best bartenders showcased their "mixologist" skills in Auckland last night.

'Healthy' snack has no taste
There was a crunch, not much flavour and then a distinct plastic aftertaste to these potato sticks, writes Wendyl Nissen.

Bite: Three reasons to entertain
If your circle of friends includes any Americans, there may well be some 4th of July celebrations happening this weekend.

Entrée may ruin your meal
A delicious starter may seem like the perfect way to begin a memorable restaurant meal. But be careful not to order one that is too good - it is likely to spoil your enjoyment of the main course, new research suggests.

Restaurant review: Miss Moonshine's, Ponsonby
It's all about the meat at latest Ponsonby eatery.

Five of the best: American-inspired feeds
Our five favourite haunts around Auckland with a star spangled banner vibe.

Recipes: Winter soups
For lunch, dinner and even the morning after, a hearty soup hits the right spot.

Niki Bezzant: 'Do' works better than 'don't'
Carrot, not stick, works best for healthy eating. Sometimes the results of scientific research can seem like the bleeding obvious, Niki Bezzant writes.

An eye for the perfect pie
On July 16, pie-makers will be hold their breaths and cross their fingers while pie experts bite their way through thousands of entries in the Bakels NZ Supreme Pie Awards dinner.

Gareth Stewart new top chef
Former MasterChef judge Simon Gault is being replaced with top chef and MKR judge, Gareth Stewart.

Wine: Our favourite bubbles
Assemblage, tirage, remuage, disgorge and dosage — all fundamental steps in the formulation of our favourite fizz ...