The flat white is a Kiwi favourite. But the classic espresso coffee's price can be as variable as Auckland's weather.

The widespread use of "fake cheese" has outraged France's gourmands after a documentary secretly filmed artificial substitutes being produced.

Jase Hawkins and PJ Harding have sworn off junk food during June. Halfway through the month, they tell us their top 10 traps and tips to avoid them.

Find all your favourite bits from today's Bite magazine online. Follow the hyperlinks in Jo Elwin's editor's letter and lose yourself in bite.co.nz.

In Auckland's insane property market, Te Atatu North, reinvented as Te Atatu Peninsula, is the new front line of upward mobility.

Savoury or sweet, these pastries will have everyone asking for another slice.

A-List chef Nick Honeyman is returning to France on Friday to run Le Petit Leon, an old-school French restaurant in the Dordogne region, a bistro that only opens for July and August each year.

Not only do some forms of tofu have crazy amounts of calcium sulfate but tofu may also be lowering my sex drive, worries Jack Tame.

This week 50 women will die from a disease that is, in part, preventable. It's something we tend to associate more with men: heart disease.

Trepidatious first impressions are soon forgotten when familiar fare is served with flair.

Cook-at-home food delivery services are expanding as families look for healthy meals in a hurry. The Herald gets a family of four to try three of the food kits.

It's World Gin Day. To celebrate one of our favourite spirits we asked the very hip Rogue Society guys to give us their give favourite ways to drink it.

The look is five-star. Blond wood furniture, blue Mediterranean tiles on the floor, palms in copper pots and smartly dressed — and friendly — waitstaff.

Sure people are busy, but too busy to chop a few veges? What else are you going to do while you wait for the oven to preheat, wonders Wendyl Nissen.

Eating sauerkraut, pickles and yoghurt may be the answer for young adults suffering from social anxiety.

The vibe is pretty much everything I want in a bar. Somewhere convivial to drink with friends and listen to some excellent but non-intrusive music, without having to queue up or deal with any boneheads.

Residents of Northland have been caught illegally selling crayfish through buy, sell and exchange pages on Facebook.

The thought of musicians serenading you as you eat may make your stomach churn. But listening to music during a meal will actually make your food taste better.

Whatever your caffeine consumption, there's no doubt that there's a frothing interest in coffee. We asked local connoisseur to spill the beans.

On Sunday night Michael Meredith was named Auckland's top chef. At 6am the next morning he started making sandwiches for hungry children in Mangere.

Lewis Road Creamery has repackaged its most popular milk for charity, but the "breast milk" has slammed by advocates as disrespectful towards women.

To get in the Come Dine With Me mood, we bring you ten of the best dinner party dishes.

Fructose intolerance seems to occur as our bodies aren't especially well-designed to process large quantities of this type of sugar.

Here's a look at some of the winter vegetables going cheap right now, and Anna King Shahab dishes up some ideas for making them delicious.

We hit the streets of Auckland equipped with the old and new recipe Milo to find out what the people think.

Alexia Santamaria finds out some of the city’s most delicious secrets.

Citrus season is helping us squeeze some joy in to this second week of winter.

A change to Milo's recipe has caused outrage among fans of the chocolatey drink, who say it now tastes "gross and disgusting".

The fire is out but it's still smoking hot at Al's place.

Kasey and Karena have been away on a well-deserved family break after their whirlwind book tour. This week their friend Simon Gault is guest Savour columnist.