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Restaurant review: Levant, Auckland CBD

Menu at Wynyard Quarter restaurant is uninspiring.

Recipes: Perfect food + wine

Perfect pairings of classic dishes and classic wines.

Five of the best: BYO restaurants

Here are our top five restaurants for BYO alcohol.

Home-cooked meal recipe for romance - study

New results from a nationwide survey show Kiwi women would most prefer cooking an indulgent meal for two during the chilly winter months.

Wine: Arbiters of autumnal awesomeness

Red, russet, carmine-coloured and crimson, earthy tones and splashes of spice — these arbiters of autumnal awesomeness will do more than fill your alliteration quota for the week ...

Restaurant review: Phil's Kitchen, Kingsland

With every dish an exciting and original masterpiece, Phil’s Kitchen knows how to dazzle.

Brunch: Mary's, Ponsonby

With a beautiful leadlight feature window, Mary’s is spacious and we liked the art choices

Wendyl Wants To Know: Animal welfare better for Thai

Thailand’s battery-raised chooks have better life than NZ’s but canned product has additives in mayonnaise, Wendyl Nissen writes.

Molten restaurant's official review

We've returned to dine at Molten since the online review incident. The official review is in.

Gluten-free boom is coming

The country is on the verge of a gluten-free boom, says Coeliac New Zealand.

Parents urged to 'be wary' of hot snacks

A tasty winter warmer is putting more and more Kiwi children in hospital with serious scalds and burns.

Who is joining Masterchef?

Al Brown has been announced and Spy's sources say Josh Emett will return, leaving space for one more to replace Ray McVinnie.

Green grows the caffeine now

Coffee drinkers want the gruntiest, tastiest, most fashionable brew, but they increasingly also want their daily fix to be an ethical one.

Fair trade, home-made

Home-baked goodies taste so much better if you know where the ingredients come from.

Wine: Don't mess with 'medium'

Don’t mess around with “medium” this week. Thankfully you don’t need to be a bungy-jumping, cross-fitting, skydiving fanatic to show your appreciation of the extreme ...

Restaurant review: Eight Point Two, Birkenhead

Eight Point Two’s scored a coup with the addition of top chef Des Harris.