Peter Stewart is the founder of food truck business The Roaming Dive.

Steve Coppard is the founder of food truck business Rock Dogs. He talks with Caitlin Sykes about how he went from IT to hot dogs.

First drinks: Have to be a couple of pints if you're going out to this place. I went with the recommended beverage - the newish Haru

Nico Fini is the founder of food truck business Urban Escargot and talks to Caitlin Sykes about the pros and cons.

If you think you're doing a restaurant any favours by ordering dessert, you might want to think again.

Giuseppe Nocca says church records from the Dark Ages in Gaeta, Lazio, are the earliest reference to the classic Italian dish.

Otis and Sarah Frizzell own The Lucky Taco food truck business. Caitlin Sykes talks with Sarah about the pros and cons.

The researchers believe their findings could help in the battle to curb the world's growing obesity problem.

Philip and Hannah Hutton, owners of The Great New Zealand Christmas Cake Company and Gifted, talk about working from home.

The Duchess of Cornwall has given a rare New Zealand tea the thumbs up during an event to celebrate Waitangi Day.

The reinvention of Fort St makes me feel like cheering. Spruced up and repaved as part of the city's shared spaces programme, it is no longer somewhere worth avoiding.

Worm farms, compost heaps, beehives and vege gardens. Auckland businesses

We've asked four of our favourite health nuts to share their number one smoothie recipe.

Stone fruit is at its peak at present so make the most of it.

The reigning queens of reality cooking show My Kitchen Rules are taking their unique brand of cuisine and whipping up a new recipe for this year.

The Government is reviewing what a public health expert calls disgraceful levels of a dangerous bacteria in chicken.

Hawkes Bay, blessed with the kind of undulating landscape and climate that grapes love, is responsible for a fine array of whites and reds. Here are three:

A seaside location is a huge drawcard for a new Takapuna venue — and the food is pretty good, too.

Chef Gordon Ramsay has been hit with a multimillion-dollar bill in the latest round of his family feud, but he’s still very much in the game, finds Julia Llewellyn Smith.

Heading out for brunch? Check out the latest review in Canvas magazine for inspiration.

With years of waitressing experience, I am big on service. Great service can turn an okay meal into a great one.

It was a hot afternoon so my partner and I met up at this cute corner bar for a couple of refreshing drinks.

In a matter of only 15 years, Asian cuisine has gone from being a niche food obsession to one of the most popular around the world.

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.

War is declared, not for the first time, between France and Britain. The conflict might be called "Michelin star wars" or "the gastronomic empire strikes back".

Sophie Kaiser has come up with four meals you can make at work - even in that small - sometimes smelly - communal kitchen.

The Professor, bless her, doesn't do much cooking. Her idea of dinner is to fry up some courgettes in butter or (as a tribute to her English parentage) make toast and tea.

Those ‘healthy’ snacks may not be, finds Rachel Grunwell.

Give your kids' lunchboxes a makeover this year.

Now battle lines have been drawn across the biscuit aisles - and record numbers of cookie crunchers are tucking in.