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More fun than a barrel of monkeys (+recipes)

For National Kids’ Day, open up the kitchen and give them free rein!

Wine: Longing for robust reds

Tired of summer whites and rosé wines? Longing for a robust red even if you have to match it with fish and salad? Help is at hand ...

Review: Fleur's Place, Otago

The Otago restaurant and its host are world famous — the seafood for its freshness and the host for her good humour.

Brunch: The Garden Shed, Mt Eden

The look is the big drawcard for The Garden Shed. As the name suggests there's a botanical, rustic theme throughout the establishment.

Wendyl Wants To Know: Terrific - all fruit and nothing but

I'm making a bit of a departure today by reviewing two products that have very few ingredients. No lists of additives to wade through today.

Fast food foils calorie-counters

A low-calorie diet isn't necessarily a healthy and balanced diet.

World's most bizarre burgers

Everybody loves a burger but it would seem that some love them more than most.

Bar review: Andiamo, Herne Bay

This is a Jervois Rd stalwart where diners chatter over plates of perfect Italian food while others extend happy hour out the front.

Beer supply falls despite craft brewery boost

A big fall in the amount of beer available has lead to a 2 per cent fall in the size of New Zealand's alcohol supply last year.

Fine dining's link to sex

People associate the luxury of an expensive restaurant with sexual pleasure, while eating tasty food in a cheap diner is more likely to be compared with drug addiction and physical trauma, scientists found.

Your Business: Food trucks - Peter Washer, The White Lady

Peter Washer runs perhaps New Zealand's best known food truck, The White Lady.

In today's Bite: Good food for less

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.

A lesson in tapas

The history of tapas is contested, and they vary by region, but one thing if for certain, these Spanish bar snacks are always delicious. Anna King Shahab finds out more.

10 surprising food facts

Our understanding of the foods we commonly eat is constantly changing - Dr Jocelyn Eason, shares 10 things we might not know about popular Kiwi foods.

Healthy eating takes hit as prices rise

Kiwis' consumption of health-giving fruit and vegetables is thought likely to have dipped further during the past 12 months because of a 7 per cent price rise.

Kiwi cook takes on America

Whether you can name one of her recipes or not, you know who Annabel Langbein is. She's the TV cook living the sweet life on the shores of Lake Wanaka.

Wendyl Wants To Know: Wonder noodles an instant joy

I found these 'wonder noodles' at a New World supermarket and was overjoyed to find no MSG, no artificial anything, and natural tomato paste as flavouring.

Review: The Crab Shack, Auckland CBD

The appeal of the crab eludes me: it's great food if you are lost in the wilderness and eating to survive, but at dinner it's less a dish than a test of one's dexterity and perseverance.