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All you need to know about oil
Do we need another expensive oil in the pantry? And if so, what on earth do we use it for? Delaney Mes explains.
Inside Toast Martinborough
Life & Style Editor Nicky Park shares her insider tips for making the most of Toast Martinborough ahead of ticket sales for this year's food and wine festival.
Top five yum cha spots in Auckland
With delicious yum cha, the buffet comes to you. Nicky Park picks her favourite Auckland spots.
Review: Everybody's, Auckland CBD
Personality number three tempts — and generously satisfies — a somewhat jaded reviewer.
Mild winter boosts avocados, greens
Avocados are selling for as little as 50c each at New Zealand supermarkets and there is so much lettuce that some growers are choosing not to harvest it as shoppers prefer their greens packed in plastic bags.
Cheese, beer and bacon - food news this week
Life & Style Editor Nicky Park dishes up the tastiest food news around the country this week.
NZ's best ham and bacon
Manuka smoked pork products have dominated the annual New Zealand Pork Awards, with the classic Kiwi flavour proving a winner in both the bacon and the ham categories.
Where to eat in Queenstown
From high-end Asian street food-inspired dishes to pizzas that have been popular for almost 40 years, Queenstown's food scene has something for everyone.
Mallowpuffs voted Bay's best biscuit (+vote)
Bay of Plenty voters have taken to the polls and voted Mallowpuffs Original their favourite biscuit in an annual nationwide biscuit election.
Should we all go gluten-free?
It's no wonder some people are questioning their gluten intake. But rest assured, there is no credible evidence grain-based foods cause disease.
Fat friends make you eat more - study
Going for dinner with friends who are overweight or obese will encourage you to gain weight, a new study has warned.
Delaney Mes: 'I'm sick of people feeling guilty about food'
If it's part of a balanced diet, and a generally healthy existence, then shouldn't we enjoy it? Food is so much more than just fuelling our bodies, writes Delaney Mes.
Death row dinners - bad taste?
Inspired by the last requests of death row inmates and allowing diners to "enjoy the idea of a last meal, without the nasty execution bit," Death Row Dinners has caused a stir.
Too much of a good thing?
If you're buying lunch from a fast-food outlet, don't assume that everything that claims to be "healthy", actually is. So what pitfalls should you look out for?
Kiwifruit exports set to surge
Single desk seller Zespri says the kiwifruit industry is looking like putting on a growth spurt after the Psa virus cut a swathe through the country's most productive areas from 2010 through to 2013.
Global beer behemoth in the works
Nearly one in every three beers in the world could soon be sold by the same company.
Ask Phoebe: Taste of Auckland a bus ride away
Phoebe Falconer writes: Auckland Transport has no plans to run special services to the Taste of Auckland event, but there is other public transport that can get you there.
Barcelona: Spanish expedition
When P.K. Stowers goes in search of world-class tapas, a cosy venue leaves him happily sated.