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French cuisine: Bon appetit
Auckland is home to many gourmets who celebrate the art of French cuisine. Claire McCall meets a few.
Cheap meals can be healthier
Some of the cheapest ready-meals on the market may also be the best for your waistline.
Review: Mikano Restaurant & Bar, Mechanics Bay
Red sails in the Auckland sunset are all very well, and I’ve enjoyed them as an eating backdrop many times, but for me seeing a working port in action beats yachts every time.
Brunch: Dear Jervois, Herne Bay
A popular dining strip has a newcomer, which scores top marks for its attention to details — and its coffee.
Why docs make gross food associations
Snatched meals between operations may explain doctors' stomach-churning habit of comparing tumours, infections and skin outbreaks to food - expert.
Allergy upset spoils flight
An Auckland man flying from London to HK says he was told he'd have to go without an in-flight meal for his 11-hour trip as the airline could not cater to his peanut allergy.
Invivo goes global with spritzer
Having a fun approach to wine making has helped award-winning brand Invivo launch its latest product, Scarlett spritzers, to the international market.
Bite: Kids in the kitchen
It's school holidays so get the kids on to cooking dinner for the family this week.
Hot in the kitchen (+recipes)
It’s time for spicy soup, slow-cooked chicken and hot chocolate sauce, write Kasey and Karena Bird.
Review: Loop, Kingsland
Loop, with its white walls, tables and chairs plus a rather magnificent curved bar, is a refreshing change in Kingsland.
Wendyl wants to know: Healthy effort but homemade's best
Bircher muesli was invented in 1900 by the Swiss physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner for patients in his hospital where a diet rich in fresh fruit and vegetables was an essential part of therapy.
Cousins lighten up healthily
A month ago, a group of overweight cousins decided they needed to make a change in their lives - and they have.
One night in Auckland: a diner's diary
Not even the winter cold can take the heat out of the inner city’s temperature, as Paul Lewis discovers during a three-venue dinner around watching a luncheon play.
Not everyone wants beer cold
Not all beer drinkers want to grab a cold one. Molson Coors Brewing discovered this in China where drinking cold liquids is widely seen as undesirable.
Machine creating nutritionally perfect food in the pipeline
Nestlé wants a Star Trek style 'replicator' that scans you to create nutritionally perfect food.
Is this the new wonder food?
It may not be a fruit that you automatically reach for in the supermarket, but the large and exotic breadfruit is being touted as a wonder food.
Bite magazine: Well baked
When I asked Kathy Paterson if she could give us a few recipes for oven bakes her response was "no problem, that's how I eat".
Delaney Mes: Born in the USA (+recipes)
Think beyond burgers and fries and embrace the taste of New York, writes Delaney Mes.
Review: Cafe Viet, Grey Lynn
Never having been to Hanoi, I might be mistaken. But I suspect the similarities between eating at a street food stall in Vietnam and dining in a Grey Lynn cafe on a cold Auckland winter’s Sunday night are not striking.
Marmite recipe could get a tweak
The recipe for Marmite could be rejigged to make it healthier in response to new Government plans to introduce nutrition rankings for all packaged food.
Migrants get a taste for Kiwi kai
Company director Sam Kamani grew up on a diet of mainly Indian roti and vegetable curry, but that's changed to bacon, eggs and steak since he moved to NZ.