Next time you're running late and contemplating a fast food fix of burgers, pizza or French fries, check out some of these more nourishing options.

EU is to scrap "best-before" dates on long life food packaging as a measure to stop millions of tons of edible produce being thrown away every year.

Researchers have repeatedly attempted to establish the direct actions of drinking on health and wellbeing.

Sparrow droppings in brandy and pickled sheep eyeballs in tomato juice - this graphic reveals the 12 most bizarre hangover cures from around the world.

Restaurant reviewers should strive to eat unnoticed but sometimes you have to accept your cover is blown.

From edible stilettos to mini-cakes, Danielle Wright indulges her sweet tooth and finds out what’s new on the sugar-coated cooking circuit.

Forget additives, foam and froth, the success of Craggy Range’s Terroir restaurant comes down to using seasonal New Zealand ingredients, explains head chef Leyton Ashley.

Real men eat five-spice duck with kumara mash, plum sauce and bok choy - and they know how to cook it too.

At last, the original Ponsonby village, at the Herne Bay end of the road, is making a comeback.

The menu sounded super fresh and this was enhanced by the visual delights lined up in the glass cabinets at the counter.

Red velvet cake has been around for many years and in the old days it used to get its deep, red colour from beetroot juice.

Eating an organic diet for a week can cause pesticide levels to drop by almost 90 percent in adults, research from RMIT University has found.

The dream trip costing over $1 million per couple is described as "a holiday so rare and exclusive due to the drinks involved, it'll never be repeated again."

Drinks maker Ribena has again been caught out, this time in the UK, for making misleading claims in advertising.

You never know when you might want to impress someone with your grasp of the finer points of all-you-can-eat dining. Here are a few guidelines worth considering.

An Auckland restaurant serving duck eggs with developing embryo has been cleared by the SPCA for possible cruelty against unhatched ducklings.

If you eat to improve your health, here are five foods to put in your supermarket trolley every week. All pack a proven punch if you have them regularly.

Claims about the life-extending properties of a much-hyped ingredient in red wine and chocolate are unfounded, research suggests.

Claims about the healthy and life-extending properties of a much-hyped ingredient in red wine and chocolate are unfounded, research suggests.

Kiwi wine connoisseurs may be in for a new trend - blending their own wine.

The Topp Twins have extended their repertoire from singing to cooking on a new TV One show writes Penny Lewis.

Comparing lunches around the world.

The old cliche says you can take the man out of his birthplace but you can't take the birthplace out of the man.

Mum's kitchen Four of our favourite Federal St chefs tell us how their mums cooked with love.