Japanese eatery takes a simple approach with unbelievable results, and continues to live up to its high standards.

Anthony Bourdain, the bad boy of New York restaurants and intrepid travel, talks to Kirsten Matthew about life on the road, mellowing with age and his new TV series.

"The restaurant where this pilaf is served has been in existence since 1923. It is a Bombay landmark," Madhur Jaffrey writes in Vegetarian India.

"Tell me what you eat," said the French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in 1825, "and I'll tell you what you are."

She's best known to the world as a writer of Indian food books, however, as Madhur Jaffrey tells Michele Kayal, her first love is the theatre.

Here are the highlights from tomorrow's Canvas magazine.

My first waitressing job lasted one day and ended messily. Literally. I spat sushi on a customer.

Sinclair McKay is enthralled by superb histories that chart mankind's flirtation with global disaster.

The ex-Spice Girl and ex-footballer now earn more than they did during the careers in which they made their names, write Gordon Rayner and Christopher Williams.

Find out what we can expect to see, use, wear, drive, drink and eat this year.

Actor Martin Henderson talks about why he once wanted to give up television work and why he remains resolutely Kiwi despite his Hollywood success.

Here are the highlights from tomorrow's Canvas magazine.

Kitschy prints and homespun accessories will get you in the holiday mood.

Tastiness and attention to detail top features of New Lynn restaurant.

12 items that the person with everything didn't know they wanted.

From the Art Gallery to Zomato, this guide covers all you ever need to say at a cocktail party, gallery opening, Christmas function or house warming.

Four weeks ago the 24th Annual Hawkes Bay Wine Auction collectively raised $141,000 for Cranford Hospice by auctioning off rare wine lots.

Don't sweat the small stuff in a light colour palette that evokes a sense of calm.

Atmosphere brings life to trendy menu.

When her career took an unexpected turn, Elisabeth Easther consulted a career counsellor for advice.