Apollo Taito is a sergeant in the NZ Army, an ambassador for animal rights organisation Safe and one of an estimated five Samoan vegans in the country.

Norfolk Island is a great destination for food lovers. Everything is homegrown, fresh, in-season and organic.

Of all the technical gizmos that have been created in recent years to help keep us healthy, this one may just take the biscuit.

Mourning a bygone era? Fret not, big fat chardonnays are out there ...

Making a pot of soup on a Sunday afternoon is incredibly satisfying.

Excellent starters but for the most part it's characterless fare.

Eating broccoli twice a week could lower the risk of cancer, type-two diabetes and heart disease, scientists suggest.

Carting around a water bottle all day may not be doing you much good.

COMMENT: Give this one a miss if you're looking for a sweet treat for your child on a shopping trip and go for something a little more natural.

A peninsula eatery has potential once glitches are sorted out.

Steve Braunias has made it his mission to eat at each of the 55 food joints along the "soul-destroying" Lincoln Rd out in West Auckland. Will he survive?

Steve Braunias: The man who ate Lincoln Rd finds miserable noodles but friendly service at La Porchetta.

The limited edition meal boxes come with a pre-charged USB plug.

A Michelin-starred restaurant in Japan has closed temporarily after 14 people got food-poisoning.

Celebrity cook puts chiller bag to good use after slicing off the top of her finger.

Some farmers are seeing sales drop as customers want prepared foods more than produce.

Tourists in Beijing will no longer be able to indulge their adventurous palate and sample scorpions, centipedes or other insect delicacies

The Better Drinks Co has taken a $42.3m impairment to write off all of its goodwill, resulting in an annual loss.

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There are more calories in your drinks than you think.

Kim Knight takes a seat alongside the moneyed and hungry at Auckland Art Gallery.

Sometimes it's the simplest of things that can warm you up and transport you back to your childhood. Funnily for us, mince does just that.

Balmoral newcomer perfects the art of Northern Thai street food.

World Health Organisation has released its long-anticipated report on coffee.

COMMENT: It's men's health month, time to turn our attention to the not-so-great health statistics of our menfolk.

These three will warm your cockles without overheating your wallet ...

Science has some answers.

A few words with model, actor and restaurateur Geeling Ching.

Spelling errors apart, there's more to a restaurant's menu than meets the eye, writes Peter Calder.