Reality style food shows seem to be the television that we currently love to hate. From Come Dine with Me to Masterchef and My Kitchen Rules - our TV channels are full of them.

If the weather's right, you can opt to pack a basket with cheese and antipasto and enjoy a picnic on the grassy property.

Worries around palm-sized alcohol sachets have been put to Government cabinet ministers today, as one of the entrepreneurs behind the products hits back at fresh calls to ban them.

Marriage can boost your health in a number of ways but it appears there is one measure where it lets you down – your waistline.

Embarking on Dry July or just want to lay off the liquor - here are our favourite bars for alcohol-free beverages.

An Eden Park group is urging Justice Minister Amy Adams to ban palm-sized alcohol sachets, which are being found scattered around the stadium grounds after big games.

De Post is the perfect spot for beer connoisseurs looking for an extensive beer list.

Miranda Kerr's new baby-care recommendation is dangerous. So dangerous that it could cost lives, writes Amy Stockwell.

It's one year to the week since Lee Suckling had his last proper cup of coffee. He explains why - and how - he kicked the caffeine habit.

An over-supply of high-energy, high-calorie foods in many countries has been today shown by New Zealand researchers as a likely driver of rising global obesity.

The kind of food Facebook is advertising to teenagers is the subject of a study being done at the University of Auckland.

Viva managing editor Amanda Linnell shares highlights from today’s Viva magazine. Follow her hyperlinks below and be informed and inspired at viva.co.nz.

Aucklanders partial to a pint are likely to pay more for their beer than those in Liverpool, Amsterdam or Los Angeles.

Some of the country's best bartenders showcased their "mixologist" skills in Auckland last night.

There was a crunch, not much flavour and then a distinct plastic aftertaste to these potato sticks, writes Wendyl Nissen.

If your circle of friends includes any Americans, there may well be some 4th of July celebrations happening this weekend.

A delicious starter may seem like the perfect way to begin a memorable restaurant meal. But be careful not to order one that is too good - it is likely to spoil your enjoyment of the main course, new research suggests.

It's all about the meat at latest Ponsonby eatery.

Carrot, not stick, works best for healthy eating. Sometimes the results of scientific research can seem like the bleeding obvious, Niki Bezzant writes.

On July 16, pie-makers will be hold their breaths and cross their fingers while pie experts bite their way through thousands of entries in the Bakels NZ Supreme Pie Awards dinner.

Former MasterChef judge Simon Gault is being replaced with top chef and MKR judge, Gareth Stewart.

Assemblage, tirage, remuage, disgorge and dosage — all fundamental steps in the formulation of our favourite fizz ...

Miley Cyrus’ new vegan lifestyle has won her the title of Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity of 2015 from officials at PETA.

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Blackstone Group's Burger King chain in New Zealand continues to lose money as sales growth is swallowed up by finance costs and other expenses.

Last week this Kiwi model-turned-competitive eater downed five foot-long Subway sandwiches in just over 9 minutes - what's next?

No matter how you feel about Pascall's Licorice Allsorts, nothing will save them now that they've been given the chop.

What if wine could talk back? What if the bottle you see on the shelf already knew what was going to happen before you put it in your trolley? What would yours say?

In Your Views this week we posed a hypothetical question a food pill to readers - to our surprise, results were mixed. We debate each side of the argument in a bid to win you over - Food Vs Pill?

Many people who buy organic or Fairtrade food insist the contents of their shopping basket taste better than factory-farmed meat or chemically-treated fruit and veg.