The worst-rated restaurants will soon have more trouble hiding a poor grading from diners.

There's so much delicious moving and shaking around New Zealand's culinary scene we wanted to dish it all up in to one big bite of tasty food news.

A team of experts have declared New Zealand Natural’s English Toffee and Rush Munro’s Maple Walnut ice creams as the supreme tastes in the 18th National Ice Cream Awards.

New Zealand foodies have taken out culinary royalty like Jamie Oliver, Neil Perry and Oprah Winfrey's personal chef to win at the world's biggest cookbook awards.

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.

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.