Food

Laurent Loudeac and Camille Furminieux are flying to Sri Lanka tomorrow to represent New Zealand at the High Tea champs. They'll be serving six dishes, with matching teas, including a duck consomme… Audio

A Whanganui woman is taking a stand against supermarkets wrapping fruit and vegetables in too much packaging. Audio

A2 Milk says the United States-based Dean Foods is the other party in the consortium that is toying with the idea of buying the specialty milk company. Audio

The food and drink investor, Veritas Investments, is forecasting a better year after struggling with underperforming units. Audio

Ant North is the former head chef at Wharekauhau Lodge in Wairarapa. He is a long time fan of foraging, learning to identify and cook with wild plants more than 10 years ago in the UK. He shares a… Audio, Gallery

Stories about how eating or drinking a particular food group will lead to people living longer and healthier lives are a staple part of the media diet. Audio

Nicola Twilley of the New Yorker and the Edible Geography blog looks at why Swiss cheese has holes in it, and New York's plans to force restaurant chains to put a warning next to salty dishes. Audio

Expatriate Wellingtonian Adam Wills co-founded Gourmet Burger Kitchen in 2001, changing the UK burger scene. Five years ago, he co-founded Kopapa Café and Restaurant in Seven Dials, London, and just… Audio

Yvonne Lorkin with a wine match and recommendations. Audio

Julie Biuso with Hunter's Pasta. Audio

Listeria has been found in Italian parsley sold in supermarkets in four cities across New Zealand. Audio

126,000 people is a lot of mouths to feed over four days. So when Amelia Nurse attended the 44th Annual Fieldays at Mystery Creek outside of Hamilton, she was curious to see what was on offer. And she… Audio

Gillian Gonthier has spent nearly 40 years thinking about and preparing hospital food. The dietician started her career at Taranaki Base Hospital in 1976. It was a time when hospital breakfasts were… Audio

Despite record demand at the country's food banks, Government food grants for struggling families have dropped by nearly 20 million dollars in over the past five years. Audio

Anna Mahy from the Preserved Cook School has a passion for swine, and runs Pig in a Day workshops to teach the traditional methods of preparing it. But it's not just the prosciutto she'll have you… Audio

Lyttelton's Roots Restaurant was named Cuisine's restaurant of the year. Chef Giulio Sturla and owner Christy Martin talk about the challenge of getting Roots Restaurant up and running after the… Audio

We're cooking empanadas, a filled pastry loved through Spain and Latin America, with Rodrigo Cartagena of Puro Chile. Audio

Chair of Te Runanga a Iwi o Ngapuhi since 2008, and chair of the Tuhoronuku Independent Mandated Authority, the group mandated by Ngapuhi to settle its Treaty claims, and which is now negotiating… Audio