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Masterchef contestants attend Le Cordon Bleu
15:00 Thu May 17 2012
Masterchef finalists are among scholarship recipients to the first prestigious culinary school Le Cordon Bleu in New Zealand
Fatty foods hit waistline 'within hours'
11:30 Thu May 17 2012
Scientists at Oxford University found that an average person can add up to two or three teaspoons of fat to their waistlines in a short time span.
Town celebrates 250 years of sandwiches
08:00 Mon May 14 2012
It's 250 years since the Earl of Sandwich 'invented' the sandwich, and his hometown is using its loaf to mark the occasion in style.
New-age shopping list launched
01:26 Fri May 11 2012
Shoppers will be able to calculate the cost of their shopping before leaving home using a new supermarket iPhone app.
Domino's launches Facebook ordering
17:00 Thu May 10 2012
Domino's Pizza has become the first pizza company in the world to offer Facebook ordering and has launched the app on its New Zealand Facebook page today.
Why you can always make room for dessert
15:00 Tue May 8 2012
A new study may help explain why we always have room for ice-cream; and no, it's not because the “dessert stomach” is a completely different stomach altogether.
Supermarket rubbishes old meat date change claim
14:00 Thu May 3 2012
A supermarket company has hit back over claims by a former butchery manager who says it was common practice to change "best before" dates on old meat.
Auckland butcher put new dates on old meat
11:00 Thu May 3 2012
An Auckland supermarket was justified in firing its butchery manager after he was stung repacking old meat with new "best before" dates, an authority says.
KFC ordered to pay $8m to brain-damaged girl
09:30 Sat Apr 28 2012
A Sydney girl who suffered severe brain damage and paralysis after eating a KFC chicken twister will receive an $8 million payout from the fast food chain.
Wellington chef scoops Auckland award
16:30 Tue Apr 24 2012
Chef Al Brown’s Depot Eatery & Oyster Bar has taken out the supreme award in the Metro Audi Restaurant of the Year Awards
Are chocolate supplies about to run out?
11:30 Tue Apr 24 2012
Stock up on those Mars Bars and hide your Hershey's, because the world is on the brink of a chocolate supply crisis, experts have warned. Panic stations!
Study: NZ fast food has more salt
11:00 Thu Apr 19 2012
Kiwi fast food chains are packing more salt into their meals than similar chains in Europe, according to a new Canadian study released this week,
World's first lickable lift
13:30 Wed Apr 18 2012
Imagination has become reality for a bunch of lucky workers in London, when the world's first ever lickable lift was installed in their office building last week.
Tracking device found in chocolate bar
10:02 Sun Apr 15 2012
A tracking device found in a Whittaker's chocolate bar was among 200 complaints about foreign objects found in food.
Australia claims Pineapple Lumps as theirs
10:51 Fri Apr 13 2012
Australia has laid claim to Pineapple Lumps, with TV presenters calling them an "Aussie delicacy" in a segment featuring boy band One Direction.
UK gets hot dog-stuffed-crust pizzas
11:00 Wed Apr 11 2012
Pizza Hutt has caught on to the latest craze of making pizzas that combine other foods with their new hot dog-stuffed-crust pizzas.
Burger raises $30,000 for Otago rugby
12:30 Tue Apr 3 2012
Dunedin's three KFC stores sold thousands of the bunless Double Down burger last weekend, raising $30,000 for small creditors left out of pocket by the Otago Rugby Union
Fridge magnet that orders pizza
12:30 Mon Apr 2 2012
It sounds like the future of pizza delivery has arrived in the form of a tiny fridge magnet, with a one-touch mechanism that will order your pizza for you.
Bucket of Marmite sells for $2115
19:00 Fri Mar 30 2012
A Trade Me auction for a jar of Marmite, plus a refill bucket of the spread, have sold for $2115, with the money going to charity.
Spicy dishes 'key to healthy heart'
16:30 Thu Mar 29 2012
Could regular curry eaters have a healthier heart than those whose tastebuds don't like hotter flavours? The answer is yes, if the results of a new study into the benefits of spicy foods on heart health hold true
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