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The Ten Best Country Cafes and Restaurants in Auckland

Not your usual Ponsonby Road experience.

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World’s First Kitchen-Ready 3D Food Printer Is Coming

Become a pastry chef at the push of a button.

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Concrete Playground Meets Baduzzi Chef Ben Bayly

The celebrity chef talks to us about music, Chow Town and food (of course).

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Have a Sneak Peak at BDO’s Chow Town Menu

Have a look at what'll be on offer at BDO 2014's Chow Town

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Good Things Come To Those Who Donate

Win free coffee all around Ponsonby for a year.

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Viewers Gross’d Out By New Grill’d Ad

Responsible meat eating, or just icky?

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Ubiquitous Sriracha Sauce Now Has Its Own Documentary Film

Your favourite condiment is now a movie star.

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Kai on Queens Launches

Sunshine, food and live music every Friday on Queen's Wharf.

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The Bluffer’s Guide to Summer Entertaining

Be the host/hostess with the most/mostess.

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Yourfork Wants to Let You Order Home-Cooked Food from Your Neighbours

Hooking up the home cooks and the take-out fiends.

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Stock Up on Sriracha Sauce as Factory Goes Into Shutdown

Fans of the spicy sauce might want to stalk up, or risk battling it out in the aisles.

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The Ten Best Markets in Auckland

Farmers’ markets have been going through a kind of renaissance in the greater Auckland region of late and rightly so.

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Win Access to the Heineken Baseline Live Site + Heineken Beer

From Venus Williams, to P-Money, to Peter Gordon's cooking, the NZ Festival of Tennis has a bit of everything to tickle your fancy.

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The Hunger Games Luxury Chocolates Are the Most Delicious Movie Tie-In

Because you certainly want to know what District 12 tastes like.

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The Ten Best Organic Cafes in Auckland

Bring out the long-haired raw nutrition-loving hippie buried deep inside you.

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Jellyfish Protein Gives Us Creepy, Glowing Ice-Cream

Calcium-activated luminescent protein takes dessert to a whole new level.

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Win One of Two $350 Chelsea Golden Syrup Artist Collector Packs

Fond memories of Anzac biscuits, dripping spoonfuls of liquid sugar and the inevitable sticky fingers; where would we be without Chelsea Golden Syrup?

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Pies Grow Moustaches to Support Movember

Men's (and certain ladies') faces aren't the only places you'll be spotting moustaches this Movember.

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The Ten Best Things To Do This Labour Weekend

Stuck for ideas on how to spend this Labour Weekend. Come on in.

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Concrete Playground visits Vudu Cafe and Larder in Queenstown

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The Ten Best Chinese Eats in Auckland

Brush up on your Mandarin formalities, dust off those chop sticks and get ready for an explosion of Mainland flavours.

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POPDining x Basement Theatre

POPDining's latest pop-up event the theatrical 'The Feast'.

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Devastating and Beautiful Animated Ad Will Turn You Off Factory Farming

An ad for a popular fast food chain that might just make you cry.

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Cronuts Set to Conquer New Zealand

Meet New York's Fad Croissant Donut

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Boozing Now Acceptable at Breakfast Thanks to Spreadable Beer

An Italian duo have done their bit to make the world a better place, engineering a chocolate-flavoured beer spread.

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Win One of Five $20 Vouchers to Spend at Pie Face

Pie Face has landed in New Zealand.

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The Ten Best Things to do this Restaurant Month

It’s time to discard your apron, put on a nice shirt and get stuck into Restaurant Month.

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Concrete Playground Meets The Sugar Club

Concrete Playground caught up with the boys of The Sugar Club; Peter Gordon, Head Chef Neil Brazier and Sous Chef Kei Suzaki to talk about the return of this iconic restaurant and it’s new home in the sky.

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The Ten Best Hangover Breakfasts in Auckland

Pop a Panadol, grab a blue Powerade, and try to enjoy some of these cafes next time you push the boat out.

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Mudbrick Launches New Winter Menu

Venison, quail and duck are all star players in the oh-so-tasty winter's menu.

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A Picky Eater’s Guide to Auckland: Breakfast and Brunching

Our first edition to our Picky Food Guide to Auckland is dedicated to the most important meal of the day.

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Concrete Playground Meets Jess’ Underground Kitchen

Jessica Daniell is an interpreneur, a social media-savvy saveur, a fab cook and a bloody good chick. We catch up with her to hear the latest.

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The Seven Best Steak Houses in Auckland

A meaty challenge but someone has to do it.

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