Each week Greg Bruce challenges a chef to make him lunch in less than 10 minutes.

OPINION: Mostly we are ignorant of what we will become, writes Megan Nicol Reed.

Aesthetic changes and menu tweaks abound, but the baking is still fine.

In her new memoir, Caroline Baum reflects on being brought up an only child in a world of privilege ­­- but little freedom - and the primary focus of her exacting parents.

Individualism trumps community and the world's moral compass has been set to "anything goes". Kim Knight meets the people who think it's time to teach ethics to New Zealand teens.

Scout around for the Facebook crowd at Torbay's newest eatery.

Christopher Knight lived as a hermit in the Maine woods for three decades, speaking to no one, before being captured one night stealing food.

Our first two wines celebrate the collision of simplicity of design and a modern culture of extravagance in the art deco years. The third's a little Aussie cracker for those who like a fizzy red.

Team a razor-sharp blazer with a languid skirt for a balanced approach to workwear.

A whatever, whenever approach fails to impress.

Each week Greg Bruce challenges a chef to make him lunch in less than 10 minutes.

Tim Robey talks to Naomie Harris about how she went from being a painfully shy child to an Academy Award nominee.

COMMENT: Megan Nicol Reed discusses the dichotomy of missing and relishing being separated from a partner.

Kanoa Lloyd's career very nearly took a different turn. But her job as a massage therapist only lasted one day.

A relaxed atmosphere and well-planned menu earn extra points.

The leather jacket remains a wardrobe staple - whatever the season.

"It's too hot outside and I've run out of rosé!" screamed my friend via text recently. "Don't fret," I replied, "these three bottles will be with you, pronto!"

Here's how to master the art of applying mascara.

Japan meets Peru in Auckland - in style.

COMMENT: Admittedly it took me years of tears, whole soap operas worth of dramas, to realise you don't own your friends.

Greg Fleming on why Bruce Springsteen is the man, ahead of the singer's return to New Zealand next weekend.

It's much-maligned, but Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen argues that sexting is a healthy - and normal - part of teenage sexuality.

He sold me on the mussels as follows: "It's something that everyone's familiar with and it's a good thing to cook at the bach or the

French psychologist Marie de Hennezel tells Sharon Stephenson good things improve with age - and that includes sex.

Clashing prints add plenty of fun when it comes to dressing in between seasons.

Mixing grapes is a work of art for these vineyards.

Blue is one of the stand-out shades of the summer resort look.

Where the only limit is your imagination - and belt size.

While there's a lot of discussion from the female point of view about sex after babies, men are more reticent on the matter, writes Greg Bruce.

The long-awaited renovation of a Westmere cafe proves popular.