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Great Expectations

All her life KATE REID dreamed of a career in Formula One. When reality didn’t live up to the dream, anorexia took over. It was baking, says the Lune Croissanterie founder, that put her on the path to recovery.

Poet's Corner

Sasaki may be small, but it’s big on celebrating the traditions, culinary and otherwise, of chef Yu Sasaki’s Japanese home 

All Shook Up

Bar czar Sven Almenning likes to mix a bit of theatre with his cocktails and he has a collection of shakers to prove it.

The Milky Way

It’s the most popular coffee in Australia, but what is a flat white exactly? Samantha Teague investigates.

Belle Of Bellarine

A new retreat makes the case for Victoria’s “other” peninsula.

Eating With Leigh Sales

The 7.30 presenter and author on lobster suppers, special apples and Paul McCartney.

Sponge Cake

Few know the art of baking like LORRAINE GODSMARK of Lorraine’s Patisserie. She shares her method for making light, fully sponge.

Fried Chicken Is Common Ground

Before he started cooking hot chicken in Australia, before he opened his seventh location of Belles Hot Chicken and began planning for expansion in Asia, before he was serving customers like Chance the Rapper and American football star Marshawn Lynch, Morgan McGlone was sitting on a porch in Nashville.

Rocking Encore

Mary’s Underground has transformed a night out, with good food and live music centrestage, writes DAVID MATTHEWS.

Fever Pitch

The appetite for local whiskey is growing fast, with larger batches set to complement a spirited craft culture, writes MAX ALLEN.

Confessions Of A Lapsed Enter Tainer

When the pleasure of feeding others turns to panic, KENDALL HILL heads back into the kitchen to face his fears.

Eating With Julia Zemiro

The TV personality on her family’s Bondi restaurant, hosting Eurovision, and her love of smørrebrød.

Books Of The year

Which authors had us leaping to the stove in 2018? PAT NOURSE presents his pick.

No Mere Trifle

Finish off this year’s Christmas feast with a tropical take on a classic.

O, Christmas Tea

A farm Christmas party means cake, surprise wine, and a rooster spared the chop

Jon Muir

The explorer on fear, self-reliance and the thrill of extreme challenges.

Life Of Spice

The spicy, fragrant notes of Sichuan cuisine have followed FUCHSIA DUNLOP for decades. As the rest of the world catches up, she charts the course of a lifelong love affair.

Marta Dusseldorp

The actor on seeing the world – through the ages, through the eyes of refugees, and with child-like wonder.

Super league

At Super Ling, chef Michael Li plays with classic Chinese flavours for all-in good times.

Local Hero

At Pipit, in tiny Pottsville, Ben Devlin takes his cues from the coast and the community.

Travellig With Sir Ranulph Fiennes

The veteran British explorer on confronting fear, the importance of trust and his next submarine challenge.

To Your Health

Natural wine, boozy kombucha, cannabis gin: the way we drink is the next frontier for wellness. But, writes MAX ALLEN, alcohol and wellbeing have a long history.

Coast To Coast

Sebastian brings seaside Basque charm to bayside Williamstown, writes MICHAEL HARDEN.

Make A Move

A one-time Daylesford favourite, Kazuki’s is bringing small-town charm to Carlton with clever cooking and no shortage of technical prowess, writes MICHAEL HARDEN.

Beef Stock

David McMillan never leaves you wondering. The co-chef and co-owner of Montréal restaurant Joe Beef, in Australia for the first time for the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, is a man of strong and blunt opinions that he’s not shy about sharing.

Open Season

Eating seasonally can be fraught at the best of times, but what if we had it wrong from the get-go? The alternative, writes ALEXANDRA CARLTON, might require a whole new approach.

Catriona Rowntree

The host of Australia’s longest-running travel show on serendipity and a life spent in perpetual motion.

By The Barrel

You can’t put new wine in old bottles, but you can put good wine in kegs – and casks, and pouches – and still not compromise on taste, writes MAX ALLEN.

Ragu And Me

One taste of tagliatelle al ragù in Bologna was all it took to be hooked, writes JOHN IRVING, but it was merely the tip of a pasta-sauce obsession.

Amaro Hour

Medicinal tonic, aperitivo, or both? MICHAEL MADRUSAN of The Everleigh talks us through the wonderful world of the herbal liqueur, amaro.