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The secret to reading the ingredients: What’s really in your food?

WHEN it comes to food labels, there’s more than meets the eye. Supermarket shelves are filled with rows and rows of products all screaming their own...

For the love of photography and food: Shoot the Chef 2015

Shoot the Chef is Fairfax's annual competition that combines Australia's passion for food and photography. The competition is open nationally as part...

Celebrity chef Pete Evans blasted online about paleo promotion on Sunday Night program

Celebrity chef Pete Evans' paleo diet crusade has been compared to Hollywood actor Tom Cruise spruiking Scientology. Evans was given a fairly easy run...

Woofing them down: Perth's 'smallest cafe' serves up puppacinos

Is there a dogfight brewing among Perth's burgeoning hole-in-the-wall espresso bars? A North Perth 'micro cafe' is claiming to be Perth's smallest but...

'Halal inquiry' not warranted but could help to eradicate myths: Australian Food and Grocery Council

An inquiry into halal certification is not warranted but could be useful in eradicating myths, says Australia's leading body for packaged food.   Australian...

Brewhouse pub at Lalor Park goes on the market

The owners of the Brewhouse at Lalor Park are selling the property to take advantage of the high demand for residential development land in Sydney's...

Outdoor areas in Victorian restaurants to be a smoke-free zone from mid-2017

Anti-smoking groups express concern over two-year delay but health minister says businesses need time to make changes before tobacco ban comes into place. Smoking...

2 in hospital after Sydney restaurant fire

TWO men have been taken to hospital suffering smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at a Korean restaurant in Sydney's CBD. NSW Fire and Rescue Superintendent...

Melbourne hotel 'pimp' to front court

AN accused pimp is due to appear in court charged with running a brothel out of a Melbourne hotel. THE 37-year-old Reservoir man will appear in Melbourne...

China Southern says Australia needs more hotels, fewer public holidays

Australia needs more hotel rooms in major cities and more restaurants open on weekends and public holidays to better accommodate the increasing number...