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Another Monash restaurant fails Food Safety Act after council inspection

Another Monash eatery has been forced to close after serving food made in unsanitary conditions. A council inspection found Clayton’s Cafe Student Curries...

Copa Brazilian Restaurant mass poisoning criminal trial delayed

A criminal trial over Canberra's largest salmonella outbreak has been delayed until next year. The owners of the former Copa Brazilian restaurant had...

It’s fancy and it’s full of fat. The Trufflenator burger comes to the Dee Why Hotel

THE Dee Why Hotel has taken humble cheeseburger to a whole new level, and it’s called The Trufflenator. Featuring two 100g Wagyu beef patties, bacon,...

Espy owners turn old pub into new food & music venue

Back in May, Tone Deaf was sad to report on the closure of beloved St Kilda venue The Espy. After 15 years as a staple of Melbourne nightlife, the owners...

Slow Food Movement's 'Ark of Taste' catalogues specialty regional food and animal breeds at risk of extinction

An international initiative to identify and catalogue regional produce at risk of being lost in the globalised trade of food, includes 22 Australian food...

How a 'chef' can sway fine diners into preferring inferior food

(CNN)We've all been there. You're in a restaurant, slightly underwhelmed by dinner, when the chef emerges from the kitchen to ask how things are going. The...

Last drinks for Bunbury Drinkwaters

It was the end of an era in Bunbury this week when new owners took over the reins of the iconic Rose Hotel from the Drinkwater family after 46 years. Dave...

Franklin grabs number 35 spot on Gourmet Traveller top 100 restaurants list

ONE of Hobart’s newest gourmet eateries, Franklin, is Tasmania’s only entry in this year’s Gourmet Traveller top 100 restaurants list, grabbing the...

Melbourne’s top food suburbs revealed

IT’S known for its leafy streets, art deco apartments and quaint village character, but Elwood has hardly been seen as a culinary hot spot — until...

The Restaurant at Meadowood planning early for a taste of Christmas

The event it so good, one diner went to every one of last year's 12 dinners … at $670 a time, that's really getting into the spirit of Christmas, writes...