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Craigieburn Salvation Army looking for chef to step up to the plate

THERE’S just one thing missing from the menu at Craigieburn Salvos — a volunteer cook to keep a vital weekly community lunch alive. The Interlink...

Celebrity chef Rick Stein on Australia’s ‘brilliant’ cuisine and his foodie journey from Venice to Istanbul

ONE of the original celebrity chefs, Rick Stein, 68, chews the fat about good oysters, bad fish stew and Australia’s ‘brilliant’ cuisine.   Your...

Baird government backs down on drunk rules after Liberal donors, alcohol lobby complain

The Baird government abandoned plans to force pubs and clubs to take greater responsibility for preventing drunkenness after being lobbied by industry...

Minamishima, Melbourne: restaurant review

Years ago, while on assignment for a glossy that involved a weekend in Tokyo, I went to the market. You know which one. Tsukiji is the world’s most famous...

Alcohol, junk food next plain packaging targets, lawyer warns

Regulators in Australia could look to introduce graphic warning labels on packaging of alcoholic beverages, soft drinks and food that is unhealthy, a senior...

Plan for Rotto five-star resort on Mt Herschel gains traction

Six groups have put up their hands to build a five-star hotel on the controversial Mt Herschel site on Rottnest Island, despite two spectacular failures...

Noma's Rene Redzepi to open Sydney pop-up in Barangaroo

Rene Redzepi is uprooting his acclaimed Copenhagen restaurant Noma, and relocating it to Australia. It is yet another surprise move from the man commonly...

Australia’s finest chefs serve up their ideas on why food and style are synonymous

CHEFS used to stick to the gritty, greasy realm of the room out back, never to be seen but via the plates they sent out to tables. But somewhere along...

Erskineville's The Imperial Hotel closed for 72 hours

The Imperial Hotel has been slapped with a second 72 hour closure order one month after a police raid shut down the venue for its lax control of illicit...

Taste la dolce vita at Wyong’s new Italian restaurant Osteria A’Mano

During the 1960s there was a strong Italian presence in Wyong, mainly Transfield workers employed on power station sites at Mannering Park and Lake Munmorah.   Some...