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Food & Wine

Top 100 Wines

Top 100 Wines

IT takes thousands of wines to get to a Top 100 selection and this year’s tastings were a thrill a minute with so many great drops open for inspection.

Adelaide food awards - Everyone's a winner

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FROM a modern fine diner to a chef with a wild culinary imagination, this year's awards show the vibrancy of our dining scene.

Young and old top our food awards

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A RESTAURANT with one of the state's youngest kitchen brigades and a 50-year-old city cafe, were among 2010 Adelaide Food Awards winners.

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Chicken curries favour

ADELAIDE'S takeaway lovers are button-clicking for butter chicken, with the Indian dish ranking as South Australia's favourite takeaway dish.

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Chinese whispers

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SOMETHING is going on here. It's midweek in a large suburban restaurant dining room. Lunch time. Packed to the rafters.

Bars & Restaurants 

Adelaide food awards - Everyone's a winner

chef

FROM a modern fine diner to a chef with a wild culinary imagination, this year's awards show the vibrancy of our dining scene.

Chinese whispers

chinese whispers

SOMETHING is going on here. It's midweek in a large suburban restaurant dining room. Lunch time. Packed to the rafters.

Warming blend

Marrakech restaurant

THE aromas of spicy Moroccan food are matched by a special brand of hospitality.

Belair Hotel

Duck Pie

THIS pub kitchen has its ups and downs, writes Simon Wilkinson.

The Salopian Inn

Squid risotto

McLAREN Vale's problem is deciding if it's a suburb or a wine tourism district. The Salopian Inn takes advantage of both sides of the coin.

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Bars & Restaurants

Adelaide's best restaurants by cuisine: Asian | Australian | European | Indian | Italian | Seafood | Other | Bars | Cafes | By area: City | East | West | South | North |

FUN & GAMES

Our favourite online games and quizzes

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BORED at work? We know that feeling. Waste some time when the boss isn't looking with this awesome collection of games, quizzes and galleries.

HOROSCOPES

What do your stars say?

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FIND out what the celestial bodies say about your life with Jonathan Cainer's spookily accurate prognostications.

Competitions & Giveaways

Become an AdelaideNow Facebook fan

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Become an AdelaideNow Facebook fan and you'll always be part of the online squad.

Earth Hour

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If you care about the environment, check out the great new track that looks at climate change in a whole new light.

Great local music

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Adelaide muso Dave Maton is enjoying success around the world . Check out his site and listen to tracks here.

SEX & RELATIONSHIPS

Lipstick a woman's ultimate weapon

Scarlett Johansson

IF you want to catch a man's attention, don't bother fluttering your eyelashes or flicking your hair. Just follow US star Scarlett Johansson's lead.

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Klum tells women to fatten up

Heidi Klum

HEIDI Klum has given older women advice to maintain their happiness and sexy figures - get fat.

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Why mums lie about sleep deprivation

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SLEEP is the No. 1 topic about which mums lie to each other, with whoppers also told about nits, bed times, sickness, yelling and kids milestones, experts say.

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'Real' mums feel more slummy than yummy

Angelina Jolie

RETURNING to an office full of trendy singletons leaves new mothers feeling 'dowdy' and 'undervalued', a study has revealed.

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Playful romantics are flirting with fate

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YOUR flirting style can determine whether your relationship will last beyond a smile, a wink and a compliment, researchers say..

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FASHION & BEAUTY

Adelaide Style fashion forum

Adelaide Style

WELCOME to Adelaide’s latest fashion destination, where you can talk about fashion right here on our dedicated style forum.

Why women really like to look good

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DON'T be alarmed if the woman in your life has suddenly started shopping for slinky dresses and low-cut tops. It probably just means she's at her most fertile.

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Height of fashion is a real sore point

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IT'S enough to make Sex and the City's Carrie shake in her stilettos. The havoc high heels can wreak on the body is no secret, but research has sunk the boot in further.

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60 years of Miss SA

Therese Wilson, Gabrielle Overton

TEN years after Therese Hicks was crowned the last Miss South Australia, we remember Adelaide women as they used to be.

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Klum tells women to fatten up

Heidi Klum

HEIDI Klum has given older women advice to maintain their happiness and sexy figures - get fat.

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LATEST PHOTO GALLERIES

Victor Harbor Schoolies 2010

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MAC Photo Booth, Schoolies, Victor Harbor Schoolies, Victor Harbor 2010

Miners killed in NZ disaster

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A second explosion has left no hope of finding 29 men trapped in a New Zealand mine alive.

New chimp enclosure at Monarto Zoo

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Four female chimpanzees from The Netherlands went on public display for the first time at Monarto Zoo today.

Miss South Australia

Miss South Australia

Organisers of the Miss South Australia contest are celebrating 60 years with an exhibition at UniSA's City Campus

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NEWS

Driver dies in high-speed horror

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THE impact of a fatal Seaton smash was so violent that a car destroyed a Stobie pole after bouncing off a bus during what police have been told was a race.

SPORT

Aussie bid dumped in first round

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A DESPONDENT Frank Lowy was this morning digesting Australia’s failed campaign filled with broken promises.

TECHNOLOGY

Broadband job revolution

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THE National Broadband Network will transform the way business operates, an Access Economics surveys says.