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The Canberra Times hunts down all the news, industry gossip and stories from the local dining scene, covering restaurants, cafes, producers and what you need to know right now.

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Going spooky with Dream Cuisine

Dream Cuisine spooky brownies and macarons for Halloween.

Dream Cuisine is in the spirit of things for Halloween, with themed macarons.

Food News | Morsels | Wed Oct 30 10:44:34 EST 2013

Organic fare at Canberra Environment Centre

The Canberra Environment Centre is holding a locavore dinner on Saturday, November 2, at Old Canberra House on the Australian National University campus.

Food News | Morsels | Wed Oct 30 10:19:07 EST 2013

Proud to be a Chef seeks Canberra apprentices

The Proud to be a Chef competition is looking for more Canberra apprentices.

Food News | Kirsten Lawson | Wed Oct 23 08:59:41 EST 2013

Booze with your macarons

It won't surprise you to hear those pretty colourful macarons appeal more to women than men.

Food News | Morsels | Wed Aug 28 15:58:31 EST 2013

Coat of arms in a pie

Dream Cuisine gold macarons.

Dream Cuisine has created some birthday treats for the long weekend.

Food News | Kirsten Lawson | Tue Mar 05 12:41:46 EST 2013

Morsels from the editor's desk

In the past week, two friends have announced they're off sugar. Given one is a surgeon, you tend to notice what they do.

Food News | Morsels | Tue Jan 15 18:56:20 EST 2013

To market, to market

Old Bus Depot Markets.

The Old Bus Depot Markets in Kingston are opening on Saturdays as well as Sundays in the lead-up to Christmas.

Food News | Morsels | Tue Dec 04 21:41:31 EST 2012

Feletti goes all chick

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Steve Feletti has built quite a reputation as an oyster grower at Batemans Bay, but now he’s growing chickpeas, pretty much an unrelated form of agriculture.

Food News | Morsels | Tue Dec 04 21:41:30 EST 2012

Looking for Aussie Hughs

Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall.

A local version is being commissioned of The River Cottage, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s popular television show about life on the farm.

Food News | Morsels | Tue Dec 04 16:30:18 EST 2012

Keep up with the Joneses

Morsels food dinkus

Me and Mrs Jones has opened on a corner spot in Kingston, and you get the feeling this place is destined to be as busy as the string of other relaxed eateries with inter-related ownership

Food News | Morsels | Wed Nov 28 16:39:36 EST 2012

Loss of a top grapegrower

Al Lustenberger, Murrumbateman grapegrower.

Canberra has lost one of its top grapegrowers with the death of Al Lustenberger this month.

Food News | Morsels | Wed Nov 28 16:39:36 EST 2012

Morsels from the editor's desk, November 28

Glazed ham  from Vincent Churchill.

It's possible the death of a pig is one of the most confronting deaths for the human table, given the strange humanity of this animal.

Food News | Kirsten Lawson | Wed Nov 28 03:00:00 EST 2012

Morsels from the editor's desk, November 21

Morsels food dinkus

Incredibly, Canberra is developing an excellent cafe culture. Just as it seemed we would never have the local produce, the organics and the artisan producers of other cities, along came the...

Food News | Kirsten Lawson | Wed Nov 21 03:00:00 EST 2012

Fast food furphy

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall?s Chicken, Rocket and redcurrant dish.

When Jamie's 30-Minute Meals came out, I read the book with a deepening confusion, then gave it away as one I would never use.

Food News | Kirsten Lawson | Wed Nov 14 03:00:00 EST 2012

Morsels from the editor's desk, November 14

How do you get dinner on the table midweek? We're stuck in a ludicrous cycle of dinner at 6pm, despite my work roster suggesting I should still be at my desk at that time.

Food News | Kirsten Lawson | Wed Nov 14 03:00:00 EST 2012

Grazing open for breakfast

Grazing restaurant, Gundaroo.

Grazing is now open for breakfast, if you want to start the weekend with a country drive.

Food News | Morsels | Wed Nov 07 10:32:25 EST 2012

Get practising for the Canberra show

Elizabeth Marburg's sponge cake.

With the Canberra show in February, it's time to practise your cakes and nurse your vegies.

Food News | Morsels | Wed Nov 07 10:29:26 EST 2012

New owners at Essential Ingredient

Tim Wilson, owner of Essential Ingredient.

Tim Wilson sells Kingston cookware stores.

Food News | Morsels | Wed Nov 07 10:29:48 EST 2012