Recipes, Restaurant Reviews & Food Guides from Good Food.

Teenagers Ruby, Abbey, Zara and Willow enjoying the new sushi trains at Chocolate Buddha at Federation Square.

Hotpot to hot choc: The Melbourne good food guide for junior foodies

School's in for budding food buffs, with this round-up of food-related activities, classes and kid-friendly restaurants.

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New venture: bills Double Bay is Bill Granger's fourth Sydney cafe.

REVIEW

Like day and night at bills Double Bay

Double Bay needs a bills cafe as surely as the sun needs to rise in the morning.

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Where do Melbourne chefs and reviewers eat when they're off duty?

Experts nominate their go-to dining spots, from neighbourhood bistros to kebab shops.

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Culinary director Sebastien Lutaud (left), 'bread geek' Brendon Woodward, head chef Billy Hannigan, general manager ...

Loulou bistro and boulangerie to redefine French food in Lavender Bay

Loulou is hoping to forge a new definition for local French bistro food.

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Margaret will be the first restaurant Neil Perry has owned solo in his 40-odd year career.

First look at chef Neil Perry's $5m Margaret restaurant

Money has always talked in Double Bay, and Margaret might just be the restaurant the Sydney postcode deserves.

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First look at chef Neil Perry's $5m Margaret restaurant in Double Bay

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Bronte cafe Eugene's opens second venue in Kings Cross

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Three new hidden Melbourne bars for you to find (plus a rooftop bar coming soon)

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Sokyo chef Chase Kojima opens Simulation Senpai at Darling Square

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Sunda's sibling Aru fires up in Little Collins Street

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Egglab's breakfast sandwiches scramble over to Brunswick

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How to make the perfect pumpkin soup Simple winter soups, stews and other slurpable suppers

Serve this spiced rice with yoghurt on the side.

MEDIUM

Karen Martini's one-pot wonder with rice, haloumi and spice is all things nice

< 30 mins

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Chunky minestrone with mozzarella stuffed meatball.

WEEKLY MEAL PLANNER

Simple winter soups, stews and other slurpable suppers

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Serve this braised pork belly with boiled rice and spring onion.

MEDIUM

Neil Perry's Chinese-style braised pork belly

1-2 hours

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EASY

Helen Goh's pumpkin spice pancakes with bacon and maple syrup

30 mins - 1 hour

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Low in carbs, high in comfort: Eggplant parmigiana meets beef pie.

MEDIUM

Adam Liaw's eggplant parmigiana meets meat pie

2 hours +

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Haloumi spanakopita. Katrina Meynink's vegetarian pie recipes for Good Food June 2021. Please credit Katrina Meynink. ...

MEDIUM

Two simple little swaps make this spanakopita extra special

1-2 hours

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Pick up a supermarket roast chicken for this comforting congee.

EASY

Adam Liaw's roast chicken brown rice congee

2 hours +

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Roast pumpkin soup with chickpeas and merguez sausage.

How to make the perfect pumpkin soup

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MasterChef recap: It's all about the wow factor in this flantastic vanilla pressure test

Master pastry chef Darren Purchese drops by to mentor the contestants through a rather vanilla pressure test, and the judges hide out the back to blind taste it.

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Marinated olives and octopus as part of a Greek feast at Mythos in Oakleigh.

Sweet Greek owner Kathy Tsaples' guide to Oakleigh

Kathy Tsaples is a legend of Melbourne's thriving Greek scene. Here is her guide to the best of its heartland.

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Green cardamom pods: a little goes a long way.

Everything you need to know about ... cardamom

Cardamom, the Queen of Spices, is the third most expensive in the world after saffron and vanilla. Here's why it's treasured by cooks around the world.

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Pasta Poetry's ragu bolognese lasagne uses a traditional recipe that stipulates five sheets of hand-rolled egg pasta.

Rolling with it: Melbourne's restaurant-quality pasta at home is here to stay

Fresh pasta spin-offs started as an economic necessity for restaurants show signs of serious staying power.

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MasterChef judges Melissa Leong, Jock Zonfrillo and Andy Allen.

COLLECTION

The MasterChef Australia 2021 recap collection

37 items

Chaos, cliffhangers, congee, and quite a lot of cooking too. It's MasterChef 2021 as observed by master recapper Ben Pobjie.

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Sausage, kale and tortellini pasta bake.

COLLECTION

Bang on: 15 warming and affordable sausage recipes

15 items

With a packet of sausages in the freezer and some pantry staples, you'll never be stuck for warm, comforting dish.

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Jill Dupleix's Tomato risoni with feta, walnuts and honey.

COLLECTION

Silverbeet it: 15 ways to make the most of the nutritious winter green

15 items

Often overshadowed by spinach and kale, this leafy winter green is loaded with iron, vitamins K, A and C and calcium, and should be a regular on your shopping list.