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Katsu chicken croissant at Kare cafe.

Why West Melbourne has become one of the city’s most exciting brunch spots

Fascinating cuisine mash-ups served to an eager young audience in cafe settings is fuelling this exciting inner-city pocket.

  • Sasha Geyer
Hurricane popcorn.

Five fun popcorn recipes to make this weekend (featuring Adam Liaw’s Hawaiian mix)

DIY snacks for your next movie night or binge-watching session on the couch.

The top three Christmas hams in the Good Food 2023 taste test.

We rank 14 supermarket Christmas hams from wet flop to smoky showstopper

From wet flops to showstoppers, which leg hams make it onto Santa’s “nice” list after our blind taste-test?

  • Bianca Hrovat
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Stan’s Grill’s cevapi sandwich.

Your December hit list: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now

Sizzling sandwich spots, Indian snacks and sweets, American barbecue and more globe-trotting eats to seek out this month.

Rumi co-owner and chef Joseph Abboud at the new digs.

Rumi’s Middle Eastern classics – plus some fresh flavours – hitch a ride to its new home

Relax, Rumi fans. The dishes you’ve always loved are still on the menu at its new Brunswick East HQ, along with fresh flavours and an expanded wine list.

  • Tomas Telegramma

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Christmas cooking

The top three Christmas hams in the Good Food 2023 taste test.

The Good Food guide to supermarket Christmas hams

  • Bianca Hrovat
Illustration: Simon Letch

The five things you should do now to stress less at Christmas

  • Jill Dupleix
Clockwise from left: Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Maltese-style stuffed snapper; Karen Martini’s grilled Romano beans with braised lemon, garlic and dill; Danielle Alvarez’s baked scallops with tomatoes and herbed breadcrumbs; Karen Martini’s roasted potatoes with herbed fromage blanc. 

Good Weekend’s Christmas menu for 2023

RecipeTin Eats’ canape recipes for Good Food.

Five easy but impressive canapes from RecipeTin Eats

Buying Food for Everyone’s posters gives a meal to someone in need.

These food-themed posters are a hot ticket  (and give back, too)

  • Emma Breheny

Eating out

Kingfish sashimi, freshly shucked oysters with lime and dill granita and kampot pepper and Queen Vic Market deli meats at Brick Lane Market.

Brick Lane’s huge restaurant boasts 36 beer taps, a raw bar and views of Queen Vic Market

Get ready for sunset sips and snacks on the terrace at the Melbourne-based craft beer brand’s new venue.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Antara 128 restaurant.
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Antara 128 is new, unconventional, and the baked goods are a triumph. But does the all-day venture work?

  • Besha Rodell
Melburnians took some convincing to sit at the restaurant’s tapas bar (right).
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20 years ago this iconic restaurant made eating at the counter cool. It’s still setting the bar high

  • Dani Valent
Babaji’s Kerala Kitchen opens second restaurant in lush Warburton.

This newly hatted Indian restaurant just opened a second location

  • Emma Breheny

Lists & guides

Stan’s Grill’s cevapi sandwich.

December hit list: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out

Embla’s bread with mushroom butter.

Melbourne’s best restaurant bread revealed in the inaugural Caps awards

The Bologna at Stefanino Panino.

Six new sandwich joints in Melbourne’s inner north

Xiao long bao at HuTong Dumpling Bar in the CBD.

25 of Melbourne’s most iconic restaurants to tick off your bucket list

Pick Prik is a destination for those seeking the colour and atmosphere of Bangkok.

Five new Thai restaurants in Bourke Street’s top end

The popular chicken parma at The Birmy.

Pub specials: Where to find Melbourne’s best chicken parma bargains

The Age Good Food Guide Awards

Everything you need to know from The Age Good Food Guide Awards

The namesake banh cuon at Xuan Banh Cuon in Sunshine.

20 under-the-radar venues our reviewers can’t get enough of

The hats

The Age Good Food Guide 2024: Full list of hats

Bar Bellamy in Rathdowne Street, Carlton.

The 30 best bars in Melbourne right now

Puttanesca pizza will be on the menu, along with other variations on the theme.

11 new and revamped venues making the inner east cool (at last!)

Mali Bakes’ new hole-in-the-wall in Fitzroy.

Top shots: 40 of Melbourne’s best cafes

Recent reviews

The go-to dish: Tuna en croute.
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Does unconventional CBD all-day venture Antara 128 work?

  • Besha Rodell
Melburnians took some convincing to sit at the restaurant’s tapas bar (right).
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Twenty years on, the original MoVida is still setting the bar high

  • Dani Valent
Messmates occupies a former bakery in the centre of Warragul.
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This former bakery in a shopping centre is now a hatted restaurant worth travelling for

  • Besha Rodell
Pistachio cheesecake.

Truganina probably hasn’t been high on many sweet-tooth’s hit list - but it should be

  • Dani Valent
Chef Yu Orita passing one of eight rounds of sushi to Nidaime’s diners.
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Is this hatted South Yarra spot Melbourne’s best value omakase menu?

  • Larissa Dubecki

Recipes

Adam Liaw’s Caesar salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s modern take on a classic salad (including how to cook perfect jammy-yolked eggs)

All hail the caesar, a salad that’s still winning friends 100 years after its invention.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
RecipeTin Eats: Prawn burgers.
EASY

This crispy, juicy burger patty is a rarity, but RecipeTin Eats says it should be an Aussie summer staple

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi

Helen Goh’s pumpkin pie meets cheesecake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Spring chicken traybake with baby zucchini nestled in risoni.
EASY

Zaatar garlic-butter chicken and risoni with zucchini

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink

Recipe collections

RecipeTin Eats’ spicy margarita.

Raise a spicy marg to the 20 most popular recipes of November

One-pan honey soy chicken.

A fast, budget-friendly recipe (or two) for every day of this week

Cauliflower fritters with Japanese-style curried egg sauce.

25 vegetarian cauliflower recipes starring these fritters with curried sauce

Preserved lemon hummus with cumin and sumac roasted chickpeas. Ottolenghi inspired mix and match Middle Eastern share friendly feast recipes for Good Food, October 2019. Images and recipes by Katrina Meynink. Good Food use only.

Five delicious DIY dips to whip up this party season

Oyakodon has been a midweek staple in Julia Busutil Nishimura’s household for more than a decade.

14 easy, crowd-pleasing Japanese recipes to make this week

Crispy smashed potatoes recipe for RecipeTin Eats Good Food online column November 2020. Good Food use only. Not for syndication. Must credit RecipeTin Eats. Image supplied by Nagi Maehashi

The golden hour: Seven smashingly simple spud recipes that nobody can resist

Stir-fried beef and asparagus.

10 sizzling new weeknight stir-fries to try right now

RecipeTin Eats’ cashew chicken noodles.

14 budget-friendly recipes to help ease inflation pain

Spicy pork and spinach meatballs recipe by Neil Perry.

Load ’em up: Six delicious ways to roll with it this weekend

***EMBARGOED FOR GOOD WEEKEND, JUNE 4/22 ISSUE*** Helen Goh recipe: Favourite orange cake Photograph by William Meppem (photographer on contract, no restrictions)

Five of the best Helen Goh cakes to bake this weekend

No-mix potato salad.

The 20 most popular recipes of October (starring your new go-to spud salad)

Jill Dupleix recipe for Good Food :?Full Steam - Steamed chicken with asparagus and fennel Photograph by William Meppem

14 quick and low-carb recipes to cook this week

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Tips & advice

Adam Liaw’s heirloom tomato and bread salad.

Who should really be taking ‘miracle weight-loss’ drug Ozempic – a dietitian weighs in

  • Susie Burrell
Illustration: Simon Letch

The five things you should do now to stress less at Christmas

  • Jill Dupleix
Trinny Woodall, British beauty entrepreneur, businesswoman, fashion and makeover expert, visited Australia in October 2023.

Trinny Woodall on eating to help menopause and her favourite Australian menus

  • Jane Rocca
Adam Liaw’s roast cauliflower with sun-dried tomato and capsicum.

Five easy ways to eat well, feel better and reduce inflammation

  • Susie Burrell
Naming rights for cheese has been an issue in Australia-EU free trade negotiations.

Nine foods that are good for your cholesterol – and one of them is cheese

  • Boudicca Fox-Leonard

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Drinks

Lloyd Brothers winemaker Gonzalo Sanchez advocates adding both ice and soda to certain types of wine.

Why putting ice in your wine glass could be the hack of summer

  • Katie Spain
At Mudgee restaurant The Zin House, the ingredients for tea are plucked direct from the garden.

Coming soon to a glass near you: Four drinks trends to look forward to sipping this summer

  • Katie Spain

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Gordon Ramsay’s favourite Australian restaurants (including one that asked him to leave)

  • Jane Rocca
The top three Christmas hams in the Good Food 2023 taste test.

Tasted and ranked: The Good Food guide to supermarket Christmas hams

  • Bianca Hrovat
Rumi co-owner and chef Joseph Abboud at the new digs.

Rumi’s Middle Eastern classics – plus some fresh flavours – hitch a ride to its new home

  • Tomas Telegramma
Stan’s Grill’s cevapi sandwich.

Melbourne hit list December 2023: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now

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