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Controlled portions will help you avoid overdoing dessert.

A dietitian explains why we overeat (and seven easy ways to avoid it this festive season)

Lashings of food and drink may tempt us at this time of year, but it’s important to not overdo it. Here’s how.

  • Susie Burrell

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Full-fat, low-sugar, high-protein and gelato: A dietitian rates eight types of ice-cream tubs

When it comes to your favourite icy scoop, which tub comes out on top? Susie Burrell breaks it down.

  • Susie Burrell
Footscray Market offers a unique shopping experience that will keep you coming back for more.

This Melbourne market is so much more than a store

If you want a vibrant shopping experience with a true sense of community, you can’t beat Footscray Market.

  • Kimberly Gillan
Don’t like bran muffins? Helen Goh’s rich and deeply flavoured recipe might change your mind.

Seven ways to keep hunger at bay and break the unhealthy snacking habits

Do you generally eat healthily at meal time, but resort to sweets or biscuits when feeling peckish? You’re not alone.

  • Anna Magee

Why are Australian winemakers still using wine corks instead of screwcaps?

Screwcaps aren’t necessarily the best closure, but they’re arguably the best we have at present and much more consistent than cork.

  • Huon Hooke
Illustration: Simon Letch

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

Sail through your preparation for your festive feast with this essential to-do list.

  • Jill Dupleix
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Adam Liaw’s heirloom tomato and bread salad.

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

The growing range of semaglutide drugs, which include Ozempic, has attracted a flood of interest around the world. What are they and who should actually be taking them?

  • Susie Burrell
What does restaurant critic Callan Boys put in his Costco trolley?

The food critic’s essential guide to shopping at Costco

There’s a lot more to the warehouse retailer than roast chickens and cut-price Calvin Klein.

  • Callan Boys
Adam Liaw’s vegetable frittata.

How to save money by using the ingredients languishing in your pantry

Looking for an easy food budget win? Shop from the pantry and use up what’s already there with these thrifty tips.

  • Kimberley Gillan
Strawberries

A cup of strawberries a day could help keep depression and dementia away

The consumption of about eight strawberries a day improved mood, reduced issues relating to memory and decreased depressive symptoms, according to a new study.

  • Michael Murphy
Adam Liaw’s roast cauliflower with sun-dried tomato and capsicum.

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

Many physical ailments can be traced back to inflammation in the body. So what exactly is inflammation, and which are the best foods to help manage it?

  • Susie Burrell

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