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This hearty meatball and pasta soup is sure to be love at first spoonful.

Eat and repeat: 10 warming new recipes to put on high rotation

These cosy dinners will become the culinary equivalent of your trusty woolly jumper, the one you can rely on when the cold sets in.

A mountain of rocket lends a peppery freshness – and its dressing, a citrusy hit – that slices through the star ingredient’s richness.

If ‘the classics never die’, this Thornbury favourite’s cotoletta panino is immortal

With just four ingredients, it couldn’t be simpler. But that’s precisely why it’s so special, according to Sandwich Watch.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Fried plantain at African Calabash restaurant in Footscray.

‘Golden, starchy goodness’: These are hot chips, but not as you might know them

Friendly family restaurant African Calabash is a taste of West Africa in Melbourne’s west.

  • Dani Valent
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The borage-bedecked avocado tart tastes like something fairies would serve at the summer solstice.
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Our critic had many expectations for the revamped Vue de Monde. But one thing surprised her

There are a few notable changes at the newly refurbished fine diner, but those spectacular views aren’t one of them.

  • Besha Rodell
Roasting potatoes in pickle brine gives them a chip-shop-vinegar feeling.

This pantry staple you usually throw out will make midweek spuds special

Squashed crisp-edged potatoes, tossed and baked in pickle brine to give them a subtle but important chip-shop feeling.

  • Anna Jones

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Eating out

The new footy food? Chef Shannon Martinez has two new restaurants at Marvel Stadium.

Melbourne’s hottest new food precinct is… Marvel Stadium?

Marvel Stadium is dishing up a dining revolution with food by hatted chefs, vegan parmas and restaurants open well beyond game day.

  • Emma Breheny and Andrea McGinniss
Greasy Zoes owner Zoe Birch: “If you want to make a million dollars, opening an eight-seat restaurant isn’t the way to go.”

Just six seats a night: What’s driving the teeny-weeny restaurant trend?

  • Dani Valent
Introduce visitors to the American Doughnut Kitchen, then explain it’s not actually American.

I’m coming to Melbourne for the week. Where should I eat? The critic’s top picks for visitors

  • Besha Rodell
Orecchiette pasta with mussels and ’nduja.

First look: An Italian restaurant in Mount Eliza with strong River Cafe vibes

  • Emma Breheny

Lists & guides

Kalamaki (mixed skewers served over rice) at Tsindos Greek restaurant in Melbourne CBD.

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

At Flower Drum, the service alone is remarkable.

Our chief critic’s little black book of places she usually only shares with visiting friends

Sean’s

I’m coming to Sydney for the week, where should I eat? The critic’s top picks for visitors

Bridge Road Brewers’ menu champions pizza topped with local ingredients.

The best places to eat, drink (and scoff pizza) in Rutherglen and surrounds

Bronwyn with her beloved cheeseburger at Butcher’s Diner.

From noodles to late-night burgers, this is where comedians eat out on the cheap in Melbourne

The chefs’ culinary backgrounds merge in the lamb forequarter chops with chimichurri.

10 hot new southside venues worth making a pit stop at

Seabourn dining

Good Food’s essential guide to the best cruise dining and drinks

Publique Bakery owner Sung Kim at the CBD shop.

Eight of Melbourne’s new-wave bakeries worth spending your dough on

Assorted dishes at The Petrel Hotel in Geelong West.

Road trip! 15 new regional restaurants to check out

Sink into a banquette, or nab a prized seat at the bar at Bar Lourinha.

Suburban gems, laneway legends: 10 of Melbourne’s best Spanish restaurants

Deep End pizzeria in Fitzroy specialises in three different styles of US pizza: Chicago, New York and Detroit.

Eight new (and new-ish) pizza places serving styles beyond Neapolitan

Lee Ho Fook owner-chef Victor Liong outside his favourite Melbourne restaurant, Flower Drum.

The chefs’ guide to Melbourne’s Chinatowns (and what to order)

Recent reviews

The go-to dish: falling-apart lamb barbacoa served with warm flour tortillas.
14/20

To try some of Victoria’s best Mexican food (and margaritas), head for the hills

  • Besha Rodell
The two-level restaurant, and its $70 banquet, is a good option for groups.
13/20

Greek food is having a moment, but 40-year-old city icon Tsindos is an authentic stayer

  • Dani Valent
Cafe and restaurant Tapenade is a taste of France on Commercial Road.

Tapenade provides a warm and authentic slice of France in an unlikely city setting

  • Dani Valent
Brico restaurant and wine bar in Carlton North.
14/20

Is it a restaurant or a wine bar? It doesn’t matter when Brico is as friendly and fun as this

  • Dani Valent
The interior at Maggie’s Snacks and Liquor, Brunswick East.
14/20

Under-the-radar newcomer Maggie’s is one of Melbourne’s best cocktail bars, right now

  • Besha Rodell

Recipes

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s spanakopita-inspired artichoke, green olive and spinach filo pie

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s spanakopita-inspired artichoke, green olive and spinach filo pie

This vibrant, zingy pastry spiral also happens to be vegan.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
You can substitute almonds for roughly chopped walnuts in the crumble.
EASY

Get ready to crumble with Helen Goh’s rhubarb, pear and fresh ginger pud

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Coriander chicken with green rice.
EASY

Pick up a cooked chook for Adam Liaw’s cheat’s chicken with green rice

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Steak with store-bought crispy chilli oil and simple sides is a midweek favourite.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats was almost too embarrassed to share her go-to dinner with chilli oil

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi

Recipe collections

14 midweek meals ready in three steps or less to make this week

14 midweek meals ready in three steps or less to make this week

Rice bowls with sticky roasted pumpkin.

20 healthy recipes to get back on track after the Easter blowout

Natalie Paull’s favourite chocolate cake, the cocoa sour cream layer cake.

Eat cake and March on: The 20 most popular recipes of last month

Julia’s tip: You can use baby spinach in the filling but English spinach has a far superior flavour.

Five great green pies to make this weekend

Delicious seasoned chicken simmered in crisp apple cider.

14 of Adam Liaw’s best ever autumn recipes to cook this week

Grilled sausages on a bed of chickpea mash.

Five bright and banging sausage recipes to make this weekend

This salad has staying power, provided you aren’t heavy-handed with the dressing.

15 rice and easy recipes to cook this week

Simmered pork with ponzu.

Five of the best crunchy, soft and succulent pork belly recipes

Rosheen Kaul’s pork satay.

Friday is the new Satay: 10 saucy recipes to stick on your to-cook list

THE salad sandwich by Nagi Maehashi (RecipeTin Eats). For Good Food, Feb 21, 2023 Pic credit: Nagi Maehashi

Seven great RecipeTin Eats sandwiches to wrap your mouth around

Crumbed chicken with herb and garlic butter pasta.

14 affordable family meals to make when money’s too tight to mention

Overnight iced coffee.

Ice, ice, coffee: Five cool espresso drinks and desserts

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Tips & advice

Burgers might look tasty – but are they good for you?

Is there such a thing as healthy takeaway? A dietitian’s guide to what to order-in

  • Susie Burrell
New Good Food columnist Alice Zaslavsky.

From scrambled eggs to steak: The secrets to seasoning almost any dish like a pro

  • Alice Zaslavsky
***EMBARGOED FOR SUNDAY LIFE / GOOD FOOD FLIP BACK MAG, OCTOBER 4/20 ISSUE*** Adam Liaw recipe : Picnic Pasta Alla Norma Photograph by William Meppem (photographer on contract, no restrictions) 

Good news, pasta lovers. It’s not as bad for your health as you may think

  • Hattie Garlick

Why eating bananas can be more effective at reducing blood pressure

  • Michael Searles
Good Food’s Callan Boys and Bianca Hrovat taste test crossover snack foods.

Doughnut Twisties and Chupa Chups custard: Do any of these crazy collabs taste any good?

  • Bianca Hrovat and Callan Boys

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Drinks

Light but tough enough to stand upright, the bagnum holds the equivalent of two bottles of wine.

Raise a glass to the bagnum, the plastic wine pouch that’s made cask wine cool again

  • Katie Spain
Top-ranking Yarra Yering is known for its cabernet and shiraz varietals and blends, but especially its Dry Red Wine No. 1.

Australia’s 52 top wineries of 2024

  • Huon Hooke

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