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Eating ultra-processed meat linked to greater risk of early death

A landmark Harvard study has found regular consumption of products such as sausages and ham increases the chance of dying earlier.

  • Laura Donnelly
The clashing colours and patterns of Bibi Ji are set to turn heads in Carlton.

First Look: Bibi Ji Indian diner revives a legendary Lygon Street location

Clashing colours and banana leaf feasts washed down with cocktails bring pulsating energy back to the former site of a beloved Italian restaurant.

  • Emma Breheny
Creamy cauliflower and potato soup topped with mini cheese toastie bites.

16 freezer-friendly soups and stews to cook (and stash away) this week

These hearty and comforting recipes all freeze like a dream, just skip the yoghurt or cream, fresh herbs and sprinklings before you put them on ice.

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Don’t like cabbage? This buttery and beautiful variety might change your mind

How does a simple vegetable emerge from nowhere to build its own niche brand, asks Terry Durack.

  • Terry Durack
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The MasterChef Australia recap collection: we watch the show so you don’t have to

Chaos, cliffhangers, and quite a lot of cooking too. It’s MasterChef 2024 as observed by master recapper Ben Pobjie.

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Melbourne Eat Streets

Tiamo restaurant in Carlton.

Five years ago, Lygon Street was dying. Now diners are queuing out the door

  • Dani Valent
Tocca restaurant in Werribee.

How a run-down strip became the most exciting culinary street in the west

  • Dani Valent
Victor Churchill in Armadale.

How a well-heeled street of wedding dress shops became a premier dining strip

  • Dani Valent
Modu restaurant on Clayton Road.

The gritty ‘eating street’ in the south-east that boasts more than 200 restaurants

  • Dani Valent
Crosta D’Oro in Thornbury.

High Street is jam-packed with bars, cafes and restaurants – but this is its best section

  • Dani Valent

Eating out

Gemini is a cafe by day, and wine bar by night.
13.5/20

‘Tough economic climates are temporary, but community is forever’: Why Gemini is a gem

This crowd-funded cafe, bar, restaurant and pantry has changed Coburg for the better. If you’re local, you’re lucky.

  • Dani Valent
The Gorda tigelle at Emilietta layers mortadella, balsamic onion and pistachio.

This hatted city restaurant is now serving a rare sandwich you should know about

  • Tomas Telegramma
The apricot walls set the pattern at Brunswick East’s Suntop Plaza.

This retro cafe is all about ’90s vibes and honest food with 101 per cent heart

  • Dani Valent
Diners try the line-up of Coravin wines at Bentley Restaurant & Bar.

Try one of the world’s best wines for half price. But is it really worth $320 a glass?

  • Bianca Hrovat

Lists & guides

Welcome to Good Food’s Eat Streets series.

The essential guide to five of Melbourne’s best Eat Streets

Mulberry Group founder Nathan Toleman (left) and chef Tom Sarafian have partnered on the opening of Sarafian’s first restaurant.

Six new venues set to get Melbourne sizzling this winter

The Plough in Footscray offers a $23 steak special on Tuesdays.

Cheap grills: 20 of Melbourne’s best-value steak nights

May hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out this month

May hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out this month

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

Thinking about booking a cruise? Everything you need to know about the food and drink

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

Recent reviews

Gemini is a cafe by day, and wine bar by night.
13.5/20

‘Community is forever’: Why all-day cafe and wine bar Gemini is a local gem

  • Dani Valent
The apricot walls set the pattern at Brunswick East’s Suntop Plaza.

Retro cafe Suntop Plaza is all about ’90s vibes and honest food with 101 per cent heart

  • Dani Valent
King prawn dumplings with tapioca “caviar”.

Charlong’s ‘genius’ dumplings are not what you might expect at a typical suburban Thai

  • Dani Valent
Sushi platter.
Good Food hat15/20

A little Japanese, a little French but a lot to love at passion project Bansho

  • Dani Valent
Chef Jun Oya cuts and cooks in front of guests at Shusai Mijo.
Good Food hat15.5/20

Shusai Mijo is one of the more affordable omakase restaurant in Melbourne

  • Besha Rodell

Recipes

Danielle Alvarez’s chocolate loaf cake with mascarpone icing.
EASY

This kid-friendly chocolate loaf cake is deliberately messy (and absolutely fabulous)

Its batter comes together in one bowl, and the icing can be whipped up by hand.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Cilbir with Ramazan pidesi (Turkish eggs with flatbread).

‘One of my all-time favourites’: Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Turkish-style brunch

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Adam Liaw’s vegetarian lasagne.

Choose your own adventure with Adam Liaw’s vegetarian lasagne

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
One-pan sausage and vegetables with gravy.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ easy-peasy sausage and vegie one-tray wonder (with hands-off gravy)

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Nagi Maehashi

Recipe collections

Creamy cauliflower and potato soup topped with mini cheese toastie bites.

16 freezer-friendly soups and stews to cook (and stash away) this week

Adam Liaw’s shepherds’ pie.

Oldies but goodies: 10 of your favourite childhood recipes to cook next week

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s spiced apple cake with mascarpone and maple frosting.

From apple cakes to RecipeTin’s steak: April’s 20 most popular recipes

One-pan slurpy creamy tomato and fennel ravioli with optional spicy sausage.

14 simple dinners that go straight to the sauce

RecipeTin Eats’ 20-minute Thai chicken satay curry.

50 crowd-pleasing chicken dishes (starring RecipeTin’s popular curry)

Fast one tray eggplant and spicy salami lasagne. Sage Creative autumn/winter recipes for Good Food online and Home Front. February 2022. Good Food use only. Please credit James Moffatt

14 of our favourite low-fuss and affordable dishes to cook this week

Manoush-style pizzas with prawns and chilli.

10 fast and curious Friday night flatbread pizzas

Vegetarian-friendly pithiviers filled with mushroom ragu.

Five crowd-pleasing Recipe Tin pies to bake this weekend

Barbecued cauliflower with mascarpone bechamel.

Five easy and cheesy new cauliflower steak recipes

RecipeTin Eats’ golden coconut pumpkin and chickpea curry.

10 budget-friendly vegie one-dish dinners to cook this week

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s spiced apple cake with mascarpone and maple frosting.

Freshly baked recipes: Five new apple cakes to make this weekend

Adam Liaw’s chicken diane.

10 of your favourite retro recipes given the Adam Liaw treatment

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Tips & advice

Black coffee.

Is your morning brew actually healthy? Eight benefits of drinking black coffee

  • Emily Craig

A dietitian’s guide to food additives – and which ones to avoid

  • Susie Burrell
Trevor Lu Co-founder of UpUp, a new supermarket price comparison app.

From apps to ugly veg: Four simple ways to cut up to 40% off your grocery bill

  • Bianca Hrovat
The Two-StepLow-FODMAP Diet and Recipe Book by DR SUE SHEPHERD. Braised beef cheeks with creamy polenta

Fed up with dry and stringy meat in your stew? This cut is ‘impossible to ruin’

  • Terry Durack
Nutritionist, dietitian and writer Sarah Pound.

This nutritionist’s fuss-free meals made her a social media star. She’s now our recipe writer

  • Megan Johnston

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Drinks

Diners try the line-up of Coravin wines at Bentley Restaurant & Bar.

Try one of the world’s best wines for half price. But is it really worth $320 a glass?

  • Bianca Hrovat

‘The poor man’s Grange’ now costs how much?

  • Huon Hooke

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