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Meat pie with sauce

Squeezy does it: Good Food ranks 12 tomato sauces from gluggy to great

You’ve got the pies, sausage rolls and hot dogs. You’re going to need tomato sauce with that. So which brands came out on top and which ones flopped?

  • Bianca Hrovat
Curly Lewis Brewing in Bondi backs the Sydney Swans for a huge Grand Final day of beers and fish and chips.

Red, white and brew: Eight great pubs to watch the Swans in the grand final

Couldn’t get a ticket for the AFL grand final? Don’t stress, these places are ready to take on Swans fans across Sydney.

  • Kayla Olaya
Teddy’s pork and crayfish sausage roll.

Let the good times roll: Where to find 10 of Sydney’s best sausage rolls

From a pork and crayfish number worth shelling out for to flaky croissant-dough shells, these sausage rolls will save you from sad servo alternatives.

  • Bianca Hrovat
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Prawn toast.

Prawn toast goes fancy as lobster, truffle and foie gras spins hit Sydney menus

Luxury spins on the popular toasty treat have become the accoutrement du jour at restaurants across town.

  • Scott Bolles
Sausage rolls at the Builders Arms Hotel, Fitzroy.
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The only sausage roll recipe you need from the Fitzroy pub that’s famous for them

Raise your grand final snack game with the surprisingly simple sausage rolls that Andrew McConnell’s popular pub will be serving on Saturday.

  • < 30 mins
  • Brian Macalister

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Swillhouse scandal

Sex, sleaze and Swillhouse: The sinister side of the glitzy hospitality scene

  • Eryk Bagshaw and Bianca Hrovat
The old bank vault door at Swillhouse’s the Baxter Inn.

The sordid bet that unfolded behind the bank vault door at Baxter Inn

  • Bianca Hrovat and Eryk Bagshaw
Main: Rachelle “Rocky’ Hair”. Inset: Jenna Hemsworth.

‘I hope you learn’: Two brave women go public with claims against Swillhouse

  • Eryk Bagshaw and Bianca Hrovat
The interior at Maggie’s Snacks and Liquor in Brunswick.

‘It’s a toxic culture’: The sexual assault reckoning in the hospitality industry

  • Dani Valent
Le Foote restaurant in The Rocks.

Inside the Herald’s investigation into sex and sleaze in Sydney’s hospitality industry

  • Bevan Shields and Sarah Norris

Eating out

MMC head chef Mohamed Matar with co-founders Sal Senan, Huss Rachid, and Amani Rachid.

Massive New York-style pizza and ’90s Pizza Hut nostalgia is coming in hot to Marrickville

The team behind My Mother’s Cousin and Self Raised Bread Shoppe are set to open a family-friendly pizzeria in the former Barzaari space.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Frances Song, co-owner of Moon Phase bakery at St Leonards, with one of her chocolate bar croissants at nearby Crows Nest Metro station.

The reviewers’ guide to the best fine, fun and fuss-free dining spots along the metro

  • Bianca Hrovat, Erina Starkey, David Matthews and Callan Boys
Martinis any way you like ’em at Bar Planet.

The Good Food guide to Sydney’s best 20 bars, right now

  • Callan Boys, Matty Hirsch, Sarah Norris and David Matthews
Family pack into the Portuguese dining hall.
14/20

‘It’s a vibe’: The secret’s out about this Portuguese dining hall in a tennis clubhouse

  • Callan Boys

Lists & guides

Martinis any way you like ’em at Bar Planet.

The Good Food guide to Sydney’s best 20 bars, right now

Try the tacos at La Tamaleria, known for its traditional Mexican cuisine.

10 of Sydney’s top taco specials (and a margarita bargain or two, too)

Bar Louise’s tortilla vaga, a brown butter and prawn omelette with potato crisps.

Eat Streets: Where (and what) to eat and drink along Enmore Road

The Grounds Coffee Factory In Eveleigh.

The 10 most exciting new restaurant, cafe, bakery and bar openings of spring

Bistro Grenier has opened in Newtown.

The Sydney venues we got excited about in August

Manu Feildel will focus on ‘delicious, approachable food’ at his new venue.

11 old Sydney pubs, all spruced up

People enjoy dinner at the chef table at the Emerald room in Darlinghurst.

From burlesque to jazz: 10 of Sydney’s best venues for dinner and a show

Hotel Harry’s burger range costs $10 with chips.

Where to get this burger and fries for just $10 plus nine more juicy specials

Sharing a Filipino feast at Let’s Chon.

The underdog of South-East Asian cuisines finally has its moment (and here’s where to get it)

Pie, creamy mash and peas are the $22 special at The Woolwich.

From posh pies to juicy pork chops: 10 of Sydney’s best pub dining specials

The Classic smashburger with chips and watermelon soda.

Your August hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now

Pasta and wine at Cafe Fredas.

Fine Italian dining on a budget: 10 of Sydney’s best pasta nights

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Fun times for less than $40? This Potts Point newcomer has you covered

  • Terry Durack
The popular beef curry pan.

This bakery’s curry bun is so popular every second customer buys one

  • Lenny Ann Low
Family pack into the Portuguese dining hall.
14/20

‘It’s a vibe’: The secret’s out about this Portuguese dining hall in a tennis clubhouse

  • Callan Boys
Superfreak in Marrickville.

No avo toast? No bacon and egg rolls? This nostalgic inner west cafe proves it can be done

  • Lee Tran Lam
XO pipis in a fruity chilli sauce with egg noodles.
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Does Neil Perry’s new Chinese restaurant Song Bird hit all the right notes?

  • Terry Durack

Recipes

The beauty of this sandwich is that it actually wants to be made ahead of time to feed a crowd.
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Many mouths to feed? This make-ahead muffuletta sandwich makes it easy

The beauty of this sandwich is that it actually wants to be made ahead of time to feed a crowd.

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
If you don’t want to make your own, substitute with good-quality, store-bought, all-butter puff pastry.
EASY

Caramelised onion, apple and pork sausage rolls

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Sausage rolls at the Builders Arms Hotel, Fitzroy.
EASY

The only sausage roll recipe you need from the Fitzroy pub that’s famous for them

  • < 30 mins
  • Brian Macalister
Fish burger.

How to make Adam Liaw’s foolproof fish burgers with perfect crunchy batter, every time

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw

Recipe collections

Salmon and salad rice bowl.

14 quick and healthy dinners to cook this week

Adam Liaw’s sweet and sour pork.

Adam Liaw’s simple sweet and sour pork, plus more favourite retro Chinese fakeaways to make at home

RecipeTin Eats’ spring fling asparagus quiche.

Here’s a tip – asparagus is cheap and in season. Here are five ways to use it

Spinach-and-ricotta-stuffed chicken breasts.

14 recipes to make when you can’t be bothered to cook

RecipeTin Eats’ bolognese pasta bake can be assembled like a lasagne or in individual dishes.

Cooking for a crowd? These five easy pasta bakes make it a breeze

If you are unable to source fontina cheese substitute with gruyère.

How to cheat at making meatballs (plus 49 more perfect pasta recipes)

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA **EMBARGOED FOR GOOD FOOD, MAY 2022** Vanessa Gordon recipe: Chicken schnitzels with radicchio and fennel slaw. Pic credit: Vanessa Gordon

Old-school to eggplant: 14 satisfying schnitzel recipes

Kale and three-cheese pastries sprinkled with nigella seeds.

Eight sausage (and vegie) rolls to flake out with in front of the footy finals

Adam Liaw’s salmon and egg rolls.

A dozen cracking cafe-style egg recipes to cook this weekend

Steak with store-bought crispy chilli oil and simple sides is a midweek favourite.

Crunch time: 20+ ways with crispy chilli oil (plus how to make your own)

Adam Liaw’s garlic and brie baguette (left) and Katrina Meynink’s garlic bread cobb loaf bowl (right).

Cheesy does it: The 30 most popular new recipes of winter

Red curry barramundi.

Curry in a hurry: Eight delicious dishes made quicker and cheaper with red curry paste

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A dietitian’s guide on what to eat during the peri- and menopausal years

  • Susie Burrell
Stand firmly in one spot, and hold your kitchen utensils with confidence.

‘Start with the hips’: Six cooking tips to boost your confidence in the kitchen

  • Kristen Hartke
Pumpkin (and other) seeds.

Seeds are the most underrated superfood. Here’s how to add them to your diet

  • Sam Rice
Meats such as hot dogs, salami, bacon and ham are best avoided.

A dietitian’s guide to five foods to cut from your diet, for good

  • Susie Burrell
Plan to cook your steak gently and slowly, and you’ll be rewarded.

The secret to grilling the perfect steak from the chef who really knows his meat

  • Luke Powell

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Drinks

Expand your drinking horizons with these wines from surprising locations

  • Huon Hooke
Lisa Guenther-Strauss has opened a wine bar in Sydney devoted to NSW wines.

Australian fine wines are world-class. So why don’t they dominate our drinks lists?

  • Katie Spain

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Meat pie with sauce

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Sausage rolls at the Builders Arms Hotel, Fitzroy.
EASY

The only sausage roll recipe you need from the Fitzroy pub that’s famous for them

  • < 30 mins
  • Brian Macalister
Prawn toast.

Prawn toast goes fancy as lobster, truffle and foie gras spins hit Sydney menus

  • Scott Bolles
Curly Lewis Brewing in Bondi backs the Sydney Swans for a huge Grand Final day of beers and fish and chips.

Red, white and brew: Eight great pubs to watch the Swans in the grand final

  • Kayla Olaya
The popular beef curry pan.

This bakery’s curry bun is so popular every second customer buys one

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