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

This pantry staple you usually throw out will make simple 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

Dinner is sorted with this one tin everyone has in their pantry

Put that can of tomatoes to delicious good work in a vibrant pasta, lamb curry, vegie tagine or cheat’s chicken pomodoro.

  • Samuel Goldsmith

This lovely layered lemon cake combines two favourite citrus recipes in one

Lemon and poppy seed cake meets lemon drizzle in this gorgeous bake from food writer Eleanor Ford.

  • Eleanor Ford
The filling for Neil Perry’s curried egg sandwich is also delicious in a baguette.

How to make Neil Perry’s cracking curried egg sandwich

Having honed his skills in some of the country’s top restaurants, Mike Russell wants to encourage home cooks to give breadmaking a shot.

  • Mike Russell

The recipe that proves that, yes, barley actually can be delicious

Plus three other travel-friendly recipes, including rustic goat’s cheese tarts, a crunchy broccoli ‘spoon’ salad and an easy strawberry jam slice.

  • Sophie Hansen
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Cocoa sour cream layer cake from Beatrix Bakes: Another Slice by Natalie Paull (Hardie Grant Books, RRP $50.

This cocoa sour cream layer cake is beloved Melbourne bake shop Beatrix’s most requested recipe (and we’ve got it)

Natalie Paull shares the choc-raspberry cake with a cult following and her favourite brownie recipe.

  • Natalie Paull
Char kway teow.

How to make Ho Jiak’s signature char kway teow (plus three other cult noodle dishes)

The Sydney restaurant’s popular rice noodle dish is spicy, smoky and much darker than the usual CKT. Founder Junda Khoo shares his secrets.

  • Junda Khoo
Oozy chocolate sourdough toastie.

Turn your ordinary toastie into a magnificent molten choc-banana snack

How to make an easy, oozy sinful snack and a hypnotic marbled loaf cake from chocolatier Kirsten Tibballs’ new cookbook Chocolate All Day.

  • Kirsten Tibballs
Cheeseburger from Meatsmith by Andrew McConnell and Troy Wheeler.

The juicy secrets behind Gimlet’s legendary late-night cheeseburger (and how to make it)

Andrew McConnell and Troy Wheeler reveal the recipe for the Melbourne restaurant-bar’s signature supper.

  • Andrew McConnell and Troy Wheeler
A perfect roast chicken.

The expert’s guide to the perfect roast chicken (and the simple tip to make carving a breeze)

Step up your Sunday roast game with some smart techniques and some even smarter side dishes.

  • Andrew McConnell and Troy Wheeler