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Cut your meat intake, without compromising on taste.

Five ways to enjoy meat-free Monday

Here are some easy ways to reduce your meat intake without punishing your palate

  • Freya Herring
Cook up a storm.

This oven is the future of home cooking

Picture your dream kitchen. Does it have two, maybe even three ovens to allow you to create incredible feasts? A pantry piled high with chef’s tools and appliances?

  • Penny Carroll
The season for delicious Backyard barbecues.

The local buys you need for the ultimate summer BBQ in Victoria

It is the season for delicious backyard barbecues. We’ve rounded up the top Victorian businesses selling their wares online, so you can support your state’s artisan producers while you socialise around the grill.

  • Freya Herring
Sweet potato can be used in soups, made into chips or pasta and roasted for a vitamin C hit.

Eight fruit and vegetables that deliver a nutritional hit

The best fruits and veg for a massive nutritional hit.

  • Susie Burrell
The more you cook with your cast-iron skillet, the more seasoned it becomes.

How to season your cast-iron skillet – and keep it seasoned

This simple kitchen tool can last a lifetime, all it takes is a little elbow grease.

  • Becky Krystal
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Food photographer Nikki To shares tips on lighting, composition, and more to consider the next time you're shooting your meal.

The secrets to photographing food like a pro

Top food photographer Nikki To shares her top tips to consider when shooting food, without an instagram filter in sight.

  • Nikki To
New dawn for shopping: Astrid Ryan, project manager of The Inconvenience Store in Thornbury, a supermarket where customers will pay what they feel is the right price for goods.

Forget the price tag: ‘pay what you feel’ that tomato is worth

We trust you: Customers will name their own prices at a new Thornbury supermarket.

  • Carolyn Webb
What food podcasts do chefs listen to?

10 food podcasts chefs listen to and love

Who better to recommend the best food podcasts than those who really know their onions?

  • Cat Woods
More than just sustenance - your favourite food takes  you back to a place or person that is important to you.

The stories behind our favourite dishes and why telling them matters

Memories are entwined with eating, so it make sense for chefs to create menus with a compelling back story.

  • Cat Rodie
Kitchen Garden 13 February. Simone's Ukrainian by Marriage Pickles.?Photo: Simone Dilkara

Kitchen Garden: Canberra's sustainable harvest swap

In 2011 nine people met in the Canberra lounge room of Margaret O'Connor.

  • Susan Parsons