While you are sleeping, this major suburban food market quietly powers Melbourne
A miniature city rises and falls each night, built on cucumbers, apples, forklifts – and bacon and egg rolls. Meet some of the people behind it.
- Emma Breheny
Celebrity chefs, steakhouses and seafood: Six cruise lines with outstanding food
Cruise ships are introducing smaller venues and more specialised cuisines to suit a new generation of food-savvy passengers. Here are six of the best.
- Brian Johnston
‘The best Thai I have ever had’: Poh Ling Yeow’s Melbourne laneway discovery
The MasterChef favourite shares her top spots to eat out in Australia and overseas – and the unusual Italian dish she loves to cook at home.
- Jane Rocca
- Review
- Erskineville
Former Chiswick chef swaps fine-dining for fancy pub classics at this inner west favourite
This beloved inner west local’s menu has been given a luxurious twist.
- Lenny Ann Low
How to save money by using the ingredients languishing in your pantry
Looking for an easy food budget win? Shop from the pantry and use up what’s already there with these thrifty tips.
- Kimberley Gillan
Eat cake and carry on at Melbourne’s 40 best cafes of 2023
Cavernous or cosy, hole-in-the-wall or hybrid wine bar, the best cafes are reliable, welcoming and always cheery.
- Larissa Dubecki and Dani Valent
- Recipe collection
- Baking
20 perfect pear cakes and bakes (that won’t go pear-shaped)
Pair these warming autumn desserts with cream, creme fraiche or ice-cream.
Adam Liaw’s apple and pear cake
This is one of the easiest – and tastiest – cakes you can make.
- 1-2 hrs
- Adam Liaw
Pear, ginger and molasses cake
Molasses and coffee bring out the spice, while the caramelised pears provide a sweet, buttery counterpoint.
- 1-2 hrs
- Helen Goh