This Month
Don’t want to get fat at Christmas? Do what the French do
They don’t start stuffing themselves with mince pies as soon as the supermarkets begin playing festive music in September, for one thing.
- Charlotte Kan
King dumps chocolate brand from royal list for first time in 170 years
Cadbury, which got its first royal warrant from Queen Victoria, was among 100 companies cut from the list that allows them to display a royal coat of arms.
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- Hayley Dixon
The seafood trend challenging prawns this Christmas
Sashimi is proving a new popular alternative on Australian holiday platters this year, though one traditional English product remains king.
- Tom Rabe
- Christmas Gift Guide 2024
- Life & Leisure
A gift guide for foodies, from cookbooks to culinary rarities
A $300 pepper mill, a jar of animal fat and Gordon Ramsay’s favourite non-stick pan. Here are some must-have kitchen accessories.
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- Necia Wilden
- Christmas Gift Guide 2023
- Life & Leisure
Jill Dupleix’s easy festive menu from three top cookbooks of 2023
Why sweat in the kitchen while everyone else is drinking bubbly and opening presents?
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- Jill Dupleix
David Thompson’s Long Chim closure blamed on rents and poor business
The high-profile Thai restaurant is the latest major restaurant to close. It blamed high rents, but administrators says staff costs were too high.
- Campbell Kwan
SPC bets Australian-made can outflank cheap Italian tomatoes
Robert Iervasi ran Australia’s biggest beer group selling Victoria Bitter and Carlton Draught. The newest face on the ASX wants to be just as iconic.
- Simon Evans
Why skipping breakfast in your 50s could actually make you fatter
But beware – people who have more than 30 per cent of their recommended daily calories in their first meal of the day are even more unhealthy, says a new study.
- Joe Pinkstone
Hospitality empire behind Rockpool reports $288 million loss
The restaurant group, now called Pacific Hunter, grew out of celebrity chef Neil Perry’s high-profile Sydney steak restaurant.
- Primrose Riordan
Tentacles out at Fremantle Octopus with Kidder Williams on the scene
Fremantle Octopus owns about half of the licences in the WA Octopus Fishery, but it doesn’t have the cash to put most of them to use.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Australian Open takes premium packages to another level
In January, fine dining comes to the tennis when Martin Benn and Vicki Wild serve guests in a new purpose-built pavilion called Club 1905.
- Jill Dupleix
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
The case against nuclear energy is convincing
Readers’ letters on the CSIRO’s latest assessment of nuclear power, antisemitism, big business and productivity, and safeguarding essential food supplies.
Making money from $8 burgers gets harder for KFC
Rising wages costs and energy bills at a time of consumer cutbacks crunched profits at Collins Foods, which operates 285 of the 750 KFC outlets in Australia.
- Simon Evans
How Aussie expats celebrate Christmas with foreign flourish
Boxing Day might not include beach cricket for these five living abroad, but some customs from home can be honoured.
- Tony Davis, Lauren Sams and Stephen Todd
November
I ate like Trump for a week. I don’t understand how he is still alive
Donald Trump’s diet is that of a child, just a bland bonanza of beige – and it properly affected my body.
- Gareth Davies
Why that ultra-processed food is ageing you
As anyone who’s ever tried to stop at just one potato chip can tell you, the stuff is moreish – and scientists are discovering more about the harmful effects.
- The Economist
Would you eat bear salami?
Filled with umami, the cured meat is the brainchild of Slovenian small-goods producer David Lesar. It’s just one of many internationally lauded cured products he produces.
- Paul Best
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Dear VC, can you please improve our farming industry?
Fruit and vegetable growers have called in the white sneaker brigade to solve the horticulture sector’s problems and open up new markets sooner.
- Anthony Macdonald
The muscle and clout behind Australia’s $750m acai boom
Australian businesses are scrambling to jump aboard the superfood trend as it attracts fitness buffs and social media users entranced by colourful desserts.
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- Simon Evans
Jarden sues ex-client after getting cut from $300m deal
The investment bank worked on the auction of the commercial sauces and condiments maker but was axed just before a deal with private equity giant Quadrant.
- Jemima Whyte