Tips & advice
Don’t just wing it. Here’s Danielle Alvarez’s guide to the perfect roast turkey
This lean meat needs a little extra love to turn it into a tender, juicy bird. Here’s how.
- Danielle Alvarez
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Christmas Day SOS: How to fix soggy spuds, dry turkey, rubbery crackling and more common cooking fails
Rest your turkey before serving, par-boil your potatoes, blast your pork with a hair dryer if you have to – just don’t panic, Christmas dinner help is at hand.
- Caroline Velik
Talking turkey: Do you need to brine your Christmas bird and how long for?
The secret to a tender turkey is a well-brined bird. Here, Danielle Alvarez shows you how.
- Danielle Alvarez
13 of Good Food’s favourite foodie stocking fillers for $20 or less
Including a Gelato Messina lip balm, dirty martini pasta sauce and a yuzu chilli sauce you’ll splash on everything with unbridled enthusiasm.
- The Good Food team
Can fruit juice ever really be healthy? A dietitian breaks it down
Fruit and vegetable juices might seem like healthy options – but are they actually something we should be drinking?
- Susie Burrell
Is it acceptable to put ice cubes in a glass of wine to cool it down?
Plus other pro tips for serving red, white and sparkling wines in hot weather.
- Huon Hooke
The most searched recipes of 2024 prove we don’t really give a Google about good food
From the viral cucumber salad to a suggestive-sounding cocktail, this year’s top-10 recipes show that when it comes to setting recipe trends, TikTok rules.
- Andrea McGinniss
The ultimate Christmas ham blind taste test reveals cheaper can be better
Chefs, butchers and restaurant reviewers tackle supermarket hams. This year’s winner is salty, sweet, smoky and one of the least expensive.
- Bianca Hrovat
Five ways to survive the festive season, according to a dietitian
Susie Burrell shares her easy step-by-step plan to have your Christmas pudding minus the holiday weight gain.
- Susie Burrell
What’s the deal with oyster-shell gins?
Want to feel like a merman or mermaid? Do a “Shelly” and slurp down a martini.
- Terry Durack
Crinkle-cut to oven-baked: A dietitian rates seven types of popular crisps
What’s the difference between traditional crinkle-cut chips, thin potato crisps and corn chips from a nutrition perspective?
- Susie Burrell
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