Recipes: Fresh food in a flash
THE best recipes make life easy, so we’ve given you three to choose from!
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Matt Preston’s super-chef secrets
WHETHER you are 3-star Michelin chef or someone who thinks a three-course meal is having a third piece of toast in the morning, we all have food influences.
In season: Sweet passionfruit
THIS tangy, perfumed fruit with its edible black seeds is ideal for many sweet treats, including pavlova and melting moments.
Get your family hooked on fish
FOR a food that is so good for your health, as well as easy to cook, versatile and delicious, fish often gets a hard time – especially from youngsters.
What to eat to nail your exams
50,000 students are preparing for their final year exams, so it’s time to start eating right so you can fire on all cylinders!
Happy pigs make better bacon
PIGS are being given toys to play with in their pens in farms across the UK – because happier pigs make tastier pork.
How to get great table service
EXCELLENT restaurant service can transform average fare into a memorable experience. Here’s how to get the most out of your meal.
Toma-too expensive? Prices at all-time high
WITH tomato prices still on the rise, shoppers are beginning to ask the question – is the humble tomato becoming the new banana?
Orange Caramel BBQ Pork Ribs
AUSTRALIAN chef Luke Mangan has signed on to be a food expert for news.com.au, and kicks it all off with this recipe.
Sugar hit a cereal offence
YOUNGSTERS love crunchy, yummy bite-sized pieces, but some children’s cereals contain so much sugar, they belong in the confectionery aisle.
Is slim Nigella on a TV crusade to make us all fat?
EXPERTS reveal the calorie counts of Nigella’s food as she falls out of flavour with the sceptical British public.
The chocolate bar that’s good for you…according to Cadbury
WHAT tastes like Ferrero Rocher, is designed to be eaten a piece at a time and comes in at 165 calories? Chocolate designed for diet-conscious women.
Ice cream appeal has us licked
INFOGRAPHIC: Behind the surge in Australia’s ice cream consumption that sees us each eat 18L a year.
Market watch: What’s in season
PRODUCE is usually the freshest, and quite often the cheapest, when it is in season. Read on for the best fruit and veg available this week.
Eating local a matter of good taste
NEARLY half of all shoppers go out of their way to buy home-grown when shopping, while more than a third buy Aussie wherever possible.
Churrasco: The newest food craze
WE fell in love with Mexican tacos and couldn’t get enough of Spanish Tapas but now another spicy cuisine packed with punch is attracting Aussie diners in droves.
It seems we do want fries with that
FAST-food customers are being sucked in to paying up to 40 per cent more for meals by staff who lure them into buying extra or bigger items.
Preston’s chilli sauce recipes
HERE are Matt’s favourite spicy sauces, sambals and chutneys that are all as easy to make as pressing the button on your food processor.
Buying Organic? Not worth it!
IT comes at a premium price, but organic food may not be worth shelling out for as researchers claim it is no more nutritious than ordinary food.
Matt Preston makes mince of chicken
AS A nation we love beef mince, lamb mince, pork mince, even chicken mince – and this leads us to a world of possibilities!
5 fresh ideas for your inner foodie
HERE are five great ideas – including one for kids – to get you excited about all things food just in time for the new season produce.
Mix up your meals with lamb ideas
WHAT is your favourite meat dish? Lamb? You’re not alone. Research shows that Australians eat lamb once a week, but we cook the same dishes over and over again. How unoriginal!
The ultimate meatloaf recipe
ONCE regarded as a thrifty, Depression-era dish, meatloaf is bubble and squeak for carnivores.
Amazing secrets for leftover sauce
EVERYBODY loves a good bolognese recipe but how can you use up that leftover sauce as an inventive second meal?
World’s tastiest street food
FROM South Korea to the UK, here are five of the best street foods in the world – and they’ll all fit in your hands.
How to care for kitchen knives
CHOOSE a knife that is fully forged – this means it has been made from a single piece of metal, providing superior strength and rigidity.
Is your olive oil making you sick?
Almost everyone has olive oil in the cupboard, but according to experts few people know how to correctly identify which oils are fresh and which are off.
Organic produce now for everyone?
ORGANIC produce is getting easier to find, writes Grant Jones.
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