Artisans & farmers
Why cooks are happy to pay six times more for fancy butter you can eat like cheese
Artisans are spreading the word about European-style butter, which comes with a premium price tag.
- Richard Cornish
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
Why it’s about to get difficult to buy high-quality, ethical meat
A decision by meat processors has left some of the country’s best small-scale farmers with a tough choice: go big or go bust. But it’s consumers who will ultimately pay.
- Richard Cornish
Archaic law prevents beloved chef from watering her vegetables
Trucking water in by tanker despite having her own lake may be the only option for Annie Smithers and her Trentham restaurant garden.
- Dani Valent
Seven don’t-miss dishes at Collins Street’s huge new Italian food hub, Il Mercato Centrale
With 23 artisans across three sprawling floors it can be hard to know what to eat first. Here are Good Food’s recommendations.
- Dani Valent
Star chef lifts the (pie) lid on Victoria’s feral animal problem
Award-winning chef Jo Barrett has cooked up a delicious way to rein in some of the state’s biggest environmental vandals.
- Dani Valent
Good Food columnist honoured at prestigious awards (and here are 20 of her best recipes to try)
Pioneers in non-alcoholic drinks, fine dining and Filipino gelato were among those inducted into this year’s Melbourne Food and Wine Hall of Fame.
- Daniela Frangos
Corner shops are cool again: 10 new delis with a difference in Melbourne
From empanadas and mock meats to bulk soy sauce and beer on tap: what don’t these new-wave grocers sell?
- Emma Breheny
From kimchi to charcuterie: 10 delis taking things in new and delicious directions
Who said delicatessens must be Mediterranean? These diverse designer delis are mixing things up, with exciting results.
- Bianca Hrovat
‘Heart and soul of Melbourne’s gastronomy’: Legendary Italian grocer to close after 70 years
It’s the end of an era for a family-run business that helped change the city’s eating and drinking landscape.
- Tomas Telegramma
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