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Toi Chan owners Sai Yoke “Sue” Wong and Kok Hem “Peter” Chee.

With no one to take over, Australia’s oldest Chinese restaurant is closing

Toi Shan has been serving the Bendigo community for more than 70 years. Its owners are now retiring and will take the final order for lemon chicken next week.

  • Dani Valent
Bartender Manny Platsis with The Lincoln’s Hotels wild boar dim sims and beetroot relish.

‘The perfect little vessel’: Tricked-up dim sims are the hot pub snack this winter

Victoria’s most iconic street food is enjoying a new lease of life from the Melbourne CBD to the Wimmera.

  • Frank Sweet
The dim sim: created in Melbourne, now loved all over Australia.

Is the Melbourne-invented dim sim Australia’s greatest snack?

The dim sim is this city’s most famous dish, and next month it’s being celebrated at a free event. But these will be like nothing you’ve had before.

  • Emma Breheny
Ardyn Bernoth at Di Stasio in Carlton.

‘Look at the magic’: Good Food editor Ardyn Bernoth signs off in signature colourful style

Good Food’s outgoing editor has spent much of her career observing the hospitality industry. Most recently she’s noticed the decline of the celebrity chef and the rise of the home cook.

  • Besha Rodell
Maggie Beer in her kitchen in the Barossa.

‘It may take a little while’: Food legend Maggie Beer recovering following fall

The cook, campaigner and Good Food Guide legend suffered a fall at home but is expected to make a full recovery.

  • Andrea McGinniss
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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
Adam Liaw recipe: Chicken parmigiana.

Adam Liaw’s step-by-step guide to making the perfect chicken parmigiana at home

You won’t find it in Italy. But in Australia, the popular pub meal is vying for national dish status, whether you call it parma or parmi.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Maggie Beer in her kitchen in the Barossa.

The restaurants and bars Maggie Beer loves the most – and her secret to super-juicy roast chook

The national food treasure shares her go-to dining spots − plus some essential home cooking wisdom.

  • Jane Rocca
East meets West in a bowl of casarecce with Lao sausage, snake beans and garlic chives.

Your inside guide to the best eats and seats at Richmond’s reopened Anchovy restaurant

The lowdown on where to sit and what to order to give you the very best dining experience at the top-rated Vietnamese restaurant.

  • Dani Valent
The chip butty at Glory-Us cafe is finished with homemade HP sauce.

Chip butties to Chiko rolls: Your retro favourites are back on the menu (and here’s where to find them)

Cringeworthy dishes and old faves your mum used to make are on top in the world of food right now. And apparently it’s perfectly natural to crave it.

  • Emma Breheny

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