• Food

The French fear for their pastries amid spreading butter crisis

The French butter crisis is spreading - some say it's the biggest shortage since the Second World War - and locals fear for their croissants.

• October 26, 2017
• Nick Miller

• Restaurant news

Melbourne's Black Pearl cocktail bar snags honour in world's ranking of best

Acclaimed Melbourne bar Black Pearl has become the Steven Bradbury of Aussie cocktail-making, claiming the title of Best Bar in Australasia by staying steady as its competition crashed to the ice.

• October 6, 2017
• Nick Miller

• Drinks

World's 50 Best Bar Awards: Sydney's Baxter Inn and Melbourne's Black Pearl make top 10

New York and London are still the place to be if you like your drinks delicious, absurdly creative and massively expensive. But two Australian bars are among the top 10 in the world, and two more have made it into the latest list of the World's 50 Best Bars.

• October 9, 2015
• Nick Miller

• Drinks

Australia on top of the world at Decanter wine awards

Raise your glasses: Australia has had its best ever year at the 2013 Decanter World Wine Awards, held on Wednesday night in London at the Royal Opera House.

• September 5, 2013
• Nick Miller

Nothing beats beetroot from top of the world

It's not that Brett Graham isn't grateful about his restaurant being named, again, one of the best in the world. Really, he is.

• May 4, 2013
• Nick Miller