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Nina Rousseau

Epicure editor and restaurant reviewer

Nina Rousseau is a columnist.

Which vanilla ice-cream wins the taste-test?

Which vanilla is all killer and which one’s a total drip? 11 supermarket ice-creams, ranked

From Bulla to Blue Ribbon, Gelato Messina and more, Good Food has the scoop on the best (and worst) supermarket vanilla ice-creams.

  • Nina Rousseau
Stef & Co, Coffs Harbour. 

From drinks with a view to the hot and new: The Good Food guide to Coffs Harbour and surrounds

Heading to the NSW Mid North Coast these holidays? Here’s your essential guide to the best places to eat and drink in Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Sawtell and beyond.

  • Nina Rousseau
Alejandro Saravia at Casa Iberica in Fitzroy, checking out the Peruvian ingredients.

The Latin American pantry items chef Alejandro Saravia swears by – and where he buys them from

The Peru-born chef behind Morena in Sydney and Melbourne shares the Latin American ingredients he always has on hand and how he likes to cook with them.

  • Nina Rousseau
The essential herbs and spices in Nagi Maehashi’s, aka RecipeTin Eats, pantry.

The 13 secret herbs and spices RecipeTin Eats cannot live without

Queen of the everyday dinner, Nagi Maehashi, shares her no-fail tips to make your cooking sizzle.

  • Nina Rousseau
The humble hot dog is reinvented at the Paris OlympicVillage as a meat-free “not-dog” with onions and pickled cabbage, slathered in honey-mustard sauce. 

‘Not-dogs’ and beefless bourguignon on the menu for athletes in Paris Olympic Village

As host of this year’s summer Olympic Games, Paris is going gung-ho vego and putting sustainability on the global stage.

  • Nina Rousseau
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Doju chef Mika Chae at KT Mart Korean supermarket in Melbourne.

From soy sauce to seaweed: A chef’s guide to shopping for Korean ingredients

Doju chef Mika Chae takes us to Asian superstore KT Mart and helps us fill up our shopping basket with his Korean pantry favourites.

  • Nina Rousseau
Duck fatteh is cooked in Zum Zum's 10-year-old master stock.

Malouf's Zum Zum

Zum Zum is a bit like a cat that wandered off to live with different owners for a while but is now back.

  • Nina Rousseau
The brisket meat tray with mac and cheese.

Meatmother

Melbourne's newest barbecue restaurant is hardcore but it's no Americana 'BBQ shak'.

  • Nina Rousseau
Jumbo quail stuffed with black rice and lap cheong.

Saigon Sally

Hanoi Hannah's sister restaurant is an exuberant, glam, buzzing modern Vietnamese diner.

  • Nina Rousseau
Arancini-smoked aioli.

Lona Pintxos Bar

Dedicated pintxos bars are few in Melbourne. Pronunciation? ''Pint-ex-os'' is incorrect. ''Pin-choss'' is good, with a soft ''ch'' sound.

  • Nina Rousseau

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