The Empty Plate
The bottom line: Which restaurant dining chair is best? It depends on this equation
When settling in for an 18-course degustation, I’ll be needing upholstery, writes Terry Durack.
- Terry Durack
When it comes to dinner plates, it’s not hip to be square
My heart stubbornly belongs to the plain, round white plate.
- Terry Durack
A roast is no longer Sunday’s best food ritual, but it’s all gravy
The weekly roast dinner may have gone the way of church attendance, but new rituals have sprung up in its place.
- Terry Durack
Ready, set, lunch: Welcome to the age of the express (and affordable) lunch
Gone are the days of the expensive long lunch. Here’s where to find some of the best express lunch deals right now.
- Terry Durack
Dining solo? Put down the book and follow this essential advice instead
There’s plenty of reasons to love dining alone, not having to share your meal being just one of them. Just don’t apologise about doing it.
- Terry Durack
Want to try new foods? Do like me and make your own food festival
This way you can abandon the bamboo spoon and queues for the loo and actually sit in a seat.
- Terry Durack
Safety in numbers: Shiny restaurant precincts on the rise in Melbourne and Sydney
Like it or not, it makes sense, and not just for the property developers.
- Terry Durack
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- Good Weekend
Is caviar worth the exorbitant price? No, but here’s why I must buy it anyway
Terry Durack buys oscietra caviar for himself every birthday. And time stops whenever he eats it.
- Terry Durack
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Draught beer is better than drinking from tinnies or bottles, and the reason is clear
Drinking beer from a can is like drinking coffee from a takeaway coffee cup. I want to ogle my beer before I wear my ‘beer goggles’.
- Terry Durack
What’s the deal with oyster-shell gins?
Want to feel like a merman or mermaid? Do a “Shelly” and slurp down a martini.
- Terry Durack
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