Food and wine

Baklava is much loved around the world, but while its true origins are a mystery, there are some theories.

The baristas have the timing and grace of ballerinas, and even the coffee at the railway stations is great.

After so long stuck in that dismal ‘small town’ vortex, the Blue Mountains dining scene is burgeoning with choice for weekend visitors.

People used to come to Hobart, stay one night, eat at one restaurant, then fly out. Now you can be here for a week and you’re spoilt for choice.

Paul Kelly sang about ordering sandwiches in Europe 27 years ago but today, more than ever, every city really does seem the same.

Move over cruise buffets. Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth is leading the cruise dining renaissance with a voyage packed with Aussie culinary talent.

Travel can be fraught enough; holidaying with a large, eclectic group signals potential disaster.

One of New Zealand’s most popular cruise ports offers a splendid arrival, breezy beauty and plenty of interesting shore-excursion choices.

You’re jet-lagged, you’re tired, you’re hungry and you just want some food. What’s it going to be? The answer, for so many of us, is a club sandwich.

In the 1970s, Mateus Rosé was the epitome of cool; its curvy shape as much a style icon as the flares and shag-pile carpet of the era.