Getting the most out of your stand mixer
DO you have an expensive stand mixer sitting in your kitchen and not doing much? Here are six hacks to get the most out of it.
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Here’s why you’re always hungry
DO you find that you’re always jonesing for a snack? Here are five possible reasons why you’re always hungry.
Man unleashes huge snake in restaurant
AFTER an alleged altercation with the LA eatery’s management, diner Hiroshi Motohashi decided to deal one more blow.
A week of healthy dinner recipes
COMING up with a week’s worth of delicious, healthy recipes can be a strain. So we’ve found seven excellent recipes to take the hard work out of meal planning.
The Big Mac secret sauce recipe
ARE you a closet lover of that Big Mac sauce? Well, this close-to-perfect recipe will change your world. You’re welcome.
Rude message left for ‘not normal’ waitress
A WAITRESS was confronted with a ridiculously mean note giving her a ludicrous reason why she didn’t deserve any tips.
Celebrate: Spreadable Twix is a thing
THERE is a new god, and his name is spreadable Twix (and spreadable Bounty, and spreadable Maltesers).
A week of healthy dinner recipes
COMING up with a week’s worth of healthy recipes can be a strain. So we’ve found seven delicious recipes to take the hard work out of meal planning.
Golden arches on the high seas?
IT might not be on your bucket list, but for some it’s the stuff dreams are made of. Macca’s floats an idea to bring back the original McBarge.
Chocolate is good for your brain
GOOD news, chocoholics. Researchers have discovered that chocolate is actually good for your memory and organisational skills.
Behold the ‘Macaronut’
A NEW Instagram-worthy dessert is on the horizon.
Which Aussie city pays most for coffee?
IF YOU live in this capital city we have bad news for you — you’re being ripped off big time when it comes to your coffee.
These eating times are ruining your diet
THE time of day plays a surprisingly large role in determining what you should eat. These are the hours when you’re in danger of overeating.
Five to-die-for dishes at Taste of Sydney
SYDNEY’S best chefs descend on Centennial Park next weekend for Taste of Sydney. Here’s the top five dishes you should have on your shopping list.
We have officially reached peak laziness
ARE we now so lazy, as a species, that we need others to do the most simple things for us? How much further can this go?
Cheapest Michelin star restaurant to open here
DUMPLING mecca Tim Ho Wan opened its first Australian venue in Sydney last year, and now it’s coming to Melbourne too.
What one more glass can do
JUST one extra glass of water a day can have a big impact on you. So go on, have one more for the road.
US Hungry Jack’s hot dogs ‘a disgrace’
THE new hot dog from the US version of Hungry Jack’s – Burger King – is a Whopper of a marketing disaster, and a culinary calamity, too.
Rejoice! A gold medal wine for $9
A CLEANSKIN wine has just scored 96/100 in a blind tasting by a panel of judges, and here’s the best bit … it retails for less than $10 a bottle.
Subway to ensure Footlong is 12 inches
THE chain has settled a US class-action suit filed after Perth teenager Matt Corby posted a photo of his inadequate sub on Facebook.
McDonald’s Happy Meal toy goes high tech
WANT some virtual reality with those fries?
Domino’s failing to deliver on promise
DOMINO’S made a bold promise about its delivery service, but so far customers have been less than impressed. Has the pizza chain gone too far?
New app allows you to sell your leftovers
WOULD you order takeaway from your neighbours? Hundreds are already cooking up a storm to offload their delicacies to total strangers.
Healthy recipes: Weekly meal plan
COMING up with a week’s worth of healthy recipes can be a strain. So we’ve found seven excellent recipes to take the hard work out of meal planning.
Australia’s top 100 restaurants
A LIST of the top 100 restaurants in Australia has been released. Here’s the good news: lots of them are cheap.
Donna Hay’s favourite superfoods
HERE are two delicious recipes that will inject some of Donna Hay’s favourite superfoods into your diet.
This is the milk you should actually buy
THINK you have to spend lots to enjoy the best milk, ice creams, yoghurts and cheeses? Well, you’re wrong. Sometimes the best options are nice and cheap.
‘World’s best chef’: victim of wine scam
NEW reports claim that the ‘world’s best chef’, who committed suicide last week, was the victim of a huge wine scam that put his business in considerable financial difficulty.
Kale salad has more calories than Big Mac
IF YOU’VE been feeling virtuous choosing that ‘healthy’ option, you might want to take a look at this.
The three essential burger rules
LES Hill is obsessed with burgers. After eating his way around the world, he’s come up with three rules for the perfect specimen.
The most indulgent dessert of all time?
YOU need to celebrate World Nutella Day (yes, it is an official day) with this deep-fried jaffle ice cream sandwich? It’s hot, cold, smooth, crunchy, sweet, salty, beautiful and messy.
‘It’s almost a return flight to Copenhagen’
ANITA Clark was one of the lucky few to sample Noma Sydney’s delights. She reveals what you get for $1000 and the one dish that fell flat.
Is that freakshake really worth it?
PEOPLE are driving hundreds of kilometres and queuing for monster shakes, but what’s really jammed into that single-serve drink.
Why is this picture so controversial?
CELEBRITY chef Nigella Lawson created a stir at a recent Sydney Opera House appearance and it was all over how to eat a scone.
Maccas favourite selling for $100 online
LIMITED edition versions of a Maccas staple was so popular they sold out in minutes. Now they’re fetching bonkers money on the internet.
Sneaky tricks supermarkets use
THESE are the hidden marketing tricks in supermarkets which make shoppers gravitate towards certain products — and ultimately spend more.
Good news for coffee drinkers
COFFEE and tea drinkers can, and should, sip worry-free — regular caffeine consumption doesn’t cause heart palpitations, according to a new study.
Is this the most Aussie dessert ever?
INTRODUCING the Vegemite lamington. Yes, you read correctly.
Uber is shaking up the food delivery game
THIS bacon and potato gem breakfast burrito could be in your hungover little hands within 10 minutes on a Sunday morning. Who wouldn’t love that?
McDonald’s weirdest menu items
FROM McLobster to McNoodles, here are ten of the strangest McDonald’s menu items from around the world …
Eatery accused of hiding $11 secret
IT’S known for queues of customers and cut-price menu items, but authorities say the food isn’t the only thing Mamak has been doing on the cheap.
Wines to drink if you want to lose weight
IF YOU’VE pledged to lose those extra kilos in the new year do you have to forgo a nightly glass of wine? Not necessarily.
Why you don’t mess with folk’s chocolate
FIRST Cadbury tinkered with the size of its blocks. Then it changed the recipe for Creme Eggs. Now it seems it’s paying the price.
What the stars will eat at the Globes
JENNIFER Lawrence and Cate Blanchett will be snacking on surf ‘n’ turf, a cocktail that’s an homage to The Wizard of Oz, and a dessert we don’t understand.
Coke bungle causes ‘diplomatic incident’
ALL Coca-Cola wanted to do was wish Russia happy new year and it backfired spectacularly when it released this advert.
Aussies who have New Yorkers lining up
NEW YORKERS are waiting an hour or more for Indian cuisine produced by this ex-Melbourne couple.
Restaurants hide ugly diners up the back
RESTAURANTS deliberately allocate their best tables to their most attractive diners, an investigation has found.
What healthy types will be eating in 2016
SAVOURY yoghurt, cold drinkable soups and seaweed popcorn will apparently be the snacks of choice for health-conscious folk in 2016.
‘Worst food in America’ has been banned
IF YOU’RE a prisoner in America, there’s one way to know beyond all doubt that you’ve misbehaved: if this dish lands on your plate. It’s the “disciplinary brick”.
Diners ‘stepped over choking man’
DINERS in a McDonald’s branch stepped over a disabled man as he was lying on the floor choking to death on a lump of meat, an inquest heard yesterday.
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