Liam Mannix
National Science Reporter
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International scientific study says your barista is making your coffee all wrong
A team of international scientists working with a Melbourne barista claim to have designed a scientifically perfect cup of coffee.
- Liam Mannix
Not just a pop up store: Melbourne cafes where you toast your own bread
For years, a small circle of locals have been regularly coming to a cafe in Fitzroy, drawn by an opportunity they can get at almost no other establishment.
- Liam Mannix
'It's hype, and we're millennials': Why Melburnians joined the In-N-Out burger queue
Why are hundreds of people willing to line up for almost two hours for a slim chance to eat an American hamburger?
- Liam Mannix
Dainty Sichuan alleged to have paid workers $10 an hour for seven-day weeks, 10-hour plus days
Popular Melbourne restaurant Dainty Sichuan allegedly paid employees $10 an hour while they worked 10 hour-plus shifts, seven days a week.
- Liam Mannix
The compostable cup you can't compost, and the trouble with our recycling system
Sustainable packaging has really taken off in Australia but, even with the best intentions, most of it ends up in landfill.
- Liam Mannix
Why you shouldn't make a meal of four-star food reviews
Four out of five stars might sound good – it's 80 per cent after all – but diners need to take positive online ratings with a big pinch of salt.
- Liam Mannix
Major supermarkets fail to stock genuine free-range eggs
If you shop at a major supermarket, be it Coles, Woolworths, ALDI or IGA, you've probably never bought a "genuine" CSIRO-standard free-range egg.
- Liam Mannix
What the best chefs do when the reviews go bad
When Jacques Reymond, icon and iconic chef, got told his Melbourne-based restaurant was no longer, well, iconic, he took it as well as you might expect.
- Liam Mannix
Melbourne burger chain won't rename Bill Cosby burger
A menu which uses names of characters in The Cosby Show won't change despite allegations about star Bill Cosby, restaurateur says.
- Liam Mannix
New Victorian raw milk laws will leave a bitter taste
A gag-inducing chemical used in anti-freeze will be required to be mixed into all batches of raw milk sold in Victoria, the state government has announced.
- Liam Mannix
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