• Recipe collection
• Seasonal produce

Five things to do with romesco, the Spanish flavour bomb (and how to make the sauce at home)

Traditionally served with fish and grilled meats, this brilliant capsicum sauce enlivens everything it touches. Make extra sauce so you can freeze some for later.

• Collection
• Baking

At their peak, plentiful and affordable: Five plum perfect bakes for the weekend

Sweet, tart, and bursting with flavour, plums are the unsung heroes of the baking world. Load up a basket and preheat the oven – it’s time to bake up something plum-tastic.

• Midweek dinner

A classic vegetarian pasta dish gets some extra va-va-voom

Fudgy roasted eggplant adds a little “something something” to this creamy Italian-American pasta dish – roasted eggplants alla vodka.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Jessica Brook

• Baking

This juicy blood plum cake with a sugary crust is the perfect balance of sweet ‘n’ sour

A sweet and tart cake perfect for afternoon tea.

• 1-2 hrs
• Helen Goh

• Winter warmer

Roast pumpkin orzo ‘risotto’ with brown butter and sage

A creamy roast-pumpkin pasta that’s cooked like a risotto.

• 1-2 hrs
• Julia Busuttil Nishimura

• Restaurant news

Goodbye music festivals, hello food festivals? Where to plan your next regional road trip

From community-led harvests, to cheese and bread workshops with Australia’s best, regional food festivals have a lot to offer – and they’re booming. Here’s our pick of five to visit this autumn.

• April 20, 2024
• Bianca Hrovat

• Baking

Spiced apple cake with mascarpone and maple frosting

This warming, spiced apple cake is one you’ll return to again and again.

• 1-2 hrs
• Julia Busuttil Nishimura

• Recipe collection
• Comfort food

Eat and repeat: 10 warming new recipes to put on high rotation

These cosy dinners will become the culinary equivalent of your trusty woolly jumper, the one you can rely on when the cold sets in.

• Recipe collection
• Best of

Eat cake and March on: These were the 20 most popular recipes of last month

From this showstopping cocoa sour cream layer cake to midweek meals ready in less than 30 minutes, March had plenty to make your mouth water.

• Quick & easy

Green tomato and spicy lamb salad is autumn on a plate

Rose harissa is a North African spice blend that lends a fragrant, fiery complexity to this warm lamb salad, which comes together quickly.

• < 30 mins
• Jessica Brook