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The who's who of the Australian travel industry got together last night for the launch of the GT 2015 Australian Hotel Guide.

Melbourne’s Saint Crispin celebrates its second birthday with a truffle-powered dinner, and you’re invited.

The restaurant has gone through some major changes of late, George. What’s the story?

Farm-to-table is a neat catchcry but, argues Dan Barber, one of its chief advocates, it doesn’t go far enough.

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Fergus Henderson reflects on a brace of shaky forays in hospitality – grand designs but sadly short and sweet.

The brightest of the city’s winter festivals is back in a swirl of light, music and ideas.

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

So what's Raymond Capaldi up to next? The question that was on Melbourne's lips has been answered...

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

The cooler months can be dreary, no doubt. Fortunately there are baked goods to ease the pain...

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

There's a new Italian-slash-Mediterranean restaurant on Flinders Lane...

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

The world is getting hotter and we’re not talking about global warming. From food to faraway destinations, artistic accomplishment to technological triumph, our trend-hunters have combed the planet for what to eat, see, do and watch – right now. Here are the restaurants, and restaurant trends, to watch this year.

Melbourne Food and Wine Festival CEO, Natalie O’Brien, talks to Michael Harden about this year’s highlights.

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

For their first outing as restaurant owners, chefs Shaun Quade and John Paul Fiechtner are determined...

Australia's most promising new dairy isn't sheepish about ewe's milk.

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Aaron Turner is back – for real this time...

Artisanal pickle-makers based in Detroit.

The world is getting hotter and we’re not talking about global warming. From food to faraway destinations, artistic accomplishment to technological triumph, our trend-hunters have combed the planet for what to eat, see, do and watch – right now. Here are the food trends to watch for this year.

The clock is ticking, Sydney. Christine Manfield has just five more weeks left in her cameo at Berta...

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Sydney Thai favourite Spice I Am welcomes us for a home-style feast, made for sharing.

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

There will be surprises in store when Lady Carolina opens on Lygon Street, East Brunswick, in early July.

Gentlemen’s clubs offer a rare pleasure for those in the club, but the food’s not flash, writes Fergus Henderson.

Proving that when it comes to baking, old-fashioned is the next big thing.

The time is ripe, the fuse has been lit and Lennox Hastie's Firedoor is about to explode onto the scene.

This year, Dom Pérignon has teamed up with Spanish chef Ferran Adrià to "decode Dom Pérignon".

Lost Heaven is Melbourne's Hu Tong restaurant group gone Sichuan - which translates as good regional food with smartly honed design principles.

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Acme adds another letter to the acronym this Sunday afternoon: tea, of the high variety.

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now: Delhi Streets, Melbourne.

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now: Madame Hanoi, Adelaide.

Set your sights to the end of April for a night that has bottle-strokers and the Argentine community buzzing.

What’s on the menu for autumn, Michael?

Transformer is quite possibly the restaurant meat-free Melbourne has been waiting for.

The Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation's seventh annual White Shirt Campaign kicks off this month.

There's a new New Zealand-themed beach house restaurant in Sydney.

One of the country's top kitchens takes on some new talent this month.

The Three Blue Ducks crew have opened their second outpost...

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Australia's very own sugar baron is popping up at Icebergs in May.

New regulations will bring greater choice to the cheeseboards of Australians.

Just when you thought the move to Melbourne was big enough news...

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now...

Heading to Byron for the Easter break? Pack your drinking shoes, the Northern Rivers has a new wine bar...

The pair join forces for Sunday lunches at LuMi.

The beer came first at Chris Lucas' latest hospitality behemoth, a 200-seat Asian hawker-style restaurant...

We skipped breakfast, rolled up our sleeves and took on the task of taste-testing hot cross buns in the name of retail research. Maya Kerthyasa shares the verdict.

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Andrew McConnell is getting down to the grassroots with his next business venture, an upmarket butcher shop...

Join us at Fortitude Valley’s Gordita for an evening of Spanish-influenced food and stellar wine.

Co-owner of Carlton's Town Mouse and natural wine fan Christian McCabe is opening a "winebar with food"...

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Internationally recognised soup buns ahoy...

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Phillip Bayly first discovered tequila in 1980 when he was employed to paint palm trees on the wall of a Mexican restaurant in Amsterdam...

Rosa Mitchell's heart might belong to Sicily, but she's expanding the brief with her second restaurant...

There's movement at the former Billy Kwong site on Crown Street...

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Our favourite fun-loving Irish chef shares his St Patrick's Day secrets.

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

We joined forces with Gertrude Street Enoteca again to put on a pop-up restaurant at Avani winery in Red Hill...

How does Julius differ from Beccofino, its parent restaurant, Anthony?

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Polenta has come a long way from its roots as a peasant staple writes John Irving...

We've hunted down some excellent eats-to-go to fuel your next picnic, lunch break or Tuesday night in...

If ever there was any doubt that the humble tomato is an ingredient that inspires love and devotion, Sunday's inaugural Melbourne Tomato Festival emphatically put paid to that.

Garagistes is dead, long live Garagistes? Not quite...

An old Italian recipe and pedigree breeds make for a primo product.

So you love the wine list at Belle's Hot Chicken, but would rather pair it with something other than fried bird?

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

After a fruitless search for the white truffle the hunting party takes a different tack...

The top end of Sydney's restaurant scene is about to get a shake-up...

Adriano Zumbo will open a high-tea salon next month in a 400-square-metre South Yarra space...

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Shane Delia is almost bouncing out of his high-top sneakers showing off his million-dollar renovation at Maha...

Come and enjoy a southern Italian feast at Melbourne’s Valentino, where the accent’s authentic Calabrian.

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Brisbane's top French restaurant, Montrachet, has new owners and plans are afoot to expand the brand...

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Adelaide’s master of the cocoa bean and maker of serious choc-honeycomb.

A mighty fine plate of beef short ribs with roast celery vinaigrette has secured Attica's Peter Gunn a trip to Italy...

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

The champagne house presents it's latest drop, Plénitude 1998 vintage, or P2.

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Each year in New York, cheesemongers slug it out in a world championship. Will Studd joins in the madness.

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

Our restaurant critics' picks of the latest and best eats around the country right now.

What makes a proper lobster roll? We turned to American food expert Colman Andrews for the lowdown.