Little Chloe Café

The burbs, they are getting better.  No longer is it unusual for a new café opening to be in the heartland of tree lined streets, school mums and family cars, ...

The Roast Collection: ‘Ducks In a Row’ at Taxi Dining Room

If you live in Melbourne you don’t need to check the calendar to realise that winter is almost upon us and with it what I like to call comfort food ...

8 Days Café

A word to the wise.  If you are considering breakfast at 8 Days Café in the leafy south eastern suburb of Armadale, come with an appetite.  The servings are generous ...

Recipes

duck tarte tatin

Duck and mushroom ‘tarte tatin’

This is a no stress dish that is great for dinner parties ...

Sticky date puddings

With the change of season comfort food is high on the minds ...

Product Review – Lékué

It is only fairly recently that I have gotten into baking.  I ...

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The Age Good Café Guide 2013

Cafés.  To my way of thinking, they are part of the framework that keeps Melbourne together. Whether its once a day, once a week, once a month, or once a year I honestly believe you’d be hard pressed to find residents of this coffee obsessed city of ours that don’t go to cafés to catch [...]

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Pizza Festival

Do you know your Napoletana, from your Romana or your Italiana?  I didn’t.  Nor do many Australians, which is why Matteo Rubbetino found pizza confusing when he moved to Melbourne three years ago and how he found the inspiration to create the Pizza Festival. The twenty something former DJ who, in his short time in [...]

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Prahran Hotel

“Safe and achievable” or “outlandish” – which would you choose if embarking upon a massive project? I am not certain how daring I would be, but I do know that I am glad that the Sand Hill Road Group kept a well earned reputation for interesting and dynamic spaces alive with it’s latest pub makeover, [...]

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