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The Ten Best Things to Eat, Drink and Do at the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival 2015

This year it's all about parties, pastries and partaking in long, long lunches.

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Melbourne's Longest Eatery The Arbory Is Now Open

Taking cues from New York’s Highline, Melbourne's newest spot runs 150m along the old Sandridge railway line.

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The Seven Best Sustainable Cafes in Auckland

Because Earth.

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Is the World's Most Expensive Ice Cream Scoop Worth It?

We're not sold on this $800 scoop.

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House of Crabs Brings Back All-You-Can-Eat 'Endless Bag' Night

All the crab you could possibly eat.

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Manly Pavilion on the Verge of Resurrection

Following the wild success of Coogee Pavilion, Manly's own waterfront venue is up for grabs.

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This Piggybacking Robot Feeds You Tomatoes As You Run

Helping you ketchup to the competition.

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Papi Chulo Fried Chicken Noodle Pop-Up Opens in CBD

Head chef Patrick Friesen is serving up late night nosh for March into Merivale.

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New Food Precinct The Archway Opens in Flinders Lane

Homemade smores, chilli salt slices, maple bacon chipotle bagels. Lunch just got interesting in the CBD.

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How to Make, Eat and Love the Xiao Long Bao

How to create and — more importantly — devour the perfect xiao long bao according to a real-life dumpling master.

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Twelve International Restaurant Dishes to Travel for in 2015

Turn your holiday into a pilgrimage by making one of these dishes your holy grail.

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A Syrian Refugee Camp Gets Its Own Pizza Delivery Service

Bringing pizza to the people.

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Having a Bad Restaurant Experience Can Leave You With a Mild Form of Trauma

"They are not talking about the food, they are reminiscing about a small trauma that happened to them."

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IconPark Opens European-Style Canteen Pop-Up

With a daily-changing menu, this new pop-up keeps things really, really fresh.

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The New Old Clare Hotel to Open in July

Rooftop pool, exposed brick interiors and a new bar where the heart of the Clare used to be.

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Jack White Accuses Media of Letting Clickbait Get In the Way of Facts over Guagate Scandal

A hundred articles about celebrity riders, free speech and guacamole later.

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Gelato Messina Has Finally Come to Queensland

Sydney's dessert wizards have finally flown north.

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The Bluffer's Guide to Summer Entertaining

Be the host/hostess with the most/mostess

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How to Host the Perfect Barbeque

We can't help you with meeting good people and making them like you, although inviting them over to eat meat and drink beer probably won't hurt.

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Eight Classic Melbourne Dining Institutions That Never Get Old

Hype is one thing, but tried and true resilience? That's a whole other ball game.

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The Ten Best Frozen Treats in Brisbane

Some healthy and nourishing. Some not so much.

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Momofuku to Release Its Very First Buyable Chilli Sauce

David Chang's gettin' saucy.

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Doughnut Time Finally Opens in Fortitude Valley

Expect all the doughy, iced-and-garnished circular confections of your dreams.

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The Ten Best Wifi Cafes in Auckland

Internet is best served with a flat white and some snacks.

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The Eight Best Mexican Restaurants in Wellington

Great Mexican food, much like Wellington city, is a study of contrasts.

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News
The Original Iron Chefs are Ready to Do Battle in Australia

Kitchen Stadium has come to Melbourne.

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Lentil as Anything Is in Trouble Because People Are Cheap Jerks

Pay up, cheapskates.

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Meet Tokyo Tina: Saigon Sally and Hanoi Hannah's New Chapel Street Sister

The family is growing.

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Chui Lee Luk Pops Up at Berta for Sagra Nights

Sift through the Italian pantry with one of Sydney's most lauded chefs.

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Din Tai Fung Now Has the Cutest Buns in Sydney

Behold, the most adorable thing you can put in your mouth this week.

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The Ten Best Courtyard Cafes in Wellington

Great cafes are all about the somewhat iffy and plainly frustrating word 'vibes'. But while vibes may be tricky for us to understand, wise restaurateurs all agree that amazing courtyards definitely have something to do with it.

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You Can Buy a Bottle of Big Mac Special Sauce for $23,000

The iconic condiment has been set free from the bounds of the golden arches, so ketchup and get your bid in.

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How to Host the Perfect Barbecue

The best barbecues don't come in the mail from Etsy.

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Get Ready For Australia's First Ever Cereal Cafe

The nostalgia-fuelled global food trend is hitting Melbourne.

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Sydney's Cat Cafe Might Be the Best Cat Cafe Yet

The theme? Space. The name? Catmosphere.

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Five McDonald's Scandals You Probably Don't Know About

McDonald's also hates its gherkins.

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Cadbury Chocolate is Shrinking And There's Nothing You Can Do About It

This is why we have trust issues.

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Big Revamp Under Way for Bondi Cafe Harry's

Bondi's little espresso bar is expanding.

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New Beach Festival Announced for March into Merivale 2015

Five weeks of pure indulgence will make you forget summer ever left.

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Nest Restaurant Opens at Roma Street Station

Hotel Jen has unveiled its newest feathered eatery.

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Australian Hot Chip Vending Machines Will Soon Be Everywhere

Pocket vinegar at the ready.

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The Ten Best Cafes on the North Shore

The Shore is home to free parking, an endless coast of user-friendly beaches and some of the most relaxed cafes in town.

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