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Cafe’s customers encouraged to give strangers a coffee lift

BARISTA Kate Crawford was happy to pay for two coffees when she walked into an Alexandra Headland cafe, despite knowing she would be drinking only one. The...

Chef Marco Pierre White on his favourite foods, fame and why he does not like to be called a celebrity

MARCO Pierre White, 53, the grandaddy of intimidating alpha chefs, lives up to the legend as he picks up his mobile phone mid-interview and smashes it...

Talbot markets, Etica pizzas, Ut Si cafe, Coogee Pavilion: imagine these and more in one village

‘Wake up and smell the coffee!” Never mind that the estate agents’ shrill slogan belies the origins of the phrase. It’s now on so many billboards,...

Top 10 things that make a great restaurant

As diners, we are investing in a package deal of food, drink and feel-good factor and, while the memory of what we ate might fade over time, the experience...

Coast chef stars in ad campaign

A PROMINENT Sunshine Coast chef is the star of a new TV advertising campaign for Origin LPG. Tom Swapp, executive chef of The Spirit House, is one of...

The secret to reading the ingredients: What’s really in your food?

WHEN it comes to food labels, there’s more than meets the eye. Supermarket shelves are filled with rows and rows of products all screaming their own...

For the love of photography and food: Shoot the Chef 2015

Shoot the Chef is Fairfax's annual competition that combines Australia's passion for food and photography. The competition is open nationally as part...

Celebrity chef Pete Evans blasted online about paleo promotion on Sunday Night program

Celebrity chef Pete Evans' paleo diet crusade has been compared to Hollywood actor Tom Cruise spruiking Scientology. Evans was given a fairly easy run...

Woofing them down: Perth's 'smallest cafe' serves up puppacinos

Is there a dogfight brewing among Perth's burgeoning hole-in-the-wall espresso bars? A North Perth 'micro cafe' is claiming to be Perth's smallest but...

'Halal inquiry' not warranted but could help to eradicate myths: Australian Food and Grocery Council

An inquiry into halal certification is not warranted but could be useful in eradicating myths, says Australia's leading body for packaged food.   Australian...