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Hobart icon sold by receivers

Hobart's grand old Hadleys Hotel has been bought by the operators of the award-winning Woolstore Apartments, according to The Mercury. Receivers were...

Hotel revenues surge but profit margin growth lags

Despite historically high occupancy and room rate levels, Australian hotel profit margins have failed to grow in the past five years, according to research...

Something to Cro about

JUST when Food Detective finally got her head around the worldwide obsession with cupcakes, macarons, cake pops and whoopie pies, some wise guy invents...

What's hot, what's cool

People are still asking us, three years into trying to refine a definition for ourselves, "What's hot?" As in, how do you define "hot", that handy adjective...

Why Coca-Cola is running ads telling you its products are bad for your health

The ads aren’t being paid for by a government agency or a health lobby group. Instead, they’re being brought to you by global soft-drink powerhouse...

Ants, scorpions and worms on the menu

Roasted ants crawling over a cheeseboard. Fried rice with mealworms. Scorpions on a surf'n'turf. Soon even a fly in the soup might not be cause to call...

Chartreuse Chevalier entries now open

The Chartreuse Chevalier Tournament returns once again, giving local bartenders a chance to win a trip to the Chartreuse Monastery and Distillery in Voiron,...

Hooking chefs on seafood sustainability

It's 6.30am on a Tuesday morning and in a frigid warehouse by the Brisbane River, a group of sleepy looking chefs have swapped their kitchen whites for...

Creepy-crawly cuisine

It's surf and turf, but you're unlikely to see this dish at your local pub. From Monday, Public Bar and Restaurant in Brisbane's CBD will be catering...

TripAdvisor under fire over fake restaurant reviews

TripAdvisor has come under fire after its fraud detection systems failed to prevent a non-existent business becoming one of the most highly-rated restaurants...