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Erina Starkey

Erina Starkey

Erina is the Good Food App Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Previously, Erina held a number of editing roles at delicious.com.au and writing roles at Broadsheet and Concrete Playground.

Poles Patisserie's custard hot cross bun.

From a vanilla slice version to an ice-cream sandwich, these are the hottest hot cross buns of the season

We’re seeing filled hot cross buns, hot cross scrolls, chocolate buns and raisin-infused latte takes, and that’s even before we get to gloriously unhinged options.

  • Erina Starkey

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It doesn't get much better than this, the ones from Frank's Deli.

We’ve crowned Sydney’s best steak frites sandwich, plus eight more chip sangas to try

It might be hard to smoosh the ingredients together so you can pick it up, but its superb chips-to-meat-and-sauce ratio makes our number one unmissable.

  • Erina Starkey, Isabel Cant and Sarah Norris
Rat’s brain, anyone?

Bangkok’s renowned chef Gaggan Anand to cook in Sydney and Melbourne next month

The inventive chef, best known for creations such as “rat brains” and a menu entirely out of emojis, will be in Australia for a series of dinners, a progressive Indian lunch and more.

  • Erina Starkey
White, spelt and multigrain sourdough on display at Althea by Zin.

Althea by Zin

Find golden, ridged baguettes and quince-filled danishes at this Mudgee bakery.

  • Erina Starkey
Enjoy a breakfast bowl on the Alby and Esthers terrace.

Alby and Esthers

A charming cafe tucked down a cobblestone alley.

  • Erina Starkey
The Cellar by Gilbert in Mudgee.

The Cellar by Gilbert

Elegant, structured wines by fifth-generation winemakers.

  • Erina Starkey
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Old Wheels Grind serves coffee and doughnuts from the back of a ute.

Old Wheels Grind

Hot cinnamon doughnuts sold from the back of a 1960s Land Rover.

  • Erina Starkey
The Fold is the namesake sandwich made on a chargrilled Turkish flatbread.

This folded Turkish sandwich is so good they named a cafe after it

Sink into a sofa for its charred flatbread folded around meat or vegies with lemon slaw and zingy pickles. The Two Good Co-run cafe is also a work-friendly oasis.

  • Erina Starkey
Old Wheels Grind serves coffee and doughnuts from the back of a ute.

Everything to eat and drink on a Mudgee road trip (feat. this essential doughnut stop)

From hot cinnamon doughnuts to quince danishes and pillowy gnocchi pomodoro, here’s what to eat between wine tastings in Mudgee.

  • Erina Starkey
Noma's head chef René Redzepi.

Noma’s René Redzepi ‘steps away’ following allegations of past abuse

The chef, who has run the restaurant for 23 years, made a statement after protesters gathered at the opening of the $1500-a-head Noma pop-up in LA.

  • Erina Starkey