Road test
‘So fluffy you’ll forget to chew’: 15 of Melbourne’s very best hot cross buns
Whether you’re anti-peel, pro-spice or a fan of a wildcard hot cross bun, the Good Food team’s personal hit list has something for even the biggest bun sceptic.
- Good Food team
Six delicious dishes you never knew you could make in a sandwich press
Move over air fryer, the sandwich press is the low-effort, high-reward appliance that can cook much more than toasties (or bad steak).
- Katrina Meynink
Is it actually possible to cook a good steak on a sandwich press?
After Pauline Hanson made a steak dinner for Barnaby Joyce at Parliament House, we put her left-field grilling technique to the test to see if it’s genius or a culinary mis-steak.
- Callan Boys
Chadstone’s shiny new Market Pavilion is a spectacle, but does it deserve the hype?
Recipe bots, pre-packaged meals and sweet treats are all there. But where do you sit down and eat? Here’s Good Food’s guide to the enormous food precinct.
- Emma Breheny
A drone delivered my latte, and it was not what I expected
Restaurant reviewer Dani Valent road tests DoorDash’s new delivery service, ordering three items: a hot coffee, a frozen juice and a toastie.
- Dani Valent
How hot does it need to be to fry an egg on a car bonnet or cook a toastie on an engine?
From fancy cars to dishwashers, there’s no end to human ingenuity when it comes to unusual cooking methods.
- Terry Durack
Do you really need to brown meat to ‘seal in’ the juices? Five big kitchen myths, debunked
From searing meat to washing rice before cooking, here are five myths put to the test.
- Julia Moskin
Road test: Can ChatGPT write a recipe?
Neil McMahon asks AI to come up with a dish based on the contents of his fridge.
I asked AI to conjure a recipe using fridge ingredients, and now I make it on repeat
Neil McMahon asks AI to come up with a recipe based on the contents of his crisper. The result is terrifyingly good.
- Neil McMahon
The pressure cooker pressure test: We put the appliance through its paces
Dani Valent prepares and compares pea and ham soup, chickpeas, steamed rice, dhal and slow-cooked quinces.
- Dani Valent