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The April 8 Edition

The Food & Wine issue | 52 Top Wineries of 2023 | Hugh Allen, the youngest chef to secure three Good Food Guide hats | Nagi Maehashi dishes the dirt on RecipeTin Eats | Vegan chef Shannon Martinez and her jewellery-designer bestie, Emma Terzini | Australia’s latest three-hat restaurant: The Botanic, Adelaide

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Australia’s 52 top wineries of 2023

Against tough conditions, the wine industry has again produced some stellar drops. Here, our 52 top wineries of the year.

  • Huon Hooke

Some teachers saw him as a delinquent. Now he’s Australia’s youngest three-hat chef

At just 27, Hugh Allen secured three Good Food Guide hats. And he reckons he’s just getting warmed up.

  • Konrad Marshall
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‘You’d be horrified’: Nagi Maehashi dishes the dirt on RecipeTin Eats

Australia’s most popular cook reveals the filthy talk that goes on in her kitchen – and serves up tips for date night.

  • Benjamin Law
Shannon and Emma with Billie Eilish.

From cooking for Billie Eilish to a cancer diagnosis: How these BFFs weather life

For best friends Shannon Martinez and Emma Terzini, it took cancer, divorce – and a shared A-list muse – to really seal the deal on their friendship.

  • Jane Rocca

Good Weekend indeed: Six fun things to do

What to watch, read, eat and buy: great diversions for the Easter long weekend.

  • Thomas Mitchell, Damien Woolnough, Frances Mocnik, Kate Simmons, Jill Dupleix and Nicole Abadee

Magpies, cockroaches, ants: The fellow diners lining up for your lunch

There are all manner of critters happy to help themselves.

  • Terry Durack

Dad’s total recall

Paul Connolly’s Kitchen Sink Drama is a slice of domestic life, captured masterfully in only 100 words. This week: Human IMDB.

  • Paul Connolly
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How do I tackle pea-brained remarks about my very tall kids?

Our Modern Guru offers advice to a father frustrated by questions about his children’s paternity.

  • Danny Katz
Go-to dish: Crocodile and its broth.
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Adelaide: Restaurant Botanic

It’s Australia’s latest three-hat restaurant. So, Callan Boys asks, why don’t we have a fine dining restaurant like this in the botanic gardens of either Sydney or Melbourne?

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Danielle Alvarez’s Easter roast lamb.
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Danielle Alvarez’s slow-roasted lamb shoulder with mint and mustard salsa verde

With its classic flavours, this recipe is destined to become a staple in your autumn repertoire.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
Helen Goh’s flourless chocolate crater cake.

Helen Goh’s flourless chocolate crater cake

This cake’s central “crater” is a perfect cavity for holding a deliciously flavoured, softly whipped cream.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
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Good Weekend Quiz

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge.

Good Weekend letters to the editor: April 8

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