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The Food and Wine Edition, June 4

Australia’s Top 52 Wineries for 2022; Justin Hemmes on his riskiest ventures yet – and how he beat anxiety; our startling 7.6 million-tonne food waste problem – and the innovative players working to reduce it; the two mates who started a gin company.

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Australia’s 52 top wineries of 2022

After the devastation of the 2019-20 bushfires, we toast the 2021 vintage, which has proven to be one of almost universally great quality.

  • Huon Hooke
“You only have one life, you have to enjoy what you do and be passionate about it. The business is my life.”

Justin Hemmes on his Melbourne moves, skyscraper plans – and how he beat anxiety

As he approaches 50, the businessman is still hunting out opportunities, with plans to take on Victoria’s foodie scene and add a skyscraper to Sydney’s Ivy.

  • Anne Hyland

Our yearly leftovers would fill the MCG 10 times over: The new plans for food waste

Australians waste the equivalent of 312 kilos of food – most of it edible – per person. Meet the innovative minds figuring out how to dispose of the problem.

  • Dani Valent
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Two minutes with Danny Katz: When your hairdresser goes off piste

Our Modern Guru provides advice on getting your hairdresser to listen to what you want.

  • Danny Katz
Kate Murdoch, British chef and presenter of Tiny Kitchen, makes 
a bite-size breakfast.

The huge appetite for miniature cuisine

While the pandemic has caused our worlds to shrink, online videos of tiny meals have exploded in popularity.

  • Barry Divola
A few days before Uvalde, the day after Buffalo, my son’s class was introduced to the idea of “courage”, says Amelia Lester.

My three-year-old masters mass-shooter drills while US leaders fail to act

American children are being asked to summon unbelievable courage every day while their representatives do nothing on gun control.

  • Amelia Lester
Cameron Mackenzie, (left), and Stuart Gregor.

‘I was terrified’: The two mates who bit the bullet and created a gin company

Cameron Mackenzie and Stuart Gregor were thrown together by chance two decades ago and are now connected by work, family and a shared appreciation for kilts.

  • Dani Valent
Whether you want to cook to impress or just feed yourself, there’s no end of books available to sate your appetite.

Eat their words: Good Weekend’s culinary reading guide

Put your napkin on and dig into this scrumptious selection of food-focused tomes, from cookbooks to memoirs.

  • Nicole Abadee
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Sink or swim: Dealing with a kitchen reno

Choosing a sink is probably the least glamorous of all the decisions one must make about renovating a kitchen.

  • Terry Durack
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Good Weekend Superquiz and Saturday Target Time, June 4

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today's interactive superquiz and target.

Josh Ball from Farmers Pick.

Grab that sad, single banana and take it home – but don’t forget to eat it

In this episode of the Good Weekend Talks podcast, GW editor Katrina Strickland talks food waste with writer Dani Valent and Farmers Pick co-founder Joshua Ball.

‘It’s the way you talk about it’: chef O Tama Carey on coping with a stillbirth

The Sydney restaurateur says it’s not death that’s hard: it’s grief.

  • Benjamin Law
Victor Churchill.
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Melbourne: Victor Churchill

Besha Rodell takes a seat at the lavish Melbourne butcher shop's marble horseshoe bar for a seriously luxurious lunch.

  • Besha Rodell
Maydanoz.
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Sydney: Maydanoz

An opulent CBD dining room showcasing Ottoman cuisine beyond meat and bread, with plenty of veg-driven plates (plus the odd sheep's head soup).

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Slow-roasted lamb forequarter with potatoes, lemon, garlic and oregano

Karen Martini's Greek-style lamb roast

I love slow-roasted lamb and I cook it in many subtly varied ways. This version is inspired by the rustic cooking of the mountain villages of Greece.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Helen Goh’s favourite orange cake
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Helen Goh's favourite orange cake

I was embarrassingly guarded about this recipe during the years I baked this cake daily for our cafe in Melbourne. It was, to my mind, the perfect cake.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh

Other editions

The March 28 edition

The friends who took Aussie style to the world | The ‘three fs’ that made a Perth author a global hit| Nike’s battle of the brands | Making a perfect lamington

  • 13 stories

The March 21 edition

Stephanie Alexander and The Cook’s Companion at 30 | Free-diver Ant Williams | Debra Adelaide and Gabrielle Carey | How to deliver a baby on a plane

  • 11 stories