Artisans & farmers
Where to drink, dine and spend to help hospitality reeling from bushfires
As farmers, winemakers and brewers take stock of what’s been lost, others are rallying to make it easy for people to spend in ways that help devastated businesses across Victoria.
- Dani Valent
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‘Zero income’: Locals rally behind small businesses wiped out by fires
Raffles, donations and other fundraising efforts are underway for 80-odd businesses devastated by fire in Harcourt, from wineries to cafes, distillers to cider-makers.
- Emma Breheny, Emily Holgate and Bianca Hrovat
‘It’s not just a butcher’: Legendary Carlton shop Donati’s celebrated in its final weeks
A Lygon Street fixture since 1972, the singular butcher shop run by Leo Donati will close early next year, bringing to an end half a century of opera, debate and excellent Christmas hams.
- Emma Breheny
How a quiet corner of Tasmania could be the setting for Australia’s first ‘anti-restaurant’
The poster princess for wild Tasmanian cuisine is bringing it all home with an intimate new farm-restaurant venture.
- Luke Slattery
The finalists for the three biggest awards at The Age Good Food Guide Awards revealed
Covering Restaurant of the Year, Service Excellence and Chef of the Year, these 15 names are ones to put on your dining cheat sheet for the year ahead.
- Frank Sweet, Emma Breheny and Good Food Guide reviewers
To market, to market, to buy a fat sandwich: Five of Sydney’s essential market stalls
The queue-worthy pop-ups, food trucks and market stalls keeping cafe food casual. Catch them while you can.
- Good Food
Resident complaint puts an end to honesty-box bread loved by community
After years of selling sourdough outside her home, a Victorian baker has been told she must pay $13,000 for a food truck permit.
- Emma Breheny
Doughnuts, ice-cream and nuggets: How this tiny shop puts a creative spin on tofu
A small-batch tofu maker is pushing perceptions of the vegetarian staple into new territory, using McDonald’s, low-waste cooking and more for inspiration.
- Emma Breheny
This new Mornington Peninsula fine diner is one of Australia’s most ambitious restaurants of the decade
On a sprawling 400 hectares, this new spot rears lamb and cattle, grows its own rye wheat and transforms its harvest into Middle Eastern-tinged tasting menus.
- Emma Breheny
Why cooks are happy to pay six times more for fancy butter you can eat like cheese
Artisans are spreading the word about European-style butter, which comes with a premium price tag.
- Richard Cornish