Larissa Dubecki

From beachside Bellarine to the rolling hills of the Moorabool Valley and buzzing Geelong, a new drinking and dining frontier is waiting to be explored.

Screaming matches in laneways, kitchen disagreements, make-up dinners. While some say it's unwise to mix business with pleasure, these food businesses prove the unbeatable power of family.

There's much to aspire to in Bhutan, a land that flies the flag for universal wellbeing, stunning forests and mountains, and white-knuckle inbound plane rides, writes Larissa Dubecki.

From battling illness and drought to opening and closing restaurants, key industry players reflect on 2019 and their hopes for the future.

In an otherwise resolutely outdoorsy nation, New Zealand's capital focuses on art, craft and culture.

Much like the Marlborough mainstay – sauvignon blanc – the New Zealand wine region’s character is evolving.

Lab-grown meat is fast leaving the realm of science fiction and becoming reality. But as the technology evolves, will our tastes keep up?

Indian-spiced trippa alla Romana, yuzu risotto, vegan cacio e pepe. The latest wave of restaurant openings is Italian, but not as you know it.

Inspired by the cinematic visions of Stanley Kubrick and Wong Kar Wai, the founder of Jackalope Hotels has fashioned his début hotel on the Mornington Peninsula with more than a touch of the surreal.

A clutch of artfully designed pop-up pods in the Welsh countryside captures the tiny-house ethos in mythic detail, writes Larissa Dubecki.

And he’s bringing back favourites from Pearl, Stella and more.

Is this a return to glory for a glamorous Melbourne address?

Café Southall, a contemporary all-day Indian eatery from the family behind Bombay by Night, opens in St Kilda.

Celebrated Chicago chef Grant Achatz turns his considerable skills to home cooking for this fetching Easter feast.

We spoke to Jorge Vallejo of Quintonil ahead of his appearance at Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in April 2016. He told us what he would be making at his MasterClass, and shared notes from the kitchen of his renowned Mexico City restaurant. Your restaurant in Mexico City is riding high at number 12 on the World’s […]

Fans of Garagistes will be pleased to hear Luke Burgess, Deborah Blank and Angus Burton are teaming up for a seafood-focused two-month pop-up in Hobart.

There's so much going on at Jackalope, the fancy new boutique hotel at Willow Creek Vineyard, halfway between Balnarring and Tuerong on the Mornington Peninsula.

Executive chef Robin Wickens has a stronger influence at the Royal Mail Hotel's upcoming restaurant, slated to open later this year.

For the first time, the world's top international sommeliers will take part in the World's 50 Best Awards too.

From pods to delivery-only dining, here are the things we learnt at the Future Laboratory’s Food and Drink Futures Forum.

To travel to Normandy along the Seine is to take it by stealth, writes Larissa Dubecki, who ventured forth in search of châteaux and Calvados.

The Melbourne suburb lost some of its lustre in recent years, but is now bouncing back.

Some of Australia’s finest chefs are teaming up with hot talent from all over the world when the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival descends on Melbourne this April.

After spending the past 12 months writing books and doing one-off dinners the Australian chef is poised to open an exciting new restaurant in the Middle Eastern capital.

Glamour, sophistication and luxury have arrived on the Peninsula, with a crack-team of staff assembled to make it a success.

Pierre Khodja’s Camus opens this week, bringing the vibrant flavours of his Algerian homeland to Northcote’s High Street.

Melbourne, it's finally your turn for a taste of David Thompson's uncompromising Thai cooking.

All-day dining in a completely refurbished location is the new name of the game for Melbourne’s Pure South.

Instagram’s most famous cake, plus a few other sweet hits, is heading south.

After a 12-month hiatus, one of Australia's best butter producers is back in action.

The Botanical Hotel’s public bar has been re-opened as Gilson thanks to the founders of some of Melbourne’s busiest cafes.

Chef Thi Le wows the crowds at her Melbourne restaurant, Anchovy, with her bright, bold take on South East Asian flavours, expressing traditions with a modern Australian accent. Meet our Best New Talent.

It's been more than two-and-a-half years since Stokehouse was destroyed by fire - now, the countdown has begun to the early-October relaunch.

Andrew McConnell transforms Moon Under Water into a Chinese restaurant.

The Sydney burger chain opens shop number six.

American-style snacks and a Blade Runner-inspired fit-out combine at Collingwood’s newest restaurant.

Samu, a custom-built pop-up matcha teahouse, has opened inside Supernormal on Melbourne’s Flinders Lane.

The Urban Purveyor Group’s national expansion begins this week.

A new cookware store full of beautiful yet practical things for the home and kitchen opens in Collingwood.

The family and accidental restaurateurs behind MoVida, Lee Ho Fook and Pei Modern are reshaping Melbourne dining.

A French bistro with a modern spin opens this week on Melbourne’s Collins Street.

He’s made a fortune based on predicting the whims of the crowd, so Chris Lucas’s unexpected move to the finer end of the dining spectrum should have the crystal ball gazers looking on with interest.

Prahran Market will soon be home to two new ventures from Paul Wilson: a restaurant and a chicken shop.

The Melbourne chef is set to overhaul the CBD restaurant with a new approach to the menu, including an oyster bar.

Did the cocktail game just get easier? We look at why more and more cocktails are being served straight from the bottle and not the shaker.

Lee Ho Fook's sommelier is set to open his very own gin bar in Melbourne, this spring.

Ides is the pop-up that’s swimming against the tide.

Spoiler alert: there's a whole new section dedicated to cheese.

A place for everyone, to drink everything.

What's next for the owners of Melbourne's Lee Ho Fook? An Asian café called Lawyers, Guns and Money...

Wine bar Marion, seven years in the making, marks the fourth shingle Andrew McConnell has hung out on Fitzroy's Gertrude St.

Melbourne's SoJo revival is picking up pace with the opening this month of 127 Brunswick Street...

Lune Croissanterie are moving from their tiny Elwood digs to a warehouse in Fitzroy...

Sommeliers Liz Carey and Paul Guiney are cutting right to the chase with their pop-up wine bar on Smith Street...

Lee Ho Fook relocates to much bigger new digs in the Melbourne CBD.

Wagyu producer David Blackmore may have to abandon his Victorian farm...

At Teage Ezard's latest venture, in the Yarra, he takes the fundamentals of food and wine matching to a new level.

Nine turns up the heat in a new culinary contest.

The team behind Dainty Sichuan have been busy of late. Find out what they've got in store for Melbourne...

So what's Raymond Capaldi up to next? The question that was on Melbourne's lips has been answered...

For their first outing as restaurant owners, chefs Shaun Quade and John Paul Fiechtner are determined...

There will be surprises in store when Lady Carolina opens on Lygon Street, East Brunswick, in early July.

Lost Heaven is Melbourne's Hu Tong restaurant group gone Sichuan - which translates as good regional food with smartly honed design principles.

Transformer is quite possibly the restaurant meat-free Melbourne has been waiting for.

The beer came first at Chris Lucas' latest hospitality behemoth, a 200-seat Asian hawker-style restaurant...

Andrew McConnell is getting down to the grassroots with his next business venture, an upmarket butcher shop...