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What the Good Food team loved and loathed in 2020 (and look forward to in 2021) The Good Food team Photo: Supplied WHAT WE LOVED  Forced captivity Saturday nights when three daughters had no choice but to stay home and the best way to keep this interesting was international theme nights. Japanese night, which involved making sushi and okonomiyaki (yeah, there were costumes) was my favourite. I preserved (beetroot chutney and kasoundi were the best) and ate a waistline-altering amount of ho...

Did you ever get bored watching Black Caviar keep the record intact, without blemish? Or ever think it was mundane that Winx would put 33 together straight, 25 of those at the elite Group 1 level? No, me either. So why am I posing this seemingly totally rhetorical question now when it would be much easier to fill an end of year column with lists of top horses or achievements to make it easy on myself? It stems from a piece put together by RSN racing editor Matt Stewart under the headline “Co...

Eventbrite - Wayward Wanders - Sustainability Walking Tours presents Urban Eco & Sustainability Walking Tour including a Native Foods Lunch - Saturday, 6 February 2021 | Saturday, 20 February 2021 at Transport Hotel, Melbourne, VIC. Find event and ticket information.

How this architect built Whispir into a tech star Jeromy Wells tried to build a tech platform for the architecture industry. He ended up turning Whispir into a local tech star with plans to head for the US. Share Jeromy Wells, the founder of one of the hottest tech stocks on the ASX, is talking about bricklaying. No, it isn’t a metaphor for the way he’s carefully built digital communications software provider Whispir, which has seen its share price more than double in the past 12 months tha...

Coming soon: Melbournes most exciting new hospitality venues to look forward to Gemima Cody Photo: Scott McNaughton Pull out your calendars. Despite 2020s best efforts, there are some major restaurant openings on the horizon. Heres what we have marked on our dance cards in the coming months. Karen Martinis Hero The star chef and Good Food recipe writer is heading up a restaurant and event space that is part of a $40 million upgrade of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Ahead of the Fe...

Check the dates of the different events here. The Big Design Market brings together more than 260 local vendors to provide unique and locally sourced Christmas gifts. This year’s market has been moved online due to the pandemic. Shoppers can still purchase from their catalogue until Christmas (though you may need to explain late postage to gift recipients). District Makers Market, The Rose Street Market, Sunday, December 20. Support Australian businesses by heading down to the District Mak...

Federation Square terror plotter Ali Khalif Shire Ali has sentence increased after prosecutors appeal FriFriday 18 DecDecember 2020 at 1:48am Ali Khalif Shire Ali was jailed for planning a terrorist attack in Melbournes Federation Square. ( Print text only Cancel A man who planned to shoot revellers on New Years Eve in Melbournes Federation Square has had his jail sentence increased to 16 years by Victorias Court of Appeal. Key points: Ali Khalif Shire Ali was initially jailed for 10 years over...

Killer’s brother gets more jail time for New Year terror attack plan We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Killer’s brother gets more jail time for New Year terror attack plan Save Normal text size Advertisement An aspiring terrorist who planned to kill new year’s revellers at Melbourne’s Federation Square has had his prison term increased by six years on appeal. Ali Khalif Shire Ali, younger brother of Bourke Street attacke...

Over eight days from Thursday 10 to 18 December this year, the Jewish community of Melbourne is celebrating Hannukah, or Chanukah. Pillars of Light, at Federation Square, provides Melburnians with an opportunity to come together over a multicultural celebration, to share the light, and focus on what unites us as a city, particularly after such a difficult year. Maria Dimopoulos AM, Special Adviser, Multicultural Communities for the Victorian Government, spoke last Friday at the Pillars of Light...

Advertisement It has been a year in which COVID-19 darkened our world, but there was plenty of light on a sunny day out at Princes Park in Caulfield South on Sunday. Jewish children who attend government schools forgot about homework for an afternoon to mark the festival of Hanukkah. Fifteen-year-old David Loven spins a dreidel. Credit:Scott McNaughton The wider Jewish community’s annual Chanukah in the Park, held at Caulfield Park for thousands of people, was called off this year due to COVI...