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Danielle Alvarez of Fred’s and Ben Shewry of Attica share the recipes for what they’ll be cooking this Christmas.

The women who saved Melbourne restaurants during their toughest year Dani Valent Photo: Eddie Jim Any Melbourne restaurant that made it through three lockdowns is underpinned by creativity, energy and resolve. Often it's a man credited with keeping his business afloat. So where are the women? To mark International Women's Day on March 8, we spoke to five unheralded women who kept Melbourne dining alive through an especially challenging year. The Entree Pinays is a collective of Filipino Australian women co-founded by Fides Santos-Arguelles and Grace Guinto to support and promote Filipin...

Review: Attica Summer Camp pop-up at Lillydale Estate Gemima Cody Photo: Simon Schluter Greetings campers, and welcome to orientation. Those carrying childhood trauma about wedgies and war cries may leave them at the gate. Attica Summer Camp, the low-key, all-welcoming regional pop-up from Ben Shewry's three-hat Ripponlea fine diner, is serving generous gulps of the great outdoors, modest serves of sunscreen and the sweet waft of cooking smoke out here in Seville. Those who followed Attica's eventful and inspiring journey through COVID-19 last year will appreciate the Attica-with-its-hair-dow...

Coming soon: Melbourne's most exciting new hospitality venues to look forward to Gemima Cody Photo: Scott McNaughton Pull out your calendars. Despite 2020's best efforts, there are some major restaurant openings on the horizon. Here's what we have marked on our dance cards in the coming months. Karen Martini's 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 February 11 opening, Martini is plotting (and pickling) the all-day menu offering with Sydney chef...