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Audrey Payne is Broadsheet Melbourne's food & drink editor.

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Four To Try: Melbourne’s Best Easter Eggs
Food & Drink
Four To Try: Melbourne’s Best Easter Eggs
Peanut butter gelato-filled caramelised white chocolate shells, milk tea eggs with hojicha-infused salted caramel, and more.
Ragazzi In Fitzroy Is Autumn’s Hottest Pop-Up
Food & Drink
Ragazzi In Fitzroy Is Autumn’s Hottest Pop-Up
The popular Sydney pasta bar will take over the former Alta Trattoria for just shy of a month. Expect cacio e pepe, duck ragu with egg rigatoni, and mafaldine with mackerel and fermented chilli.
Eight To Try: Hot Cross Croissants, Cheesecakes and Everything but Buns
Food & Drink
Eight To Try: Hot Cross Croissants, Cheesecakes and Everything but Buns
Traditional hot cross buns will always have a special place in our hearts, but Melbourne’s bakeries are getting creative with their hot-cross-bun-inspired treats this year.
Where Chefs Eat: Stephanie Alexander’s Melbourne Restaurant Recommendations
Food & Drink
Where Chefs Eat: Stephanie Alexander’s Melbourne Restaurant Recommendations
The culinary icon and author of The Cook’s Companion shares two Italian restaurants perfect for solo dining; three regional spots worth booking a trip around; four of Victoria’s best bakeries; and more.
Snack Bar: Bread Club in Collingwood, Hot Sanga Vending Machines and More Local Food News This Week
Food & Drink
Snack Bar: Bread Club in Collingwood, Hot Sanga Vending Machines and More Local Food News This Week
Plus, $59 Sunday lunches at Suze, a Lebanese restaurant hidden in a Fairfield pub, and how to get free coffee from St Ali this week.
Iain “Huey” Hewitson’s Restaurant Clichy Returns to Life After 44 Years
Food & Drink
Iain “Huey” Hewitson’s Restaurant Clichy Returns to Life After 44 Years
The TV chef’s iconic 1977 restaurant is coming back to life at Bistra this March, during the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival.
13 Melbourne Food & Wine Festival Events You Don’t Want To Miss
Food & Drink
13 Melbourne Food & Wine Festival Events You Don’t Want To Miss
Including the return of Daniela Maiorano’s Sunhands pasta window, lunch with Ottolenghi recipe pro Helen Goh and a superstar dinner for a cause.
Where Chefs Eat: Circl’s Elias Salomonsson Says This Ivanhoe East Wine Bar Has “Nailed the Vibe”
Food & Drink
Where Chefs Eat: Circl’s Elias Salomonsson Says This Ivanhoe East Wine Bar Has “Nailed the Vibe”
Plus, the new bakery the Swedish chef says is perfect for a fika, and where he goes for dark rye that “feels like a little taste of home”.
Three To Try: New Burger Shops for Smash Burgers and Beyond
Food & Drink
Three To Try: New Burger Shops for Smash Burgers and Beyond
Including a $13 Korean cheeseburger served on a house-made potato bun, fried chicken burgers from a new market stall and jaffle-style ice-cream burgers.
Snack Bar: The 38 Best Hot Cross Buns, New Spots for $20 Lunches and More Local Food News This Week
Food & Drink
Snack Bar: The 38 Best Hot Cross Buns, New Spots for $20 Lunches and More Local Food News This Week
Plus, Shannon Martinez’s Smith & Daughters expansion, a new Italian restaurant lands in Toorak and a new smash burger shop.
Nine New Spots To Grab Lunch for Less Than $20
Food & Drink
Nine New Spots To Grab Lunch for Less Than $20
Including $17 porchetta rolls from a former Grill Americano executive chef, $13 Korean cheeseburgers with house-made potato buns, and $9 CDMX-style tacos.
Where Chefs Eat: An East Gippsland Restaurant Hit List From Sardine Chef Mark Briggs
Food & Drink
Where Chefs Eat: An East Gippsland Restaurant Hit List From Sardine Chef Mark Briggs
The former Vue de Monde head chef shares his favourite spots for house-made ice-cream; the best place to take kids; and a doughnut van worth tracking down.