We tasted some of Canberra's hot cross buns. It's a tough job,but somebody's gotta do it.

Where to get Canberra's hot cross buns for 2018

From the traditional and flavoured,to the doughnut and ice-cream version - here's where to get them.

  • Jil Hogan
Annette Bunfield grows,picks,and preserves dozens of kilos of starwberries each season and fills her pantries with presserves of all sorts. Photo by Karleen Minney.

Kitchen Garden:Meet Canberra's queen of strawberries

Annette Bunfield started in 2013 with just 20 plants,now she has about 250 plants - all started from runners.

  • Susan Parsons
The restaurants,cafes and bars open over Christmas and New Year's in Canberra.

What's open over Christmas and New Year in Canberra

Staying in Canberra this festive season? Here's where is (and isnt') open.

  • Jil Hogan
Oscy's Burgers has opened in Gungahlin with burgers,hot dogs and wings.

First look:Oscy's Burgers opens in Gungahlin

And the burgers are seriously big.

  • Jil Hogan
Ona Coffee's Hugh Kelly named fifth best barista in the world at the World Barista Championship in South Korea.

Ona Coffee's Hugh Kelly earns fifth place in World Barista Championship

Canberra is home to one of the world's best baristas.

  • Megan Gorrey andJil Hogan
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Schmicnics offers hampers up to fully catered picnics in Canberra.

Take your Canberra picnic to the next level with Schmicnics

Meet Schmicnics,coming to Lake Burley Griffin just in time for summer.

  • Jil Hogan
Duck breast,confit cumquat,roast pumpkin,and fermented daikon at two-hatted Aubergine.

The Good Food Guide 2018:Chefs hats for Canberra restaurants

Canberra is now home to a pair of two-hatted restaurants.

  • Jil Hogan
The Truffle Farm owner Jayson Mesman with the former Habibiz shipping container at Westside.

Former Westside shipping container reopens as Funguys at the Truffle Farm

The Westside Container Village may be bound for Stromlo Forest Park,but one of the lakeside venue's former shipping containers is headed for life on a truffle farm.

  • Jil Hogan
A. Baker head chef Bernd Brademann in the restaurant's garden in New Acton.

Inside Canberra's restaurant gardens:A. Baker,New Acton

During winter we are including local chefs' gardens in good food. This week we explore the beds outside A. Baker restaurant in New Acton.

  • Susan Parsons
Ona Coffee's Sam Corra and Hugh Kelly were both winners at the\ Melbourne International Coffee Expo 2017.

Ona Coffee's Hugh Kelly wins Australian Barista Championship for the second year in a row

A coffee infused with tangerine fairy floss has won Ona Coffee's Hugh Kelly the Australian Barista Championship at the Melbourne International Coffee Expo over the weekend.

  • Jil Hogan