Do wine preservatives cause headaches?

Plus the easy and inexpensive fix to nullify to sulphites in your glass of wine.

  • Huon Hooke
The optional seafood platter (market fish,mussels,salmon caviar and lemon-pickle-spiked butter sauce).
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This add-on is like the designer dress you stumble upon in an op shop:an absolute steal

Three-year-old Mauritian restaurant Manze is sitting in the sweet spot. Plus:its seafood platter is absolutely gorgeous.

  • Dani Valent
Go-to dish:Seafood hot pot.
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This seafood hot pot is some of the best value in the city right now

Our tip:split a steamboat between a group of four at the new-look Spice Temple.

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What’s the go with all the froyo?

Frozen yoghurt has grown into much more than a swirly,soft-serve,yoghurt-based,icy-cold treat,writes Terry Durack.

  • Terry Durack

Cap or cork:Which sealing method is better when ageing a wine

Putting a cap on the age-old conversation about a wine cork or screw cap.

  • Huon Hooke
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Jishan Garden serves banquets,a la carte and afternoon tea in grand surrounds.
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There’s nowhere else quite like this Chinese restaurant in an ornate Melbourne mansion

Jishan Garden is a fine dining and afternoon tea destination,with a garden bar in the works for summer.

  • Dani Valent

There are a multitude of reasons why this is the perfect Christmas gift for foodies

Terry Durack on why a cooking class – the more hands-on the better – is the Christmas gift that keeps on giving.

  • Terry Durack

What’s the deal with deep-sea wine ageing?

Some winemakers are dunking grapes or maturing wines in seawater. But is it a gimmick or a game changer?

  • Huon Hooke
Play “spot the camel” at La Vetta.
Good Food hat15/20

This newly hatted hilltop restaurant is one of Melbourne’s most surprising destinations

There are multiple reasons to point yourself towards La Vetta,a winery restaurant on the city’s northern fringe.

  • Dani Valent
Boscaiolo pizza with pork sausage,mushrooms,garlic cream and grana padano cheese.
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Fill up on first-rate pizza then fill your trolley five metres away at this supermarket spot

The Tonino’s International menu is built around pizza and pasta with a big ol’ fried chicken sandwich thrown in for good measure.

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