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Chapters Bistro is in Currambine.

ReviewDelicious delight serves up holy trinity

If you’ve ever met my husband and I, you’d know we’re never short of a word or 40. So when I say dead silence fell over the table as we dug in to the food, it might give you an idea of how delicious it was. 

Laura Newell

Apple pie cake from Home For Dinner by Julie Goodwin.

RECIPE Julie Goodwin’s apple pie cake

This delicious cake has an almost custard-like apple filling and a sweet, crispy top. Apple cake meets apple pie — the best of both worlds!

Julie Goodwin

Chef and author Eddie Bulatao pictured at Woodman Point, Coogee.

FOODEddie Bulato’s new cookbook is a guide to WA’s native pantry

The Perth chef started out selling hotcakes for pocket money in Quezon City. Now, he forages for saltbush, pigface and Geraldton wax across WA, sharing his recipes and knowledge in his first book.

Jade Jurewicz

Shoppers across the country are confronting bare shelves as unusually cool weather and strong demand hits the major supermarkets.

NewsPremiumSupermarkets hit with snack shortage

Woolworths, Coles and Aldi shoppers are all reporting empty shelves as unseasonably cool weather in North Queensland smashes banana production.

Cameron Micallef

Police allegedly identified the curry had been contaminated with snail pellets containing metaldehyde. Supplied

CRIMEPremiumWoman accused of poisoning lunch

A woman has been charged after allegedly trying to poison her colleague by lacing their homemade curry lunch.

Emma Kirk

Combination of two rice at Chop Chop BBQ in Myaree.

Restaurant review PremiumThis southern suburbs eatery is serving up comfort in a bowl

April Ooi discovers a Myaree eatery that’s perfected the art of Malaysian-style char siu.

April Ooi

Bremer Bay’s Hooked and Cooked owners Owen Roberts and Elise Collins with their award-winning pies and sausage rolls.

Pies the limitPremiumNational pie comp gongs put Bremer Bay roadhouse on the map

Just because you’re a couple of hours out of town – or at a roadside servo – doesn’t mean you can’t have a tasty pie or a tip-top sausage roll.

Claire Middleton

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POLITICSPremiumNats fight ‘foreign pineapple plan’

The Nationals are fighting for “the best pineapples in the world”, as Australia mulls over importing more despite the risks.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

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NEWSPremiumUrgent milk recall over E. coli scare

Shoppers in one state are being urged to check their fridges after contaminated milk triggered an urgent health warning.

Andrew Hedgman

Australia’s food safety watchdog has issued an urgent recall on a brand of instant noodles being sold in grocery stores across Victoria.

FoodPopular instant noodles urgently pulled from shop shelves

Consumers are being urged to not eat the product.

Chloe Maher

Home For Dinner by Julie Goodwin, $49.99, published by Penguin

FOODJulie Goodwin’s answer to one of life’s most-asked questions

“What’s for dinner?” The celebrity cook has you sorted with a new cookbook inspired by her own ever-changing family table.

Jade Jurewicz

Pork and chive dumplings at Chow's Table in Yallingup.

FOOD REVIEW Yallinyup favourite lives up to the hype

After years of rave reviews, we succumbed and finally tested out Chow’s Table in the Margaret River Region, and liked what we found among the vines. 

Jade Jurewicz

Spanish chicken tray bake from Home For Dinner by Julie Goodwin.

RECIPEJulie Goodwin’s Spanish chicken tray bake

A one-pan chicken and chorizo dish that will take you to Spain, without the cost of an airfare.

Julie Goodwin

Friends Madison Hunt, Jade Craske and Sophia Cosentino, all 21, at Yo-Chi Karrinyup.

RetailPremiumWhy gen Z would rather line up for Yo-Chi than a beer

It’s Friday night and there’s a queue along Albany Highway in Victoria Park that easily exceeds 100 people. Music is thumping but this isn’t playing out outside a bar ... it’s for frozen yoghurt.

Cheyanne Enciso

Gambero prawn pizza at Solo Pizza in South Perth.

Restaurant review PremiumIs this Perth’s best-value pizzeria?

With a $2.50 corkage fee and top-notch woodfired pizzas, this South Perth eatery is the definition of frugal chic.

April Ooi

Matt Sinclair’s fragrant lemongrass salad.

RecipeHow to cook like Sum Yung Guys

Chef Matt Sinclair on how to recreate the popular Asian eatery’s signature flavours at home.

Pia Miranda is looking for Australia’s first Recipe Of The Year.

Bon Appetit!Pia Miranda takes on CWA royalty in Recipe Of The Year

Aussie screen star Pia Miranda is stepping into a dream role as co-host of the ABC’s uplifting new culinary contest, Recipe Of The Year

Clare Rigden

Andrew Sherry is a devotee of Hare Krishna and is serving free food outside the Rest Centre on Fridays between 5.30pm and 6.30pm.

Food programDelicious free food on the menu as chef toasts Hare Krishna

A wonderful gesture to help homeless and vulnerable Albany people was launched on Friday with the opening night of the Food for Life program.

Claire Middleton

Angelwood Pies, Leederville.

FOOD REVIEWPremiumAngelwood Pies: Filling without the frills?

Megan French visited Leederville’s Angelwood Pies for its banoffee special, and found plenty to love on the savoury side too.

Megan French

Burning noodles with prawns, from Home For Dinner by Julie Goodwin.

RECIPEJulie Goodwin’s burning noodles with prawns

A quick and flavour-packed seafood dish the whole family will love.

Julie Goodwin

Streets has teamed up with popular children’s series Bluey to launch a new frozen treat in a bid to chase a bigger scoop of the ice-cream market.

RetailPremiumStreets aiming for a bigger scoop of the ice-cream market

Australian ice-cream giant Streets says it’s not at all intimidated by other homegrown and international brands as it chases a bigger scoop of the market with the launch of a new product.

Cheyanne Enciso

Kiwami kara miso at Ten and Sen in Leederville.

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This is ramen but not as you know it

Don’t expect the usual ramen routine at this excellent Leederville eatery.

April Ooi

Chicken Treat CEO Jamie Stewart.

RetailPremiumMajor menu changes for Chicken Treat as it marks 50 years

Chicken Treat boss Jamie Stewart is betting on everything from ‘fancier’ chicken menu items to digital kiosks to drive its next phase of growth and make fast-food feel less like fast-food.

Cheyanne Enciso

Bar Ole in Iluka.

FOOD REVIEWOle! We’ve found the taste of a Spanish holiday

In these days of household austerity, hopes of jetting off to Spain are all but dead. But we’ve found the next best thing, with authentic tapas and the perfect atmosphere . . . with one small exception.

Daniel Newell