Here, try this - Australia’s biggest and best festival of food and drink is back from 20 to 29 March.

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Jo McGann and Andrew McConnell at Cote Basque

Eat

Introducing Côte Basque, Andrew McConnell’s new CBD restaurant

Things are about to get a whole lot more Spanish on the former Becco site on Crossley Street.

Sam Peasnell.

Drink Victorian

Drinking Victoria: Sam Peasnell

Your friendly neighbourhood beverage boss weighs in on what's pouring well right now.

Ross Magnaye's lechon burger

Eat

Express Lane: Melbourne’s most digestible food and drink news

Short, sharp and fresh food and drink news from around the grounds.

Carpenter's Ruin

Eat

What to order at The Carpenter’s Ruin

Moules-frites, serious riffs on the Filet-O-Fish, and schnitzels galore: St Kilda's new mini-pub goes big on the specials board every day of the week.

Provecho flan.

Recipes

Recipe: Daniella Guevara Muñoz’s cheese flan

For big fans of big flans.

The Workshop

Drink

One of the city’s best roasters opens The Workshop in North Melbourne

And it’s bringing its two brands – Assembly and TINA – together in one light-filled warehouse that feels less like a café and more like a cellar door for coffee and tea lovers.

Hands Down.

Drink

Hands Down in three drinks

This Fitzroy bar is one of the city’s most exciting new openings, hands down.

bun bun bakery

Eat

The state has spoken: introducing Victoria’s best bánh mì, potato cake and pie

Where’s the best bánh mì in Victoria? Is there one potato cake to rule them all? What is your pick of the pies?

Eggplant parmigiana

Recipes

Recipe: Sooshi Mango’s eggplant parmigiana

The Sooshi Mango lads put “one of the woggiest vegetables” front and centre in this classic and crowdpleasing eggplant parmigiana recipe.

Meni Valle

People

Buy the Book: Meni Valle’s Thessaloniki

"This cookbook became more than I'd planned: a way of meeting the young woman my mother had been, understanding how Thessaloniki had lived on in her kitchen all these years."

Collective Foundation

Industry

Collective Foundation: the not-for-profit going all-in on Australian hospitality

This new initiative from restaurateur Chris Lucas is about backing hospitality with education, innovation and pathways for emerging leaders across the sector.

Industry

Talking Shop: Oliver Gould, executive chef, San Telmo Group

The San Telmo Group's head honcho weighs in on culture, community and why – after 15 years in the trade – Melbourne consistently shows up at their five fire-driven venues.