Freelance food journalist in Melbourne, Australia
Updated June 24, 2022 — 11.56amfirst published at 11.13am Pre-pandemic, I’d chat to cafe owners...
By Dani Valent June 18, 2022 — 5.55am Lord Mayor Sally Capp is eating cheese at Queen Victoria...
Australians waste the equivalent of 312 kilos of food – most of it edible – per person. Meet the...
By Dani Valent June 4, 2022 — 5.00am Cameron Mackenzie, 52, and Stuart Gregor, 53, are craft gin...
By Dani Valent May 27, 2022 — 11.30am Alt-country artist Cash Savage, 41, met techno musician...
By Dani Valent April 22, 2022 — 11.55am Emmie Silbery, 93, and her granddaughter Izzy, 37, have...
We all love chocolate, especially at Easter, but behind nearly every delicious bite is a story of...
By Dani Valent Updated March 18, 2022 — 2.28pmfirst published at 11.49am Influencer and model...
By Dani Valent September 24, 2021 — 2.38pm Maaryasha Werdiger, 41, and Shaya Rubinstein, 38, have...
Many talk about living more sustainably. For acclaimed Melbourne chef Jo Barrett – and cheesemaker,...
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The owners of popular city restaurant Red Spice Road, which planned to reopen without contacting or...
The reopening of a beloved Melbourne restaurant sounds like something to celebrate, so why isn’t...
Ben Shewry Given Melbourne thinks of itself as Australia’s food capital, its double lockdown was...
As first dates go, they don’t get more Melbourne 2020 than this. On reopening day after lockdown...
Why would anyone buy a cookbook these days? Aren’t there enough recipes on the internet? Who’s got...
On the first day of lockdown redux last week I was giving soup to temporary visa holders who have...
HOW TO BE A GOOD DINER Know the rules Changes slated for June 22, including an increase to a...
Dumplings in Chinatown. Pizza in Preston. Wine in Windsor. Noodles in Box Hill. Coffee everywhere....
Chefs on social Apparently chefs only cook at home if someone’s pointing a phone at them. There was...