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Party season

Garlic and brie baguette.
EASY

Is Adam Liaw’s easy cheesy garlic bread the best thing you’ll eat all month? You better brie-lieve it

Why settle for ordinary garlic bread when a few slices of brie and a drizzle of honey can turn it into something truly special?

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Fish pakoras with turmeric yoghurt and lime.

Adam Liaw’s fish pakoras plus his beginner’s guide to deep-frying

Adam Liaw takes the fear out of frying with these Indian-inspired fritters and spiced yoghurt.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Swap bacon and eggs for spinach and eggs instead.

Eleven hangover cures that actually work (and why you should bypass the bacon)

Try these expert-approved ways to prevent (and cure) that dreaded hangover.

  • Laurel Ives
Anna Manlulo at a Christmas gathering in the backyard of the Baulkham Hills home.

Five Sydney families share a taste of the modern Christmas table

This year, Christmas will be celebrated with sashimi in Japanese restaurants, post-beach swim pavs, and Filipino takeaways, eaten between rounds of carol karaoke.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Helen Goh’s bisteeya-inspired vegetarian pies.
EASY

Sweet potato, spinach and chickpea party pies

These bite-sized vegetarian canapes can be made vegan, too.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
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All the flavours and creaminess of ice-cream without the ice-cream maker.

Torrone semifreddo (Italian ice-cream cake with nougat)

Add in your favourite flavours to this creamy frozen dessert, no ice-cream maker required.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Melon, ham and burrata salad.
EASY

Melon ‘n’ ham, but not as you know it

Katrina Meynink turns the classic summer antipasto into more of a salad situation.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Conservas platter.
EASY

Crack open a tinny (or three): Adam Liaw’s guide to arranging the hottest grazing board of the season

Think of a conservas platter a bit like a cheese board – you want enough variety for everyone to be able to choose what they like.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Karen Martini’s kingfish ceviche with buttermilk dressing, finger lime and a rhubarb, red chilli, fennel pickle.
EASY

Ceviche with buttermilk dressing and rhubarb, chilli and fennel pickle

The refreshing flavours are ideal for the hotter months, and it’s a perfect, and very pretty, starter.

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
EASY

Adam Liaw’s tinto de verano

A refreshing red wine and lemonade cocktail that is similar to a sangria

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw