Camellia ling Aebischer

Ready your reusable bags, we’ve got all your plastic-free July needs covered.

For a Vietnamese culture vulture, the suburb of Footscray in Melbourne’s inner-west is a shining light of culture, shopping, dining and entertainment. For those visiting, schlepping west from anywhere further than the CBD might be a barrier to regularly enjoying a crisp plate of bánh khọt or fresh banh mi. Thankfully, a miniature (but still bourgeoning) Vietnamese mecca, known as Little Saigon, exists a little closer to town on Victoria Street in Richmond, just east…

Its first two tricks include making sourdough bread without that sour flavour and propping up the perfect panettone.

Koreans love cheese. So much so that they’ve built a theme park , international restaurant chain and countless instant noodle flavours centred on the stuff. According to data from the Korean Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corporation, the country’s cheese consumption doubled from 2008 and 2018 to 2.5kg of cheese consumed per person per year. Korea-based blogger, Joe McPherson, wrote that Korea’s cheese obsession can be traced back to a surplus of military items left…

The internet is a wonderful thing. One day it’s heavily-dyed unicorn cakes with edible glitter, the next a vegetable focaccia that resembles a Claude Monet garden painting. In recent weeks, beautiful bread has been trending, decorated with natural ingredients like spring onions, herbs, delicately sliced capsicum and tomatoes. Focaccia and fine artworks are synonymous with Italian culture so it only makes sense to combine the two. Inspired by the beauty, and being an avid focaccia bake, I…

The rumours are true. The internet’s viral feta pasta sensation caused supermarkets in Finland to sell out of feta cheese when it was created back in early 2019. Well before it ever reached our mobile phone screens here in Australia. The creator of the recipe, Jenni, runs a Finnish food blog called Liemessa, and in September 2020 she wrote that the original recipe called uuni feta pasta had received some 2.7 million page views since its beginnings. If you haven’t seen it (you p…

  Beyti Güler is one of few people who can happily say he is the namesake of a popular Turkish dish – the Beyti kebab. It was created in The Güler family restaurant in Küçükçekmece (now Istanbul) and stemmed from his father’s desire to change pace from a small bakery in 1945, so he and Beyti opened a 16-seater grilled meats restaurant. The original restaurant grew rapidly in popularity as it served doner kebab (sliced rotisserie-style grilled meat…

You know what’s not normal? Looking at other people walking their dogs and being overwhelmed by jealousy. The first time I felt it, it was the beginning of the end. A downward spiral that led to rehoming my dog, and I don’t regret it for a second. In early 2021, arguably the world’s cutest dog became mine. A small chocolate dapple sausage dog named Mortadella, or Morty for short. In the days leading up to his arrival I was so excited I could barely sleep. My partner and I ar…

Bring the world to your kitchen with SBS Food. We have recipes and dinner ideas from more than 100 cuisines, plus how to articles, video tutorials and blogs.

Hot chips just got a dose of culture and we need Australia to know about this delicious union.