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Doesn't matter how you spell it, doughnuts or donuts in Melbourne are kinda a big deal. They're the ideal baked good, they're sweet enough to be a treat, yet usually hefty enough to be a meal if you're so inclined.

As the weather warms up you start to smell a certain something in the air. It's the scent of thousands of BBQ's firing up around Melbourne as we can finally leave the house after the colder months.

Do you know the difference between your and you’re? Do you secretly judge people who can’t get their there and they’re straight? Or are apostrophes, commas and semi-colons your secret hell and you think relax, people, you know what I mean!

Chances are you’ve worked in hospitality at some point, or at least your house mate or sibling has - there's no one, nifty little website making the whole job-hunting process a whole lot easier

Cooking is hard enough without the crippling inability to find babaghannouge (eggplant dip), polvorón (Spanish shortbread) or samgyeopsal (a Korean cut of fatty pork belly). We’ve done the hard supermarket yards (aisles?) to find you some of Melbourne’s best-hidden speciality food stores!

If you want to be a real human man with bona fide man-credentials, then you simply must be able to throw out quotes from any of the following movies, at any appropriate moment.

You think you know your city well, but chances are, there are still little pockets of brilliance that have completely escaped you - and they’re calling for you to explore them, pronto. Moonee Valley (the area north-west of the city that includes Ascot Vale, Moonee Ponds, Essendon, and a few other gorgeous suburbs) is one of these, and maaaaan is it jam-packed with some gems.

It’s Christmas time, time to take the stuffing up a notch or seven. From nutella and doughnuts to fried chicken and waffles, Melbourne has combined things that would maybe definitely be considered unacceptable in most other states. But Christmas calls for bigger and better things – things like Turduckens and Piecakens - so here are the best edible things stuffed inside other edible things. 

From gift buying to Christmas parties, the festive season can be a slightly stressful time of the year for some (read: all). Here to help you are the best Melbourne caterers for Christmas. Who needs elves when you’ve got cooks like these?

We dug a little deeper at South Melbourne Market and were blown away by some of the gems we unearthed - really excellent finds that we weren’t expecting. Here are our top 10 discoveries at South Melbourne Market.

You’ve got mates coming from out-of-town, as in different state or country kinda out-of-town. Naturally, you want to show off glorious Melbourne, but you also want to flaunt her countryside charms too, she’s not just a one-trick-pony. Like wine. And nature. And wine. There are so many terrific day and weekend trips close to Melbourne, so we thought we’d give you a quick low-down on a few of them.

Big news, you guys. Turns out Belinda Carlisle was right and heaven is a place on earth. At least it will be on Saturday, October 24 when the Prahran Market is hosting a CHEESE FESTIVAL.

Along with food and drink, artistic events and live entertainment, Melbourne’s market game is rather strong. While you won’t be hard pressed to find food, fashion and design markets throughout the year we’ve picked a list of ten market highlights to kick off with this spring.

A Bloody Mary has mysterious powers. Mixed right, it can redeem all Saturday night’s mistakes and act as a magical cure for your hangover. Legend has it, it was created out of curiosity in Paris in the 1920s, when the Prohibition-era delivered lots and lots of tinned tomato juice. Another theory — with a pleasurable gruesome streak  — is that the Bloody Mary dates back to the rule of the ruthless Queen Mary I of England and that the tomato juice represents the blood spilled. Either way, this bitchin’ breakfast juice is one of the few cocktail recipes that allows the person mixing it to translate it into whatever the hell they want it to be.

The beloved public kitchen at the South Melbourne Market has a new name and a new face. The NEFF Market Kitchen officially launches this week, offering up regular demonstrations and workshops and providing a unique hire space for private dinner parties and food-focused social groups. But the cherry on top of this delicious sundae has always been the cooking school.

Some of winter’s best seasonal produce is available right here in Melbourne, Listers! It would be an awful shame to let it go to waste. Luckily, we’ve put together a list of 10 of the best Melbourne markets in July (it’s not all food, don’t worryyyy).

Meat lovers, it’s all well and good knowing about the best steak restaurant in Melbourne, or being first through the doors of the latest American BBQ grill. It’s even better to know how to cook the perfect steak yourself. But what’s really rocking our meat nerd socks right now—and setting us apart from our meat-fan mates—is tapping into the knowledge of Melbourne’s best butchers or, more specifically, the meat maestro that is Peter Bouchier.

Listers, the rise of Abbotsford continues with news that two of Melbourne’s most in-the-know restaurateurs, Dan Zeidan and Maurice Manno, are set to open Mavis The Grocer, a new Melbourne cafe and artisanal grocer.

Listers, it’s no secret that I love cheese. Just one mention of a double cream blue and I go weak at the knees; a washed rind and I’m yours for the night. So without further ado, here are 50 of the best dishes that contain cheese in Melbourne. 

Get excited, Listers—everyone’s favourite vegan vamps are opening a shiny new Melbourne deli!

In the words of the Vengaboys, we like to party! And by party, we mean eat our way through the menus at Melbourne’s best restaurants and cafes in order to bring you the tastiest, absolute must-try dishes each month.

With so much to eat, see, and do, we took a trip to this gem of a neighbourhood to bring you the very best of Kew.

Meat lovers, have you ever wondered about a club that gives you access to awesome grass fed meat? Well, dreams do come true! Introducing The Meat Society.

Could one of these be the best Paleo shop in Melbourne? Here are our clean eating shop picks for Melbourne.

After a cracking success in 2014, the 15th of March will see a festival of brie-lliant proportions with Fromage A Trois!

Not sure what to pack for the perfect picnic? We’ve got you covered with our ultimate list of picnic must-haves…ready for you to click and shop today!

Pope Joan chef and co-owner, Matt Wilkinson, talks to us about opening his dream deli, restaurant and takeaway hybrid in East Brunswick.  

The seeds of Sagra, an impressive new endeavour opening on Malvern’s Glenferrie Road that ambitiously combines Italian restaurant, bar, deli and gallery space, were sown long ago, when owner Ross Chessari was a babe in arms.

As the old year draws to a close, what better to reflect on than the foods we have loved (and often over-indulged in until we loathed) during the past year. 

We’ve put together a collection of Champions from the recent Australian Grand Dairy Awards plus we’ve scored some tips from The Dairy Kitchen on how to create the best cheese board ever!

This December, Melbourne markets have gone bonkers just in time for Christmas! Here's a list of the best markets in Melbourne to fill to your stocking.

Blood Orange Foodstore in Hawthorn successfully combines the the charm of a friendly grocer, the convenience of a corner store and the quality selection of produce and artisan products of a farmers market.

Get your fresh produce straight from the farmers, or pick up an artisan-designed one off! Make your November all about Melbourne’s best markets.

Don't hide the salami, Listers! Held on Sunday 26th of October at the Northcote Town Hall, the Melbourne Salami Festa is about celebrating the pig and all its parts.

Here at TUL, we’re often asked by readers where they can easily access a list of our ‘best of’ lists. The answer, my friends, is right hurr. Today we’re kicking off with our pick of our food ‘best ofs’.

What’s on in Melbourne for food lovers this October? Look no further than our handy guide to the best foodie events in town! Summer is still far enough away to pig out, so head on down, gourmands, to some of the best foodie events this October!

Our favourite purveyor of fine wines, oozy fromage and cocktails complete with cheesy garnishes, Milk the Cow, has sent Team TUL into a tizz with the announcement of a second outpost in Carlton

Not only have we found Melbourne's best markets to visit this September, we've compiled them into one nifty calendar for your perusing pleasure. 

Just launched, The Raw Store is a local, organic, sustainable, fair food community that offers members organic goods at cost price. Needless to say, we're already a little bit in love with this Thornbury store!

From drinking holes galore to sweat-soaked gig venues, meatball sliders to fresh Mex, healthy delights to homemakers’ heaven, Richmond is a shiny, happy playground for many a Melburnian. In our humble opinion, here’s the best of the ‘burb.

Look for Melbourne's best markets in July? Organic famers markets, craft markets, design markets, a night market…you name it, we’ve all the best markets in Melbourne right here!

 Take this guide to the best croissants in Melbourne as our permission for you to treat yourself and get gobbling on some of the best pastries in town.

It's International Doughnut Day! In honour of this tubular treat’s special day, we’ve round up Australia’s best doughnut bakeries, so you can get your fix on to celebrate. We've got Brisbane's best doughnuts, Sydney's best doughnuts, and Melbourne's best 

Urban Provedore is a new South Yarra café-cum-provedore serving up gourmet dishes, top quality coffee and only the finest local provincial produce around. It's little wonder it's become the new hot spot for trendy local lunch-timers and commuters alike.

From epic roasts to decadent high coffee, June is full of not-to-be missed culinary highlights. So sink your teeth into our handy guide of foodie events to book in June.

Gather your baskets, pop on your gumboots and make your way the best Melbourne markets this June!

From goat’s to cow’s, gouda to gruyere and everything in between, we’ve got dairy devotees covered with our list of Melbourne’s best cheese shops.

Amidst the cornucopia of colourful confectionery in Chapel Street's fabulous Burch & Purchese sweet studio, the Easter range is particularly enticing, with freshly hatched bright blue edible Easter chicks, a fried egg hat for regular Pablo the penguin, and double-layered eggs in bright red and sunflower yellow.

For most, fruit or choc chip is the biggest decision, but for the gluten intolerant, hot cross buns are a delicacy that only become available in the month before Easter Sunday. Here's where to find Melbourne's best!

Easter is just a bunny hop away, which means one thing – CHOCOLATE! And lots of it. To help you prepare for the obligatory Easter egg hunt and long Sunday lunch, we've checked out what the local chocolatiers have on offer to tantalise the taste buds. Behold our pick of the best boutique chocolate companies for Easter – the list is so good you will have to try and hide your purchases from yourself!

Savvy online shoppers of Melbourne – listen up! River Island and THE ICONIC are teaming up to bring us a not-to-be-missed runway show as part of the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival. Get. Excited. 

Foodies, listen up! Autumn Flavour Exchange is taking over Fed Square for a two-day showcase of Victoria’s finest producers. Chat to the experts and get a lip-smacking taste of what they have to offer. 

Conscious consumers and yogis of all bendy abilities – this one’s for you! Australia’s newest holistic festival, Wanderlust in the City, hits St Kilda’s South Beach on Monday 10th March.

Three years ago, with the help of her vintage carry tin, reserves of dry ice & a bunch of creative friends, Michelle Luckman brought forth into the world her fragrant, exotic artisan icypoles – Lucky Pops. 

Set in Preston’s prestigious Excelsior Building, Mad Cowgirls Vegan Grocery is a one-stop vegan shop – everything sold in the store is cruelty free, organic and in many cases, gluten free.

The biggest celebration of all things yummy, the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival, returns at the end of February, and tickets to some of the best events are selling out fast. Buy these NOW!

In honour of Australia Day, here are the places selling Melbourne's best lamingtons, pies, pavlovas, anzac biscuits and other Aussie classics. 

Ladies and gentlemen, I have a bold statement to make – Smith Street is the new Brunswick Street. There, I said it. With a bunch of cool new places opening up weekly, a long standing reputation as a hipster hub and of course, the greatest Northside location, Smith Street is a melting pot of cultural greatness and a definite must on any Melburnian's list of places to explore. Here's a helpful guide of the best places to eat, drink, and shop on Smith Street – perfect if you're new to the strip, or even just looking for a bit of variation from your ol' faithful. 

Last month Yo-Chi Frozen Yoghurt opened up shop on Faraday Street in Carlton, and we’re giving you the chance to win a summer of froyo with a $250 Yo Chi voucher just by completing our insider survey.

Who wants to slave over a hot stove on the 25th, when it’s high on the Christmas cards you’ll only end up with a dry ol’ bird. Check out our selection of Melbourne's best seafood suppliers.

Ah, the humble picnic, a global tradition spanning back centuries to the stone ages themselves, ingrained in history as one of the finest joys the summer months enable!

Kiwi coffee outfit, Allpress, have finally found the perfect spot in Collingwood, opening up a vast roastery and café on Rupert Street. We get them to spill the beans on the caffeine scene's latest addition.

Did you know that tea leaves are good for healing shaving cuts and can eliminate bad odours when added to a foot bath? Here's our pick of the places to grab a Darjeeling and put your pinky up.

Plump, juicy, moist breast meat. Sweet, salty, spicy, peppery, tangy, sticky, crispy, barbequey skin. Chewy, crunchy, delectable wings ... yup, we’re talking poultry of the takeaway variety! Here are our pick of Melbourne's best takeaway chicken. 

With over 600 retailers, the Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne's best fresh produce and shopping market, can be a little overwhelming. Need help? Here's our hit list of the best things to see, do, taste and buy at the Vic Market.

Too busy, lazy or forgetful to make lunch? Never fear, we've compiled the best lunch deliveries in Melbourne - from salads to sushi, bagels & baguettes, these guys will make you a tasty lunch and bring it to you too!