Print Issue 23

We're back. After a three-year hiatus, Broadsheet print issues are on the streets of Melbourne again.

Head to your local cafe and pick up a copy to read about the city's last hand-pleating workshop; sit in on a staff meal with the team at Ides restaurant; learn how Preston barbeque joint Dexter makes its famous meat doughnuts; and see what happened when comedian Ryan Shelton tried to eat 10 of Supernormal's New England lobster rolls in a single sitting.

Work Uniform: Tom Riley

FashionThe Australian director of P Johnson Tailors has a “scruffy” sense of style that nonethless has a casual sense of elegance about it.

Are Melbourne’s Cafes Out of Ideas?

Food & DrinkOur cafe culture is admired around the world. It’s been successfully exported to cities as diverse as New York, London, Berlin, Paris, Budapest, Tokyo and Jakarta. Can we keep it up, or is Melbourne’s time in the sun over?

IPA Evolves Again

Food & DrinkCraft beer's most popular style has produced yet another variant: the so-called “brut IPA”.

Very Serious Business: Why Do I Pay For Milk?

Food & DrinkThe lactose intolerant and/or indifferent are being mistreated across the nation, and no one is saying anything. Black-coffee-drinker Patrick Boyle thinks it’s time to make a stand.

Strawberry Versus Acai Berry

Food & DrinkIn our ongoing series, “Versus”, we look at two similar ingredients or products and ask: what are the actual differences between them?

What to Plant This Spring

Food & DrinkGet your veggie patch off to a flying start with help from gardener and author Mat Pember.

Six Tips to Help Flowers Last

Art & DesignSome simple advice to ensure your next bunch looks better and lasts longer.

Didirri’s Search for Honesty and Connection

EntertainmentA remarkable family upbringing is behind this rising singer-songwriter, who you're going to be hearing a lot more about in coming years.

A Closer Look: Sunda

Food & DrinkPolished, ambitious Southeast Asian cooking arrives in Melbourne, elegantly refuting stereotypes around the cuisines.

Cafe Highlights: September

Food & DrinkNew cafes are opening constantly. In partnership with Vittoria Coffee, we're shining a light on the best recent entries, whether they're pushing the genre forward or simply excelling at the familiar.

Folded Histories

FashionMelbourne’s last hand-pleating workshop – and one of just a few left in the world – is keeping a time-honoured art alive. But it looks certain to go under, unless a crowdfunding campaign can save it.

Designing Tomorrow

Art & DesignHospitality design is more vital than it’s ever been. Here are six young firms behind our favourite spaces across the country.

Staff Meal: Ides

Food & DrinkIn fine dining, where chefs and waiters often work long stretches without a break, it’s customary for the front- and back-of-house teams to gather for a meal and bond prior to service. We dropped in for one at Collingwood restaurant Ides, where the conversation took an unexpected turn over flank steak and pasta bake.

Places We Swim: Lightning Ridge Artesian Bore Bath

TravelThis thermal pool in western New South Wales sits at a steamy 40 degrees, like a giant outdoor bathtub.

How It’s Made: Dexter’s Meat Doughnut

Food & DrinkIn our ongoing series, we look at iconic Melbourne dishes and exactly what needs to happen before they can reach the plate.

More Super Than Normal

Food & DrinkThe story of an iconic Melbourne dish – Supernormal's lobster roll – and a hero who dared to eat 10 in a single sitting.

Label to Know: Stetig

FashionA small-run menswear label with soft suiting for the conscious consumer.

Sounds Like a Good Idea

Art & DesignThese unconventional headphones are the highest-funded Australian Kickstarter project to date. What made 7700 people excited enough to pledge money?

Is the Term “Natural Wine” Still Useful?

Food & DrinkEarlier this year Australia’s most important wine festival – Rootstock Sydney – abruptly shut down. What does it mean for the offbeat wines it helped normalise across the country, and the industry as a whole?

Would You Like Improved Focus With That?

Food & DrinkBulletproof coffee had us adding butter to our long blacks. Now baristas are dosing orders with coconut oil and tea extracts in the name of better health. But does the science stack up?

How Melbourne Museum Became One of the City's Best Music Venues

EntertainmentThe adults-only series of Nocturnal events has turned Melbourne Museum into one of the city's best late-night venues. We found out how it's making an impact.

Other Series

Newly Opened

Work Uniform: Tom Riley

Are Melbourne’s Cafes Out of Ideas?

IPA Evolves Again

Very Serious Business: Why Do I Pay For Milk?

Strawberry Versus Acai Berry

What to Plant This Spring

Six Tips to Help Flowers Last

Didirri’s Search for Honesty and Connection

A Closer Look: Sunda

Cafe Highlights: September

Folded Histories

Designing Tomorrow

Staff Meal: Ides

Places We Swim: Lightning Ridge Artesian Bore Bath

How It’s Made: Dexter’s Meat Doughnut

More Super Than Normal

Label to Know: Stetig

Sounds Like a Good Idea

Is the Term “Natural Wine” Still Useful?

Would You Like Improved Focus With That?

How Melbourne Museum Became One of the City's Best Music Venues

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