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Ottolenghi’s eggplant with capers and dill

By Yotam Ottolenghi · Food / Recipes

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Ottolenghi’s eggplant with capers and dill

By Yotam Ottolenghi · Food / Recipes

TITLE: Eggplant with capers and dill - Advertisement Good Food logo Recipes Dinner party Ottolenghi’s eggplant with capers and dill Yotam Ottolenghi September 15, 2026 - Print Share Advertisement Eggplant with capers and dill from Ottolenghi Simple Too. Jonathan Lovekin easy Time: 30 mins - 1 hour Serves: 4 Dinner party Eggplant Vegetarian Vegan Middle Eastern Mediterranean Vegetables Side dish Summer barbecue This is a kind of simplified and sped-up caponata. It’s sweet yet savoury, rich but not too much. That’s why it’s good in so many situations: as a smart warm starter, a fridge staple to stuff into pita, or a side to go with meat, fish or a bowl of rice. - Advertisement Ingredients 2–3 eggplants, halved lengthways and each half cut into 3 long wedges - Method Step 1 Preheat the oven to 220°C fan-forced (240°C conventional).

‘The sauce alone is drinkable’: Three simple sides from Ottolenghi’s new cookbook

By Yotam Ottolenghi · Food / Recipes

TITLE: Ottolenghi Simple Too: Three new vegetable side recipes - ‘The sauce alone is drinkable’: Three simple sides from Ottolenghi’s new cookbook Three million home cooks bought Yotam Ottolenghi’s Simple, and now the Israeli-British chef and restaurateur is back with a follow-up, Simple Too, co-authored by chef and recipe developer Verena Lochmuller. Every dish has simplicity at its core and can be made in under 30 minutes, cooked in one pot, or prepped ahead. Here are three simple new vegie sides from the new book that are packed with colour, flavour and texture. - 3 recipes Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. - Share EASY One-pot Braised halloumi with tomatoes and beans 30 mins - 1 hr EASY Substantial salads Charred green bean salad < 30 mins Yotam Ottolenghi EASY Dinner party Eggplant with capers and dill 30 mins - 1 hr Yotam Ottolenghi Advertisement

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TITLE: Inside the Catherine Martin/Baz Luhrmann-designed Celia suite on the Belmond Pullman - Advertisement Good Food Guide Food Inside the Catherine Martin/Baz Luhrmann-designed Celia suite on the Belmond Pullman Invite your 11 poshest friends, roll through English countryside at an aristocratic pace, start speaking like a Mitford sister before you know it. - More Good Food videos Video icon 4:40 Fish for dinner? Follow Josh Niland's hot tips Video icon 1:23 Hot honey and aged cheddar pull-apart sliders Video icon 1:18 Skillet-charred date and citrus flatbreads Video icon 1:29 Sticky barbecue skewers Advertisement

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Wednesday Night Dining: The Food and Drink Specials Worth Planning Around in Sydney

TITLE: The Best Wednesday Dining Specials in Sydney | Broadsheet DESC: Skip cooking tonight. From $30 steak with unlimited fries to five-course feasts, these Sydney venues are serving up top-tier Wednesday night specials. - Subscribe Login Subscribe Login Subscribe Login Sydney Food & Drink Wednesday Night Dining: The Food and Drink Specials Worth Planning Around in Sydney Photo: Courtesy of Bloodwood From bottomless frites in Rozelle to a five-course feast in Darlinghurst, these midweek specials are reason enough to skip the takeaway. In partnership with DiDi, we round up five restaurants and bars making a case for the Wednesday night dinner outing. Words by Aimee Chanthadavong · Published on 25 Aug 2026 - Read later Wednesday has a lot going for it. The weekend crowds are still a few days away, tables are easier to come by and, if the week is starting to drag, there’s no better excuse to skip the takeaway and leave the house for dinner. - A handful of Sydney restaurants and bars are making a particularly good case for a midweek outing, with specials that turn a regular school night into something worth planning around. And with DiDi discounting rides on Wednesday nights, getting there costs less than it would any other night of the week. Here are five to put on the calendar. - Bloodwood Newtown’s Bloodwood makes a Wednesday night feel more occasion-worthy with its school-night menu. The three courses change with the seasons and come with a glass of wine or beer, all for $49. It’s a good option when the midweek slump calls for something more interesting than whatever’s in the fridge, and reason enough to settle in for a proper sit-down dinner instead of rushing home after work.

16 Hot New Melbourne Restaurants Opening Soon

TITLE: 16 Hot New Melbourne Restaurants Opening Soon | Broadsheet DESC: Including chef Ellie Bouhadana’s seaside debut, two new Chris Lucas projects, and follow-ups from the owners of Navi, Clover and Suze. - Subscribe Login Subscribe Login Subscribe Login Melbourne Food & Drink 16 Hot New Melbourne Restaurants Opening Soon The former Cam’s Kiosk · Photo: Ben Moynihan It’s going to be a gorgeous spring and summer, courtesy of Ellie Bouhadana’s debut restaurant, two new Chris Lucas projects, and follow-ups from the owners of Navi, Clover and Suze. Words by Nick Connellan · Updated on 11 Sep 2026 · Published on 08 Sep 2026 - Read later Signing up to our free newsletter is the best way to keep up with new restaurants. - 597 Hawksburn, Toorak It’s been three years since Gail and Kevin Donovan passed Donovans to long-time general manager Nick Parkhouse and his business partner Andrew Renfrey. With the forthcoming 597 Hawksburn, Parkhouse is proving not just a worthy custodian of the St Kilda institution, but a restaurateur capable of expanding its influence. Read more . - Agnii, Windsor Open-fire cooking has been popular in Australia for a few decades now. But in Sri Lanka, it never went away. Sri Lankan-born chef Gayan Pieris, founder of well-regarded Red Hill restaurant Many Little , is raring to cook on Agnii’s dara lipa (an open clay hearth) and poranuwa (an enclosed hearth more akin to a kiln or oven). “In a commercial kitchen context, I don’t think it’s ever been done before,” he says. Read more .

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Sydney’s magpie swooping season is officially here: here’s how to survive

TITLE: Sydney’s magpie swooping season is officially here DESC: Find out how to survive swooping season here in Sydney.