Australia is sports mad from cricket in the summer to the two codes of football during the winter and all types of athletics and swimming increasingly popular amongst all ages. Every day, Australians practice, train or work out to ensure they are better prepared for an upcoming game or sporting event. Even more, Australians enjoy watching sport than participate in it, which gives you some indication of just how big of a deal it is.

Some characteristics make food inherently better and the freshness of the ingredients used is one of them. For a long time, this posed a challenge to restaurants: how do you get fresh fruit, vegetables and animal products to your kitchen? In the past (and today in some cases), restaurants paid a high premium on transportation costs to ensure their ingredients arrived as quickly as possible. But now there is another and arguably better way: the local produce restaurant.

When craving food from your favourite restaurant, you'd typically think of two options: order online (for delivery) or make a trip to the restaurant's location (eating in). But what if you enjoy the convenience of both? Many diners don't like having to wait for their food to get ready while at the restaurant, while some still enjoy the ambiance that a particular location provides. But do you have to compromise wait times for ambiance?

When hosting a gluten-free kids' party, there are a few factors to consider, including providing food that kids will actually eat and minimising the risk of cross-contamination. If there's food on the premises that does contain gluten, steps will need to be taken to ensure gluten-free food is prepared in a separate area of the kitchen and that separate utensils are used for serving the food. Anyone preparing or serving the food will also need to practice meticulous hand hygiene after coming into contact with food that contains gluten.

When you think of Korean food, you likely think of the popular Korean BBQ restaurants and meat-based dishes that have become synonymous with the cuisine in restaurants across Australia. It's true that many traditional Korean dishes are meat-based, and meat is also often used as a garnish for vegetable-based dishes, but there are also several authentic dishes that are accidentally vegan. This is somewhat due to the fact that meat was once a much more expensive and scarce ingredient than it is today, so it was eaten less often and dishes that used meat as the main ingredient were more likely to be reserved for special occasions.

Most people mistakenly think of Chinese food as one cuisine, but it's actually made up of eight different cooking traditions, each with its own unique characteristics. If you prefer fish and seafood to typical popular Chinese restaurant dishes like Sichuan pork and General Tso's chicken, here are four types of Chinese cuisine that you'll love. Guangdong Cuisine Also known as Cantonese or Yue cuisine, Guangdong cuisine is one of the most popular types of Chinese food you'll find in Australian restaurants.

If you're on a weight loss journey but have been asked to go out to a Chinese restaurant, here is some advice that you should follow if you want to ensure that you stay on track with your diet whilst still having a lovely meal. Don't skip the deep-fried dishes Chinese restaurants usually sell a lot of rich, flavoursome dishes, many of which are deep-fried and quite calorific. Your first instinct might be to avoid ordering these items.

Whether you've given up coffee to reduce your anxiety, improve your sleep or just to break your addiction, it can be hard to hard to work out what to order when you're next at your favourite café. If you're stuck for ideas, why not try tea? Here are 4 teas former coffee lovers will enjoy sipping on. Earl grey tea If kicking your coffee habit has nothing to do with caffeine and you still want a morning pick me up, there are plenty of caffeine-rich teas out there.