Offbeat PASSION Pop — it’s a rite of passage for many young Australians. But if you’re planning on travelling to Sri Lanka, expect to pay top dollar for a single bottle.

Health YOU might think it’s simple. Put food on a plate, then eat it. But that actually leads to an easy mistake that piles on the kilos.

Offbeat A VEGAN was left with a bad taste in her mouth after paying $22 at a restaurant in Newcastle for a dish she found distinctly lacking.

Lifestyle Try this simple seafood pâté

Food & Entertainment GETTING steak cooked exactly as you want it isn’t foolproof. But it would seem some chefs are meddling with “medium-rare” and cooking your steak wrong on purpose.

Lifestyle A MUM has taken to an online forum, after she was accused of “starving” her daughter by a friend over her school lunch. So whose side are you on?

Health THE key to weight loss isn’t starving yourself. To stop yourself from heading to the vending machine this arvo, try these options for lunch.