Terry Durack

Sydney

Chief Restaurant Critic at Sydney Morning Herald

Chief Restaurant Critic at Good Food

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Articles

If you aren’t taking your inner child on holiday, you’re missing out

2 days ago | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

Good Weekend columnist and Traveller contributor June 26, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Parents who travel with their children say how wonderful it is to view the world through their eyes. They say they love building memories for them of the exciting places and people they experience. But we all have a child lurking inside of us, according to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung.
10 dinner party conversation prompts for foodies

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

In the interests of sparking more interesting discussions, I hereby pass on 10 questions to help break the ice. , register or subscribe to save recipes for later. You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. We’ve all been there. Stuck in the middle of a table of strangers at lunch or dinner, feeling a bit lost for words.
When it comes to eating overseas, forget what’s new. Go for what’s old

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

Good Weekend columnist and Traveller contributor June 19, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This article is part of Traveller’s Holiday Guide to bucket-list places to eat.See all stories. After a lifetime of chasing the newest hotels, hottest restaurants and latest food trends all over the world, I’ve changed my mind.
The important role of the dining chair from Bentwood chairs to booths and banquettes

3 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

As soon as I enter a new restaurant, my mind does an automatic equation between Comfort Level of Seat versus Length of Time at Table, factoring in whether I get the padded banquette or the chair facing it. , register or subscribe to save recipes for later. You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime.
Top tips for eating your way around the world from a professional food critic

3 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. On my first trip overseas, four decades ago, I did everything wrong. I ordered cappuccinos after lunch in Rome, and ate with my left hand in Morocco. On my second trip, I spent three days in France with my watch on English time, turning up an hour early to everything.
They might be tacky, but here’s why souvenirs matter

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

Good Weekend columnist May 29, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. There is coconut candy from the Mekong Delta in my kitchen drawer and a bottle of Kowloon Soy Co. Gold Label soy sauce in the cupboard. They’re my travel souvenirs, tangible reminders of where I have been.
Terry Durack on why white plates are best

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

, register or subscribe to save recipes for later. You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Plates, I’ve seen a few. Smooth porcelain, noisy stoneware, glossy melamine, sustainable bamboo. From silver salvers on ceremonial duty to bendy paper plates for picnics, they’re there at every stage of our lives.
The only place you should ‘go on a diet’, according to a food writer

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

Chief restaurant critic for The Sydney Morning Herald May 22, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Going on a diet is the last thing any sane person would think about while swanning around the Mediterranean. But if you’re having yoghurt for breakfast, pasta al pomodoro for lunch, and grilled fish and a glass of wine for dinner, you’re already on one of the oldest diets in the world. The Mediterranean one.
How Sunday brunch replaced the weekly family roast tradition

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

The weekly roast dinner may have gone the way of church attendance, but new rituals have sprung up in its place. , register or subscribe to save recipes for later. You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Sunday lunch doesn’t carry the weight that it used to. The Sunday roast was once as indisputable as the Sunday visit to church.
Gone are the

2 months ago | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

Gone are the days of the expensive long lunch. Here’s where to find some of the best express lunch deals right now. , register or subscribe to save recipes for later. You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Remember the days of the long lunch? No, me neither.