Hosting the perfect Australia Day barbeque

Australia Day is upon us, so how do you plan the perfect barbeque for the occa ...

Doctors' Sobering Barbecue Warning

HAVING a cold beer while turning the snags on the barbecue is an Aussie tradition but doctors are begging people to stay sober while doing it.

Heat Up The Barbecue

Australians have such a strong connection to their barbecue that even the chilliest of nights does not dull the desire for a piece of freshly cooked steak.

By The Book

Real Men Do It Outdoors: The Blokes' BBQ Cookbook Joshua Barnes $24.95 Longueville Books In the introduction to Real Men Do It Outdoors: The Blokes' BBQ Cookbook, Barnes assures readers this book has been a labour of love.

An Extra-tasty Tuesday - And You'd Batter Believe It

ILLAWARRA pancake lovers will be letting their belts out an extra hole on Tuesday, all in the name of charity of course.

Barbecue

We may think Australians invented it but

New In Store

Peter Howard Hickory Smoke Barbeque Relish, $6.95/230g.

Councillors The Main Course At Rabbitohs' Bbq

Souths will hold a barbeque rally at Redfern Park on December 4 to protest Town Hall's decision to convert the area into open parkland with a small pavilion rather than a 14,000-seat stadium.

Fire Up The Barbecue

THIS weekend finally sees the arrival of daylight saving, which means it's time to ditch kitchen cooking for the outdoor barbecue.

Sydney Team Loses To Barbie Boys

The Barbeque Boys took home the winner's trophy from the Red Bull Billycart Grand Prix in Melbourne yesterday. About 40,000 people watched the 96 home-made billycarts race on a mini-version of a Grand Prix track, complete with chicanes and pits. Team Disco Fever, from Pymble, NSW, took second prize and Speed Spark, from Melbourne, came third. The Barbeque Boys, from Monbulk, Victoria, can choose between a trip to a European Grand Prix event or $20,000.

The Barbeque

The Barbeque WHERE: La Mama, 205 Faraday St, Carlton Tel: 9347 6142 WHEN: To Oct 10 TICKETS: $15/$11 **

Sizzling Summer Show Offers Real-life Laughs

WE'VE all been to one: a barbecue where the gas won't light, the only cooked sausage falls on to the dirt and every blowfly in the bush turns up for a free feed. Welcome to Sizzle, which lets us laugh at all our worst barbie nightmares.

Chop Chop

RESTAURANT REVIEW Top Choi Barbeque Restaurant, Burwood, Saturday lunch 174 Burwood Road, Burwood, 9715 2233. Helen Greenwood finds a man busy with a cleaver - and succulent chicken, duck and pork.

Summer Delights

NO backyard summer barbeque would be complete without the customary plate piled high with icy-cold watermelon slices. For thousands of years sweet and succulent melons have been enjoyed for their taste and refreshing qualities. Melons are made up of 90 per cent water and are low in calories and

Vegetable Matter

Max Allen reveals his secrets for a meat-free barbeque. This might be a bit of a shock for true-blue Aussies, but it is possible to have a full-on, celebration-of-summer, outdoor barbecue without even a scrap of meat, fish or cheese in sight. Think green. Find the biggest bowl you have and pil

Rockets Blast To 3-0 Lead In Finals

HOUSTON, Monday: The feeling is so palpable they can practically taste it, as well as smell it. It permeates the air like the down-home ribs and grits you can get around the corner at Drexler's Barbeque , a long three-pointer from the Houston Summit. It's tantalisingly greasy, this emotion engulf

Barbie Won't Get The Chop

CANBERRA: The nation's most expensive barbeque will be ready for firing next month after its embarrassed owner, the Federal Government, decided yesterday it was too late to stop its building. The Minister for Justice, Senator Tate, conceded yesterday that work on a$160,000 barbeque area fo

Jail Barbies Lure Back Inmates

OFFENDERS sentenced to weekend detention are being offered barbeque lunches and shopping expeditions to K mart in an attempt to improve attendance, the State Opposition revealed yesterday. Only half those sentenced to Emu Plains weekend detention centre bothered to turn up, Labor's prison

Barbeques Galore To Float Next Month

Mr Sam Linz's barbeque specialist retailer, Barbeques Galore, is to join the stock exchange boards next month as The Galore Group Ltd. Formed 10 years ago to sell barbeques from a garage in Auburn, the Galore Group will raise $18 million from institutional investors by placing 30 million s