"Bread is like a sport: you have to practice every day if you want to go to the olympics". 

There was a time when bread and butter was free at many Melbourne restaurants. Those days are long gone, with venues charging anywhere between $3 and $12 a serve. Broadsheet contributor Sasha Murray has crossed the city to try the starter in all its iterations (puffy, woodfired flatbread; stacks of fluffy focaccia, chunky slices of coffee sourdough) and joins Around Town to share why it's worth forking out for Melbourne's bread and butter. 

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Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town is hosted by Katya Wachtel and produced by Nicola Sitch.

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"Bread is like a sport: you have to practice every day if you want to go to the olympics".  There was a time when bread and butter was free at many Melbourne restaurants. Those days are long gone, with venues charging anywhere between $3 and $12 a serve. Broadsheet contributor Sasha Murray has crossed the city to try the starter in all its iterations (puffy, woodfired flatbread; stacks of fluffy focaccia, chunky slices of coffee sourdough) and joins Around Town to share why it's worth forking out for Melbourne's bread and butter.  New episodes of Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town drop Monday, Wednesday, Friday each week. Subscribe on the LiSTNR app to make sure you don’t miss an episode. And keep up-to-date on everything Broadsheet has to offer at <a href="http://www.broadsheet.com.au/">www.Broadsheet.com.au</a>, or at @Broadsheet_melb.  Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town is hosted by Katya Wachtel and produced by Nicola Sitch.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Broadsheet Melbourne: Around Town is a biweekly culture podcast that dives deep into Australian food, entertainment, fashion, art and everything in between.

Each Tuesday, we sit down with a person making an impact on culture and the way we live. It could be the founder of a brand we use every day, a restaurateur who’s transformed how we dine, a filmmaker behind a series we can’t stop watching or a bartender shaking up a twist on a classic cocktail. 

On Thursdays, hear from a rotating cast of Broadsheet editors on openings and events in Melbourne; recommendations as asked for by you; and anything we haven’t been able to stop talking about in the office – all in less than 10 minutes.

Your short audio guide to the latest in food and culture around Melbourne.