PICK OF THE DAY

˜…˜…˜…˜… DEXTER 8.30pm, Showcase Is this as close to perfect as a finale gets? I think we said that about The Wire, but Dexter edges even closer to 11-out-of-10 as our man's half-loving, half-lethal pursuit of Trinity concludes in a manner no one expected.

Flavour Of The Week

Tartare sauce is easy to make and homemade versions always taste better than the commercially bottled ones.

Pipe-bomb Victim's Son Charged

A MAN whose father was killed when a homemade bomb exploded as he mowed his lawn has been charged with possessing drugs and receiving stolen property.

Luckless Gaza's Grim Prognosis

AT LEAST for now, the rocketeers of Gaza are winning - not militarily, but politically. Israel's decision to ease its recently intensified blockade of the narrow, coastal Palestinian enclave, which has been ruled by the extremist Hamas movement since last June, was sensible. However, it showed that the cynical Hamas tactic of encouraging Palestinian fighters to maintain a haphazard barrage of homemade missiles on nearby Israeli civilian targets has worked, prompting an all too typical, and ...

Upper Crust

A homemade pie is the ideal picnic centrepiece. It's tasty, portable and needs only a simple green salad to become a satisfying meal. By Karen Martini.

Totally Crackers

Cheese and biscuits are the food world's great entertainers - especially when the lavoche, oat crackers, and fennel-seed biscuits are homemade.

Wine Was 'homemade'

ELIE DE ROTHSCHILD 1917-2007

Homemade Fast Food

It's been a long day at work and you're tired and hungry. There's a take-away just down the road but you'd really rather have something homemade for dinner - what can you cook that will taste good, be good for you and be on the table in half an hour? If you can't answer this question (and you won't be alone) you might need professional help. After years of fielding basic cooking questions from clients, caterer Gaynor Taylor has opened a cooking school with an emphasis on solving simple cooking ...

Team Supreme

Matthew Evans goes one step further than homemade pizza dough - he builds the wood-fired oven, too.

Pharmacist Deregistered Over Lotion

A COUNTRY pharmacist who dispensed his own homemade ulcer lotion to a woman who suffered a nearly fatal allergic reaction, has been deregistered.

Point Of Difference

A strong homemade menu sets this Gladesville deli apart.

Kid-chef Supreme

It started with cupcakes, now homemade dough is a cinch for one young cookery fanatic.

An Art Worth Preserving

Delicious, fruity, homemade jam is universally admired but jam making has gained an undeserved reputation for being too hard.

Friedrich Gray Spring/summer Launch The Kirk Gallery, Surry Hills

hit It could have been a hybrid art happening in Berlin, but it was actually the latest instalment from designer Ben Pollitt. The last-minute venue change didn't stop the hordes of loyal fans streaming into the former church (and Madame Lash's haunt) to see the sophisticated streetwear on wet-look models. Pollitt's mum was even on hand to pass out the party pies with homemade tomato relish. Sweet!

Dancing Queens Melbourne Bound

DANCING drag queens will hit Melbourne when homemade musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert opens in October.

'desert' Dancing Queens On The Way

DANCING drag queens will hit Melbourne when the homemade musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert opens in October.

First-class Facilities Remove The Responsibility Of Upkeep

PERHAPS inspired by the homemade huts and vegetable patches of Nimbin in the 1980s, commune-type developments are becoming popular in more sophisticated societies.

Childhood Trauma Party Food

WHAT: Homemade finger food taken straight from the latest issue of Family Circle, lovingly prepared by the mother of birthday boy/girl.

Revenge Suspected

DESIRE for revenge on another man for taking up with his ex-girlfriend led Daniel Fing to plant a homemade explosive device that destroyed two cars, police alleged.

Molik's Failure To Do Homework Almost Spoils School Holiday Activity

SOME days, Melbourne Park looks and feels like a giant school holidays program. The Fanatics at Vodafone Arena yesterday were like kids at a school concert, assembled in rows, brightly dressed in identical yellow with matching homemade sombreros, all their lines learned off by heart. Like schoolkids, they wanted everyone to see and hear them.