The nation's Hot 50 restaurants

This weekend's special edition of The Australian Weekend Magazine is dedicated to food and dining. Which, obviously, is right up our alley. Our cover story is dedicated to the most talked about restaurants across the country at the moment, with 50 notable and new restaurants, wineries and venues to discover. Read about it here.

But there's plenty more to the edition too, including Lennox Hastie's very comforting (and glamorous) comfort recipes featuring corn. Try his silky chicken and sweetcorn soup, and team it with his cornbread, two recipes that will light up your May home cooking.

This week, we also have recipes from Melbourne chef Thi Le, a Vietnamese migrant who has brought her love for the food of her homeland to Australia. Her new book, Viet Kieu has a bounty of succulent recipes, and we have three to present to you this week. Click the links to read more.

There's much more to enjoy in this edition including an interesting journey through American political cookbooks (see our PS item below).

Please enjoy this culinary edition, and happy dining.

Cellar director John Lehmann offers a massive saving of $654 this week on a super six offer on three high-quality Australian reds. Details here.

Veteran political consultant Yaron Finkelstein collects a different kind of cookbook. In his collection are books of former US presidents from Jefferson to Clinton and plenty in between. What does he see in them, and what did the old presidents cook? Find out here.