My cover story in today’s Epicure Good Food in The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald looks at the burgeoning number of chef-driven forums including Denmark’s MAD Symposiums and Ben Shewry’s recent WAW Gathering. I talked […]
Category: Issues
The good oil on the war against junk food
Deirdre Baum walks through her olive grove in Laharum. The trees are recovering after fires swept through the property. Photo: Photo: Simon O’Dwyer Australians need to eat better. In an effort to fight back against […]
Father’s way: dads and the recipes they share with their children
I loved hearing the (sometimes very eccentric) stories of fathers and their culinary ways for yesterday’s cover story in Epicure. One of my favourites would have to be Jacob Abboud, father of Rumi’s Joseph Abboud. He makes his Sunday […]
The end of the road for the forgotten ones
I had an interesting story in last Saturday’s Age. What happens to all those people who pass away without family or next of kin to organise their funeral? A new film called Still Life is out […]
How boys become men in a world of online porn, social media and sexts
This story took a lot of work in terms of thinking through the issues and talking to my male friends, most of whom are fathers themselves, as well as mothers, experts and online resources. […]
Ordinary people, lending a hand
Despite increasingly harsh policies directed at asylum seekers from both sides of politics it turns out there are plenty of ordinary Australians who are doing their bit to lend these vulnerable people a helping hand. Read […]
