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Cheat’s roast potato
If the perfect roast potato is your thing, you need to invest the time to get it just right. You need them soft and fluffy on the inside, and golden and crispy on the outside. In my book, that means par-boiling them first, and then roasting them in a hot oven for at least 30 [...]
Spanish prawns
This dish is an absolute delight to eat. It’s easy to make and has the added value of being a little bit posh if you’re looking to impress your guests. This dish will serve 4, or, if you like it as much as I do, then it’ll serve just 2. Ingredients 24 uncooked tiger prawns, washed, [...]
Women to watch
Jane Needham SC It’s easy to imagine Jane Needham as the main character in an ABC drama about making it in the boy’s club that is the upper echelons of the legal profession. However, it’s the breadth of her extra-curricular engagement, the kind of detail that would never make it past the first draft of a [...]
Pork stir fry with noodles.
Stir frys are a staple in my house for two reasons. Firstly, they contain meat and noodles and from my kids’ point of view, what’s not to like? Secondly, they contain easily identifiable vegetables, so when one child moans “I hate carrot, I only want the celery!” I can reply: ”Well pick it out then!” while [...]
The sisterhood claws
WHAT WAS SHE THINKING? screamed the Hoopla headline. Miranda Devine declared her ‘not much of a sister’, oh the irony. Even Lisa Wilkinson tweeted her disappointment. What was the catalyst for such a backlash? It was Germaine Greer’s appearance on ABC’s Q and A this past Monday night during which she remarked on Julia Gillard’s dress sense, [...]
The sharpest snip
Blunt scissors are a pain in the arse, they can also be a massive pain in the hand. Better than buying a new pair is to try to sharpen the ones you already have. Prevention may be better than a cure, but when you need to cut something, you reach for the scissors, blunting properties [...]
I love this dress
In fact, I fucking love this dress. This is the dress which means I will be a little less nostalgic for the days of swanning around a not-quite-tidy-but-tidy-enough house while the kids are at school. This is the dress which will soften the blow of having to give up my 9.30am weekday ritual of strolling into [...]