[rating:4] Londoner Kaushal has made it her personal mission to seek out the best places, products and ideas to make homelife with children stylish, practical and beautiful. Part lifestyle, part … [Read more...]
Book Review: Greetings from Knit Café
[rating:5] Opening Greetings from Knit Café is like receiving a big, warm, woolly hug. Author Suzan Mischer first learned to knit when she was seven. Her grandmother gave her a long pair of needles … [Read more...]
Book Review: The 1000 Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask Yourself
‘Self-help’ books are a dime a dozen on the shelves and probably always will be – not because us humans are a collective and consistently blathering mess, but because the human condition is one that … [Read more...]
Book Review: Ready, Set, Go?
[rating:4.5] One of the biggest steps a child takes is donning that backpack and heading off to school. It's not just academics each child needs to face - it's social skills and awareness, the ability … [Read more...]
Book Review: A Family in Paris by Jane Paech
[rating:5] It would be easy to turn green over a book celebrating a family's sojourn to Paris - plein de those glorious Parisian elements that make for such a life-changing experience. La vie en rose, … [Read more...]
Book Review: Style Notes by Maggie Alderson
[rating:4] One of Australia’s most dedicated fashion columnists, Maggie Alderson adds to her tripage of style-themed books (Shoe Money, Handbag Heaven and Gravity Sucks, as well as six bestselling … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Two Asian Kitchens by Adam Liaw
I was absolutely thrilled when Adam Liaw won Australia’s second MasterChef – I became personally enamoured with this cooking style (Japanese food and I have a thing going) and warm demeanor, and I … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Bake: Essential Companion by Alison Thompson
Okay - you wanna bake? Well, welcome to baking heaven. From the pale pink and black Fauchon-esque, superbly-styled cover, dotty endpapers and delectable paper - to the recipes themselves - this is a … [Read more...]
Book Review: Fifty Hats that Changed the World & Fifty Bags that Changed the World
These books are two new additions in the sensational 'Fifty...' series published by the Conran Octopus in conjunction with London's Design Museum. The world's leading museum devoted to contemporary … [Read more...]
What to do about everything – especially money
The big problem for twenty first century households, I now know, is chronic over-commitment which leads to never enough time and nowhere near enough energy. To cope, we give priority to the most … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Junior MasterChef
[rating:4] If the adult version of MasterChef really roasted your potatoes, then it's likely (unless you're the type who doesn't like working with animals or small children) that Junior MasterChef … [Read more...]
Book Review: How to Talk to Boys & How to Talk to Girls
No, parents, this is not a book on how you can possibly infiltrate your teen's blank wall. That's a whole other kettle of fish. This one is for the boys and girls. Teen boys and girls, that is. Of … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Hopscotch and Honey Joys by Lisa McCune
[rating:4.5] Once upon a time, it was de rigeur for celebrities to release a hit single. Or a perfume. Nowadays, it seems, it's books. But not just the ubiqitous 'auto'-biography (the inverted … [Read more...]
Book Review: Infidelity – Exploding the Myths by Julia Hartley Moore
[rating:4] When you think of a private investigator, you may picture a sweaty, overweight, balding man scouring the streets of a grimy Capital City with an instamatic, snapping telltale evidence in … [Read more...]
Poopy Kids’ Book a Charity Winner
Having a baby is one of the great joys of life, and expecting parents enter prospective births with much excitement and anticipation . . . What they don't usually expect, however, is to come … [Read more...]
New Zealand with Kids – Christchurch
My family and I were lucky last month. We visited the magnificent city of Christchurch and left only two short weeks before the tragic earthquake that crumbled this beautiful place to the ground, … [Read more...]
What’s going on with Women and Time? Really?
There's something happening to my days. It's not the usual 'oh my how time flies' type of evaporation that most women of a certain modern age experience - 'oh my goodness, it's Christmas already, yada … [Read more...]
New Zealand with Kids – Wellington
The drive in to Wellington is fascinating. When coming in from the north, you hit a multi-lane road (one of very, very few, all over NZ - hurrah!) and then weave through a series of cavernous hills, … [Read more...]
Making a Stand Against Media-Distorted Body Image
In response to alarming statistics relating to body image amongst Australia's young women, the Equality Rights Alliance is running a campaign to fight negative body image. The Alliance is intent on … [Read more...]
New Zealand with Kids – Rotorua
On day four of our NZ road trip, we left Auckland early, grabbed takeaway coffees and headed south east on highway 1 before turning off at highway 2 towards Matamata or ‘Hobbiton’ – the site where the … [Read more...]
New Zealand with Kids – Auckland
Hard to believe we’d not yet travelled to our across-the-ditch neighbour New Zealand… so a school holiday trip was long overdue. As we’re not [yet] skiers, we thought the height of summer might be a … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Table by the River by Dietmar Sawyere
[rating:4.5] If the luscious cover complete with handsome man adorning Table by the River doesn't immediately draw you in, the culinary story behind this internationally acclaimed chef will soon have … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: The Cook's Book of Ingredients
[rating:4.5] I've always been a Dorling Kindersley fan. The intense research, the clear, concise, comprehensive offering of information, the focus on visual splendour... they just stand alone. DK … [Read more...]
The Inaugural Aussie Bloggers Conference
Inspired by the blogging phenomenon that is Blogher, a small group of fabulous women bloggers have been busy working over the last six months to put together the inaugural Aussie Bloggers Conference … [Read more...]
Book Review: Room for Children
[rating:4] You don’t need to be a design lover to crave a beautiful space for your children for sleep and play, and this stunning new book by Susanna Salk certainly provides the inspiration to create … [Read more...]
How To Self-Publish a Children's Series and Remain Sane
Interested in self-publishing a children's book? Want to know if it's worth it and if you can remain sane in the process? Well, what do they say about working with animals and children? Toss that … [Read more...]
How to get Great Divorce Advice without Breaking the Bank
Unfortunately, there’s really no such thing as a cheap divorce. And before you ask, even a quick divorce is going to take quite a while! But although most people find that getting divorced costs a lot … [Read more...]
My Bondi Vet Crush – Helping Animals Everywhere
I'm not sure it's wise to admit I have a crush on the very same man my 10-year-old daughter has one on. It's kind of embarrassing, really, but then - just because you're chugging up and over the hill … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: India The Cookbook
[rating:4.5] When I first took India The Cookbook and lifted it up, the first thing that struck me was the weight. Many fat, tome-like cookbooks (and there are many of late) are like poured concrete, … [Read more...]
Tokyo – A Beginner's Guide
Hankering for Tokyo (who isn't?) but totally intimidated (who isn't?). Well worry no longer. This beginner's guide will whet your appetite for more than just melt-in-your-mouth sashimi. My husband and … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: The Sam Stern Series
[rating:4] I first had the pleasure of reviewing young Sam Stern's Eat Vegetarian (see AWO's review here) back in June and I must admit, I was instantly hooked. Publishing his first book at the age of … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Australian Veg Food Guide 2011
[rating:4] Vegetarians and vegans rejoice! After a sellout Melbourne edition, this pocket-sized book packs a powerful punch for vegos all over the nation - with over 150 reviews and listings of the … [Read more...]
Aleesah Darlison – from the Grocery Store to Published Author
Like many with a passion for literature, Aleesah Darlison feels she has always been a writer. And like many with the desire to write full time, life somehow got in the way. At the age of 16, Aleesah … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Bill’s Basics by Bill Granger
[rating:4] For those of us who don't want to spend forty-five minutes slicing a carrot into needles or four hours kneading, whipping, layering and begging ingredients to perform culinary acrobatics … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Kitchen by Nigella Lawson
[rating:4.5] With her sensual, tempting, home-cooking-made-sophisticated style, the queen of the kitchen is back with this luscious, jam-packed tome of recipes – straight from the heart of the … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: The Silver Spoon
[rating:4] There are a plethora of cookbooks on the market and amongst that plethora are the 'classics'. But are they all they're cracked up to be? I feel a bit compelled to check them out and tell it … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Salades by Damien Pignolet
Being the quintessential outdoorsy types, Australians certainly love a good salad, and we're more than willing, thanks to the massive, multicultural hotpot we brew ourselves in, to sample recipe ideas … [Read more...]
The Streets of San Francisco – Part Two
Day Three of our California Adventure in San Francisco was very quiet. Lots and lots of rain. We had a much-needed sleep in, hung out on Union Street, shopped and took long reprieves in … [Read more...]
The Streets of San Francisco – Part One
Oh sigh. It didn't let us down. That amazing place. How I've longed to meet you, San Francisco. Travelling to the US takes a looooong time so it's well worth making a longer trip of it. We factored … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Australian Women's Weekly's More Cakes for Kids
[rating:4.5] I still remember the dog-eared copy of my mum's Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book - resplendant with the hickory dickory clock and numbered cakes to careen over with delight. … [Read more...]
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