Gin A Tasting Course

Writing this book felt like starting my own version of Phileas Fogg’s adventure, setting off in his hot air balloon;

I grew up in an Italian family that, not unusually, put great import on food.

2020 was a year like no other.

I love Palestinian food. I probably love it more than any other cuisine.

I have been a child and adolescent psychologist for more than three decades and there is no doubt that things are not going swimmingly in terms of young people’s mental health.

Miriam gave things to Mokhtar.

I had one of my best and one of my worst days in the kitchen all in the same week.

‘That’s not Spirited Away.’

The key to a good story is how you tell it.

One of the first things I saw on induction day at Levin-Bell Rowing Club was a bare bum.

Even from this distance, Vivienne can hear the cultish drone of the singing bowls, and she rolls her eyes as she comes along the dark path between the trees.

In 2019 I was invited to appear on ABC TV’s Australian Story to talk about my life.