Reviewed by Wendy Tucker
Sebastian Barry
Old gods’ time is ‘an expression indicating a period beyond memory’ and also applies to a memory from so long ago that it belongs in the time of the old gods, such as those of the Greeks. It is the perfect title for this novel that is all about the struggle with memory, what is real, what is imagined and what is too traumatic, too damaging to be allowed to surface.
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by Mark Evans
As winter arrives and the days grow shorter and darker, just because the sun is fading it doesn’t mean that your garden has to also. You can overcome the dreariness of winter in the short term by injecting some colour with annuals like calendula, pansies, primroses, violas or Iceland poppies … Read more »
Annette Kennewell
Tilba Mushrooms
Sauté fresh oyster mushrooms in a generous amount of butter. Add cracked black pepper to your taste and a little lemon juice to enhance the mushroom flavour. Serve on toast, or a bed of English spinach when in season. Great recipe for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Can substitute Swiss Brown mushrooms for the oyster mushrooms.
Jody Vassallo, Central Tilba
This recipe is a great way to start your day. I find if I have eggs for breakfast, I am not hungry or distracted by food until lunchtime. If you don’t have dashi, you could use a homemade stock. I use red miso in winter and lighter shiro miso in the hotter months as it is less salty. Serves 4
Ingredients:
8 eggs
4 spring onions, sliced, plus … Read more »
Fiona Kotvojs
Gulaga Gold, Dignams Creek
Ingredients:
300 ml milk
Pinch salt
½ cup caster/pure icing sugar (not icing sugar mixture)
10 g grated truffle
2 eggs
300 ml cream
Method: 12-24 hours before making the ice cream start infusing the cream with truffle flavour. To do this, combine the cream and truffle. Refrigerate and allow to infuse for 12-24 hours. Then whisk the eggs. Combine milk, salt and sugar … Read more »
by Robbie Arnott
Text Publishing
Reviewed by Wendy Tucker
This is the third novel from the Tasmanian Wunderkind, Robbie Arnott. Some readers may have been disappointed as Limberlost seems to be a departure from the previous highly imaginative, magic realism novel Flames, where people burst into flame. Also, a departure from the prize-winning The Rain Heron where a bird made of rain may save a dystopian world. I loved both these amazing novels – although they are far from … Read more »
