The September 3 Edition
From fashion to seaweed farming | What the nose knows | When a journo turns psychiatrist | A Melburnian’s battle to save wildlife on a Zimbabwe reserve | Epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre
From designing clothes to refashioning cow burps: Sam’s $40 million career switch
After hearing of ground-breaking Australian research into how seaweed could reduce planet-warming methane emissions in cows, Sam Elsom left fashion behind.
- by Lesley Hughes
One upside of COVID: New research into our startling olfactory capacities
Our ability to smell is the most underrated of our senses – or it was, until the pandemic led researchers to unveil some of its great mysteries.
- by Paola Totaro
‘Not for the faint-hearted’: The Melburnian staring down wildlife poachers in Africa
With local villagers hungry for bush meat, John Gardiner is spending millions to protect the wildlife now flourishing on his 55,000-hectare Zimbabwe reserve.
- by Adam Shand
How a night in the emergency ward made me trade journalism for medicine
This former reporter found a move to psychiatry involved swapping the telling of confidences for the keeping of them.
- by Lisa Pryor
‘I don’t feel like a millionaire’: A father-son duo’s secret to success
While Cedar Anderson and his father Stuart’s honey-extraction invention became a global success, the secret to a sweet life, they say, remains a simple one.
- by Jennifer Johnston
Good Weekend Talks: Rebooting one of our favourite teen shows? It’s a risk Netflix wants to take
Heartbreak High was one of the most popular Australian shows of the 1990s. Now Netflix is looking to replicate that success, with a reboot fit for 2022.
- by Osman Faruqi
How faith helps me as a scientist: epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre
The biosecurity expert discusses the need for resilience and dealing with gutter politics, plus: why she rates Australia’s pandemic response a five out of 10.
- by Benjamin Law
I saw a spider crawling in a woman’s hair. Should I have told her?
Our Modern Guru responds to a question concerning creepy crawlies spotted at the theatre.
- by Danny Katz
Opinion
Foreign correspondence
Advanced adulting: The reliable salve for a wounded relationship
My house guesting skills may have taken a turn for the worse since becoming a parent, but other areas of finesse have evolved.
- by Amelia Lester
Why is grenache so readily available now?
Grenache was once a staple of cheaper wines. A new generation of winemakers are making it differently.
- by Huon Hooke
The forever home
Paul Connolly’s Kitchen Sink Drama is a slice of domestic life, captured masterfully in only 100 words. This week: The echoes of a past life.
- by Paul Connolly
Review
Sydney
Sydney: Chinese Noodle Restaurant
There are no plastic grapes hanging from the ceiling, but the Sydney Chinatown stalwart's successor is more comfortable, reviews David Matthews.
- by David Matthews
Review
Contemporary
Melbourne: Victoria by Farmer’s Daughters
Where its sibling Farmer's Daughters focuses specifically on Gippsland, this Fed Square restaurant takes a broader approach.
- by Besha Rodell
Karen Martini’s fried rice with mushrooms and cashews
This is fried rice as a delicious and sustaining stand-alone meal. You can use white rice, but brown rice has a hearty, nuttier texture that I find irresistible.
- by Karen Martini
Danielle Alvarez's Cuban-style pulled-pork sandwiches
As a Cuban, Alvarez has mojo – the nation’s garlic-laden marinade – running through her veins. These pulled-pork sandwiches are a throwback to her favourite childhood meal.
- by Danielle Alvarez
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