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Cooking with Bush Tucker eBook
Writing, collating, editing and design of ebook for local WA plant brand. Additional writing included promotional copy for website, newsletter, blog and social media.
Perth Hospital Meals supports local restaurants and frontline medical workers throughout the COVID-19 crisis
Perth Hospital Meals is a grassroots program that delivers ready-made meals from local restaurants to frontline hospital workers battling the COVID-19 crisis. The program is entirely supported by donations from organisations and the general public. Every dollar donated goes towards buying meals for hospital clinicians and ancillary staff.
According to Mike O’Hanlon, co-creator of the Perth Hospital Meals program: “By sourcing meals from local restaurants, we also support businesses who are st...
Countdown
Look forward to upcoming events with our handy Countdown feature. Every event in Timepage automatically gets a countdown to the starting date and time. At the bottom of each future event, Timepage displays a countdown of how many days are left until your event begins. Where there’s less than a day to go, Timepage will round up to the nearest number of hours.
How diverse teams create better outcomes
Edited this International Womens' Day piece for Jessica Stanley.
Writing effective, user-centered content
Being a good writer doesn’t mean you can write good web content. This is something many businesses don’t anticipate when deciding to write their own website copy, often resulting in project hold-ups, if not a last-minute scramble to prepare content that may or may not hit its mark.
Can ‘Garden to Table’ Actually Fit Into a Normal Life?
Have you heard of the ‘garden to table’ movement? Is all the rage right now. If you’re a life-long gardener, you might think of it as yet another hipster label applied to something you’ve been doing for years. Even so, it’s hard to deny the good that comes from strengthening the connection we have with our food — even if it’s disguised as a fad.
Accessibility means designing for yourself too
At some point in your life, you will experience a ‘disability’. So think of accessibility as a gift for your future self.
Substituting everyday ingredients for native bush tucker
While not technically exotic, Australia’s bush tucker is still on the fringe of the mainstream. Currently popularised by gourmet chefs and the “fancy” aisle at the supermarket (if you are lucky enough to have your supermarket stock native produce), it’s easy to forget that these are ordinary fruits and veggies, herbs and spices we’re working with.
Spartacus × Aglianico of Campania
It all started in the spring of 73 BC, when just seventy-four men, armed with only kitchen knives and skewers, escaped from a gladiator school in Capua and began a two-year, 60,000-strong rebellion against the Roman Republic.
Don’t forage for these native sea vegetables! Grow them instead
We love the idea of living off the land. It inspires dreams of vast, untainted landscapes and humans living in harmony with nature. Except we’re not quite there yet. Or rather, not there any more. Australia has changed so much over the last two centuries that some traditions would be impossible to bring back.
Where to find Perth's weirdest food!
Let me get this out of the way — I’m no foodie. I just like to eat. And I love weird food.
Or should I say, “weird food”, because, to be frank, I don’t find things like tripe and tongue all that strange. At least not until my friends give me that look. If you have an adventurous palate you may not find these foods weird at all. In fact, you may be able to tell me the best spots for finding them around town. But for conventional eaters wanting to stray from the mainstream, and experience a wid...
Making the most of small spaces
Small doesn’t have to mean cramped, nor does it limit you to a minimalist lifestyle. With the right improvements and design choices, you can turn a tiny interior into a cosy dream home.
Home renovations for sustainable living
As an owner-occupier, you stand to gain the most from upping the sustainability factor of your home and garden. Here are a few ideas to get you started.
Grow native bush tucker in your backyard
‘Bushfood’ refers to native Australian flora and fauna, traditionally used in Aboriginal food and medicine. Long before early settlers arrived, bringing with them a slew of new plants and animals, Aboriginal Australians would hunt, forage and farm a variety of species that had already existed here for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. And yet, 200+ years later, the majority of plants in our diet originally came from overseas. At least, that’s according to Tucker Bush, the brand behind the...
4 Tasty Turmeric Recipes
Turmeric is a darling in the health food world right now. It’s hailed for the anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties of its key phytonutrient, curcumin, though more research is needed to confirm its true efficacy. Well.org loves the organic turmeric supplement, PuraThrive, but if you prefer a more foodie approach, try these great recipes for getting more turmeric into your diet.