Here’s an opinion piece I wrote for The Age addressing Leunig’s recent mothers-neglecting-children cartoon. I thought it was an interesting cartoon that, for me, brought up many issues around how we parent, flexible work, the internet (!) and being judged. Anyway, I had a strict word count so I couldn’t touch on much, but here […]
Who doesn’t love a good constipation story? This is a labour story (kind of) that I wrote for Kidspot * My partner and I hadn’t gone out for a meal together since our 2-year-old was born. And with another child arriving soon, we decided to have one last supper (a very early supper due to […]
Wrote something for Kidspot on the horrors of breastfeeding. * I am not a natural-born breast feeder – not one of those women you see with a scarf artfully draped over her upper body while a compliant baby suckles at her bosom. No, I’m more the Quasimodo of breast feeders, hidden high up in an […]
Bring your gold, frankincense and myrrh (and maybe some camembert and sashimi too!). After three quick heave-hos, Edith Rose Hines rocketed into the world – talking – on Monday 13th of May 2019 (business hours). Yes, she was babbling while still half-wedged in the birth canal. Pluto the placenta (about two cm thick and 17.5 […]
Hello! A little something I wrote for Gourmet Traveller about eating meat off the bone. * When I first met my partner, I hid it, of course. It was only when he was out watering the orchids or flossing his teeth that I could do it – quickly, furtively. Despite that, though, fairly early on […]
Yoo hoo! Something I wrote for Tuesday’s The Age Good Food section. * You and your partner have decided to cook together. Bookmarking a recipe for slow-roasted pork belly with Vietnamese slaw, you saunter to the market, envisaging the wonderful evening ahead. Clutching fat wine glasses, you’ll playfully flick each other with tea towels and grate vegetables […]
A little something I wrote for The Age Good Food section. How to be a good 21st-century dinner guest Been invited to a dinner party lately? Probably not. In the olden days people threw them with linen napkins, man-woman-man seating arrangements and a proper cheese course. Nowadays it’s all, “Pop over Friday – I’ll cook!” and […]
The other day I got the call. Dad was out the front of my workplace with a big cooler bag stuffed full of home-cooked food. Among the containers of braised tofu and stuffed eggplant was an extra treat from Mum: a gingerbread rabbit topped with pink icing. Me spoilt? Just a little bit. This article […]
A little while ago I posted a question to my Facebook friends: ” Keen cooks, what do you argue about with your partner when cooking in the kitchen?” The results were amusing and illuminating. These were some of the responses. –Mess. I’m a clean as you go type of cook. – “Stir it to the […]
Here’s something I wrote for Essential Baby on taking baby to Masada sleep school. All hail Masada and Nurse Jam – a tough love nurse who turned baby Holly into a sleep champion. The truth about baby sleep school Kelly Eng Dec 12 2017 at 1:30 PM Note: this child bears no resemblance to my […]
