Question: My strawberry jam just won’t set, regardless of how long I boil it. What’s wrong? Strawberries are one of the fruits that is low in acid and pectin – both of which are required to make jam set; lemon juice can be added and the jam re-boiled until it jells when tasted. However, if […]

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It must be the season to be romantic with Aussie leading men, with the release of The Back-up Plan featuring Jennifer Lopez and Australian actor Alex O’Loughlin. Zoe (Lopez) is a sweet-natured, gorgeous-looking pet-shop owner who sells dogs that aren’t in-bred pure-breds. Zoe is somehow still single and wants to have a baby on her […]

Did you know mushrooms are actually edible fungus? But don’t let that put you off — this delicious food has some distinct nutritional benefits and is a fantastic all-round addition to your vegetable crisper. Variety In Australia and New Zealand, we have an abundant supply of button mushrooms, which are the small white mushrooms with […]

Eating more weekly vegetarian meals is one of the easiest ways to increase the plant foods in your diet. And according to one of the most comprehensive nutrition studies ever conducted, The China Study, enjoying more plant-based meals is one of the best things we can do for our health. The China Study Conducted through […]

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Read our review of Nicky Pellegrino’s Recipe For Lifethen tell us what you think on the form below for a chance to win a copy of the AWW Cooking School cook book and have your critique printed in The Australian Women’s Weekly books pages. Mediterranean turquoise cover, splashed with a couple of ripe lemons and […]

This Party’s Got To Stopby Rupert Thomson, Granta, $29.99. This is British novelist Rupert Thomson’s first foray into non-fiction, an absorbing memoir that explores the impact of his father’s death on Rupert and his two younger brothers. They’re in their 20s, already motherless, and having come together for the funeral, the brothers stay on for […]

The Last American Manby Elizabeth Gilbert, Bloomsbury, $24.99. She inspired millions of women withEat Pray LoveandCommitted. How fascinating that Elizabeth Gilbert should have tackled men first, or rather manhood, through the story of a modern-day frontiersman called Eustace Conway, who could throw a knife with pinpoint accuracy at seven, and by 17 was living alone […]

Mayaby Alastair Campbell, Hutchinson, $32.95. Everything’s going right for Steve Watkins. He’s got a good job, lovely wife, even a touch of tinsel in his life because his best friend is the glamorous Maya, one of the world’s most famous film stars. No one quite understands what she sees in him, but Steve is always […]