Rice is the staple food for roughly half the world’s population and it is eaten daily by more than 300 billion people. Like wheat and other grains, rice is a good source of carbohydrate, which supplies the body with energy. It is low in fat (less than 3g of fat per 100g uncooked rice) and […]

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Do you always feel hungry, or do you feel as if you’re always eating? Hunger is a complex feeling which can be easily influenced by many factors. Read on for practical tips to help you curb your appetite without starving. Understanding when we are truly hungry is important not only if we want to lose […]

An impish black kitten called Cleo holds the key to happiness for a family, in this exclusive extract from a story by Helen Brown. Download your exclusive extract from Cleo: How An Uppity Cat Helped Heal A Family by Helen Brown here.

Download your exclusive extract from Pearl In A Cage by Joy Dettman here. About the author: “What we remember from childhood we remember forever – permanent ghosts, stamped, inked, imprinted, eternally seen,” observed prominent American short story writer and novelist Cynthia Ozick. Glimpses of the landscape of Joy Dettman’s early years reveal how her permanent […]

Twice voted the sexiest man alive, heart-throb Brad Pitt seems to have it all. Dotson Rader goes behind the headlines to find a star who is in love, but who has vowed not to marry until homosexuals are given the same right. “My life has been about big changes,” says actor Brad Pitt. “It’s always […]

Their love was forged in friendship and a shared loss, and for actress and author Tasma Walton husband Rove McManus has brought her a happiness she never knew, she tells Larry Writer. In her new novel, Heartless, Tasma Walton’s heroine’s heart is broken again and again. Her father abandons her. She is emotionally and physically […]

We came to know him as the flamboyant judge on hit show MasterChef, but behind the foppish, internationally renowned food critic is Matt Preston the devoted family man, with a wife who is the icing on his cake.

She may have her own public image problems, but nothing prepared Belinda Neal for her husband John Della Bosca’s confession of infidelity, writes Tracey Curro. It’s not easy to reconcile the gentle image of the well-groomed blonde woman posed wistfully by the window of a Canberra hotel room with Belinda Neal’s reputation as the volatile […]

After 29 years in journalism, A Current Affair’s Tracy Grimshaw is finally getting the recognition she deserves, thanks in part to a series of bruising public encounters this year, writes Michael Sheather. Tracy Grimshaw couldn’t believe what she was hearing. Driving home on a Saturday afternoon, she took a call from Grant Williams, executive producer […]