Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2022 i Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

There are few certainties in life. In fact, there’s a famous quote that states the only two sure things are death and taxes. I’d argue there are a few others, like it will always rain when you leave the hairdresser, the item you just bought at full price will be on sale the next time you visit the store, and the one ingredient you need to complete your entertaining dish won’t be available at the supermarket the day you need it – or perhaps that stuff just happens to me?! I’d also like to think that the sun will always rise and the tide will continue to turn. The flipside of this is, of course, that each time it happens, we find ourselves a day older. Ageing is surely another…

ON December 31, 1999, as fireworks went off around the world to usher in a new millennium, word came through from the Kremlin in Moscow of a change in leadership that would dramatically alter the course of the 21st century. A former KGB spymaster by the name of Vladimir Putin would become the acting President of Russia. Back then, the most immediate risk to the world seemed to come from what was called the Y2K bug, a flaw in computer operating systems that threatened to wreak global havoc. Little did we know that Putin posed a far greater threat to the international order, and would go on to become the mastermind behind so much misery and murder. From Chechnya to Crimea, from Syria to the cathedral town of Salisbury in…

MLMs, or multi-level marketing companies, are businesses that use direct selling to distribute products. Consultants sell to their friends, relatives and broader network. They also recruit others to sell products to their networks. When a consultant recruits a new seller, that person becomes their “downline”, and they earn commission from their downline’s sales. In turn, part of their earnings goes to their “upline” – the person who recruited them.…

Happy, healthy, mature, middle-class women rarely go missing for more than a few days, and they are hardly ever among the ranks of those who are never found. Dorothy Davis and Kerry Whelan were not hitchhikers, or associates of drug dealers, or unhappy with their lives, or suffering from mental health issues. In fact, they fell well outside any of the conventional categories of people at risk of permanently disappearing. Dorothy Davis was a 74-year-old widow who lived in a house in the quiet, upmarket, seaside suburb of Lurline Bay in south-eastern Sydney. She was financially comfortable and led a peaceful, predictable life centred around her children, grandchildren and many friends. Kerry Whelan was an active and healthy 39-year-old with an affluent, family-based lifestyle. She lived with her husband, Bernie…

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Red onion tarte tatin SERVES 4 PREP + COOK TIME 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil6 small (600g) red onions, halved crossways4 small fresh thyme sprigs1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar1 tablespoon honey2 cloves garlic, sliced thinly2 sheets (330g) frozen puffpastry, thawed80g soft goat’s cheese2 medium (120g) figs, halved or quartered 1 Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan-forced). 2 Heat oil in a 26cm straight-sided, heavy-based ovenproof frying pan over medium heat. Add onion, cut-side up, and thyme; cook for 5 minutes. Add vinegar and honey; cook for 2 minutes. Turn onion carefully; top evenly with garlic, then season with salt and black pepper. Bake for 15 minutes. 3 Stack puff pastry sheets on top of one another on a clean work surface; roll a rolling pin lightly…

from the Test Kitchen This recipe makes eight hay bales; we’ve used three in our picture, but you can add the extra to the cake board. Bales of hay MAKES 8 PREP + COOK TIME 2½ HOURS While it is cute, it’s best to serve this to older children as the small noodles can be a choking hazard for younger children. 3 x 440g packets butter cake mix BUTTER CREAM 250g unsalted butter, softened3 cups (480g) icing sugar mixture⅓ cup (80ml) milk yellow food colouring DECORATIONS 16 x 25g packets ready-to-eat noodles4 red sour straps toy chickens 1 Preheat oven to 170°C (150°C fan-forced). Grease a 22cm deep square cake pan; line base and sides with baking paper, extending paper 5cm above sides. 2 Make cakes according to packet directions. Spread…

Wendy’s tip Texture is a great way to instantly make a home feel welcoming. If you have a large open-plan space, position highly textured pieces starting from the furthest point from the entry to the room. The texture can come from a fabric occasional chair, a patterned or thick rug, or even just cushions and throws on the far end of your sofa. It’s a message to guests that this is a place to relax and an invitation to feel the pieces you’ve collected. For years now, our interiors trends have been dominated by white, white and more white, but for most of us, white just doesn’t work in our everyday lives. Not only is it hard to keep clean, but too much white can also make a room feel…

Truth & LIES The Stars are Not Yet Bells by Hannah Lillith Assadi, Hachette In 1941 newlyweds Elle and Simon, and Elle’s ‘cousin’ (former boyfriend) Gabriel move to Lyra, population 400, off the coast of Georgia. Her Russian mother dead, her bankrupt father struck up a deal with wealthy jewel miner Simon, who was hiding his homosexuality. “Well, are you interested in this business of courtship?” Simon asked beautiful Elle. She does not look him in the face, but straight at the diamond ring. It’s 1998. Gabriel drowned. Elle now has Alzheimer’s and doesn’t recognise her children. “The past is all shuttered,” but Gabriel is still vivid in her dreams. Hours after accepting Simon’s wedding proposal “… my legs wrapped around Gabriel, as he cycled me away from all the inevitabilities.”…

You are a molecular biologist. What made you switch to writing novels? I’ve been obsessed with reading novels my whole life, so I enrolled in a TAFE course on fiction writing for fun. The Dinner with the Schnabels family is larger than life. Where did the inspiration for the characters come from? I don’t know! I’ve always daydreamed funny little scenes with made-up people. Your novels are laugh-out-loud funny and also poignant. What is the secret to writing comedy? Observation. The world is a ludicrous place and I try to notice ridiculous things. What do you think is at the heart of the unique voice found in Australian fiction? Our unique circumstances: we’re a mostly immigrant nation living on land with 70,000 years of history. What is your favourite novel of all…

Aries Mar 21 - Apr 21 April, day one: Sun, new moon, Mercury and Chiron pop the cork on the zodiac’s new year in the sign of you feisty, excitable firecrackers who posses the magical talent for making everything old feel new again. Now it’s your prime time for this year’s reset, consider checking out Aries neuroscientist Dr Joe Dispenza’s perspective on Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How To Lose Your Mind and Create a New One. Planetary make-over vibes are pumping through the first half of April, before your warrior spirit dives into a slower flow so the newer, truer, updated you can make its entrance. Taurus April 22 - May 21 Cue new beginnings as April arrives like a psychic vitamin shot to kick-start your letting go of…

Since the news broke that Australian cricket legend Shane “Warnie” Warne died of a heart attack at age 52, the headlines have been dominated by colourful tales and tributes to a sportsman like no other. Described as being born for the big occasion, he didn’t just inspire a cricketing generation, he defined it, introducing people to a new rock’n’roll era of the game. During his 15 years in the Aussie squad, he took more than 1000 international wickets and scored over 3000 test runs, and he still holds the record for the most runs without ever having scored a century. One of the greatest cricketing minds around, Warnie went to form a successful commentating career through his genuine love for the game. But it was his antics off the field…

It was the first time in almost a decade that Her Majesty had missed the Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey, but even though she wasn’t there, the monarch’s presence was deeply felt. In the morning, she released a powerful message: “It has given me pleasure to renew the promise I made in 1947, that my life will always be devoted in service.” With her heir, Prince Charles, as her representative at the joyous and rather moving ceremony, the Queen was honoured as a role model, which included a spontaneous, unscripted “hip-hip hooray!” from Lord Sentamu, former Archbishop of York, as Elizabeth II was widely lauded as the ultimate servant to the people. The Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge shared hugs…

Green Tea washing In 2012, Younique marketed an “all natural” mascara, but a court found “the product was composed of ground-up nylon.” Younique was fined $US3.25 million for deceptive marketing. Arbonn e’s Faux Pas Vegan beauty MLM Arbon ne came under fire when its consultants were caught using the pandemic as a marketing opportunity. The US Federal Trade Commission wrote a sternly worded letter to the company in 2020, warning it had 48 hours to address consultants’ false and misleading claims. Arbonne consultants were spruiking an ‘immunity support’ product that could ‘boost up your immune system right now #coronavirus’, and promising high earning potential. One consultant gushed: “14 million people applied for unemployment just last week … turn a small investment into six figures …. #arbonne … #quarantine #2020.”…

The adolescent brain is a strange and wonderful thing. We tend to think a lot about the impact of what teens are and are not doing – risky behaviour, not wanting to talk or hang out with their parents, and the dreaded ‘peer pressure’ – instead of what is actually going on inside their noggins. A good place to start might be asking yourself: what do you want your relationship with your kids to be like when they are grown up? And how do you intend to get there? Teenagers are famous for disconnecting from their parents. In psychology this is called individuating and, much like bankruptcy, it happens very slowly and then all at once, as Ernest Hemingway wrote. Conceptually, it is something that you want to happen –…

from the Test Kitchen For a smooth textured filling, have the cream cheese and other ingredients at room temperature before you start to mix. Stand cream cheese, unwrapped, for 1 hour at room temperature. Alternatively, to soften, chop cream cheese coarsely and microwave on HIGH (100%) power for 30 seconds. Take care not to overcook a baked cheesecake as it will alter the smooth, creamy texture. Remember, it will become firmer when refrigerated. Baked cheesecakes should be cooled slowly – turn off the oven after it’s cooked then prop the oven door slightly open using a wooden spoon. This will help prevent cracking. To slice a cheesecake neatly, dip the knife into hot water and wipe the blade between each cut. White chocolate & pistachio cheesecake SERVES 10 PREP +…

Chewy Anzac biscuits MAKES ABOUT 24 PREP + COOK TIME 40 MINUTES 125g butter, chopped2 tablespoons golden syrup or treacle½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda2 tablespoons boiling water1 cup (90g) rolled oats1 cup (150g) plain flour1 cup (220g) firmly packed brown sugarI cup (80g) shredded coconut¼ cup (20g) desiccated coconut 1 Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Grease two large oven trays; line with baking paper. 2 Stir butter and syrup in a medium saucepan over low heat until smooth. Stir in combined soda and the water, then remaining ingredients. 3 Roll level tablespoons of mixture into balls; place 5cm apart on prepared trays, then flatten slightly. 4 Bake for 12 minutes or until deep golden brown. Cool biscuits on trays. Unbaked and baked biscuits suitable to freeze. Variation 1 Dark…

Q I live in a restored villa with beautiful, original honey-coloured timber floors and several wooden furniture pieces. What wall paint colours would complement these features? If you’re looking for a neutral base, I would suggest warm, modern whites such as Resene Rice Cake, Resene Merino and Resene Albescent White. If you’re looking to introduce colour, soothing greens such as Resene Peace would provide an elegant backdrop for your warm timbers. Q My day-to-day working life is quite stressful, so when I come home, I want to feel calm and tranquil. I know I can use colour to create that mood – what combinations would you suggest? Pair Resene Duck Egg Blue with crisp white bedding and candles for the ultimate tranquil escape. Introduce brooding, deep hues such as Resene…

At the age of 50 I decided I wanted to be a writer. I hadn’t written a word of fiction since high school, but a couple of years after making the decision, I had a draft of the story that would become The Rosie Project, and three years after that a publication contract. I’m now a full-time writer with half a dozen bestsellers and three books in development as movies. When I began the journey, I knew embarrassingly little about writing. But I had two lessons from my previous life that turned out to be as valuable as anything I’ve learned since. The first was this: when you’re tackling a big or complex task – earning a qualification, organising a wedding, cooking for a dinner party – break it into…

Which picture on your phone makes you smile the most? This one. My husband Hamish is so helpful and I love that his solution to keeping Mum’s shoes dry provoked joy. He paddled around in the water for ages and she couldn’t get down or stop laughing! What do you love about yourself – and what would you change? That I boogie to average supermarket music, and that I gave in and finally got a dog. I love being willing to change my mind. Getting more curious as I age is also a bonus – I dig learning, so tackling new adventures, tastes, people or topics are some things I like about me. I’m done with approaching myself as broken and needing to be fixed, so consistent moves towards wholehearted…

When “Sarah” attended a training day that promised to help her sell lipstick, she was hoping to get some business lessons and a few tips on how to apply make-up. She had recently signed on to sell SeneGence cosmetics after the friend who had introduced her to the products told her she could get a discount if she became a distributor. Sarah’s intention had only ever been to buy the colours she wanted and sell some on to people who were interested. She really liked the lipstick, after all, and you couldn’t buy it in stores. But as she sat listening to the company’s training, she had the sickening realisation that what she had signed up for was not really about make-up at all. “The whole thing was about marketing.…

We are in 1963 and while London is swinging, it seems it’s not quite ready to embrace the sexual antics of the Duchess of Argyll. Born in 1912, the vivacious, party-loving Margaret Campbell was the darling of Britain’s society set until a bitter and very public divorce battle with her second husband, Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, one of Scotland’s most powerful noblemen and owner-occupier of the 90-room Inveraray Castle, ripped her reputation to shreds. The acrimonious split was the culmination of years of legal wrangling as the tempestuous couple indulged in ever-increasing tit for tat skirmishes, suing and counter-suing each other. But what was revealed and pored over in smutty detail in the final courtroom stoush shocked the nation. This was the longest, costliest and most notorious…

A friend of mine is the father of a very almost-teenage girl. He told me about the time she wanted to get a hot chocolate with him before school and ducked below the car window on the way there, so no one from school would see her drive past with her dad. Because obviously that would be hideously embarrassing. He of course had the rational (and slightly rejected) reaction of asking, “So, you want me to buy you a hot chocolate, even though you’re too ashamed to be seen with me?” I can only imagine the eye rolls that ensued. It can be very upsetting when your teenager doesn’t want to be seen with you or seems embarrassed by you. Or, just hypothetically, when they ask you not to kiss them goodbye any…

For anyone who has experienced the wonders of a professional brow grooming, it’s quite something to see how strategic plucking and a little shading can transform your face. There’s something so polished about strong, defined brows. The good news is that it’s easy enough to rehab them at home, if you know where you’re going. Here, we tackle some curly questions about how to handle gaps, dated shapes and barely-there hairs, and ensure the make-up you add has an impact. Problem 1 Not quite thick enough The good news is that it’s easy enough to bulk up brows. Once you have filled any spots, brush a tinted brow gel in the opposite direction of the hair’s growth, from the tail to the inner corner of brows. To finish, sweep the…

“There’s just enough cream in the sauce to make it truly luscious and a tad old-fashioned, which I love.”- maggie Pan-fried goat’s cheese with walnuts, pomegranate & mint SERVES 4 PREP & COOK TIME 30 MINUTES (+ STANDING TIME) 8 preserved vine leaves1 tablespoon verjuice500g goat’s cheese¼ cup (60ml) extra virginolive oil1⁄3 cup (35g) walnuts, roasted, skinned andchopped½ fresh pomegranate, arils removed2 tablespoons freshmint leaves, torn 1 Place vine leaves in a bowl of water and leave for a half an hour to rinse salt. Discard water, dry and then drizzle with verjuice. 2 Divide the goat’s cheese into 8 portions. If vine leaves are large cut in half, wrap the goat’s cheese in the vine leaves, trim any excess leaf. 3 Preheat a barbecue or griddle pan over medium…

Traditional hot cross buns MAKES 16 PREP + COOK TIME 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES (+ STANDING + COOLING) 4 teaspoons (14g) dried yeast¼ cup (55g) caster sugar1½ cups (375ml) warm milk4 cups (600g) plain flour2 teaspoons mixed spice1 teaspoon ground cinnamon60g butter1 egg1½ cups (240g) sultanas FLOUR PASTE ½ cup (75g) plain flour2 teaspoons caster sugar GLAZE 2 tablespoon caster sugar1 teaspoon gelatine 1 Combine yeast, sugar and milk in a small bowl. Cover; stand in a warm place for 10 minutes or until mixture is frothy. 2 Sift flour and spices into a large bowl; rub in butter. Stir in yeast mixture, egg and sultanas; mix to a soft sticky dough. Cover with plastic wrap. Stand in a warm place for 45 minutes or until dough has doubled in…

Top tip Don't overfill the bunnies or they will lose their shape. Top tip To protect the eggs when gifting, place them inside a small basket with tissue paper or straw. Floral fortune eggs Inspired by fortune cookie messages, these eggs are a great Easter gift idea. Gently wash and dry some white eggs. Remove the contents (keep for cooking) by making a very small hole in the top and a slightly bigger hole in the bottom of each egg with a needle or skewer. Blow the contents out of the bigger hole into a bowl, then rinse the whole egg under a tap, blowing out any more contents. Leave to dry completely. Take a floral paper napkin and separate out the layers. Using the patterned layer, cut out the…

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday If you read just one book this year make sure it’s Lessons in Chemistry. Clever, hilarious, thought-provoking, uplifting … I could go on. Although set in the 1960s, protagonist Elizabeth Zott is a woman for our times who challenges the status quo with the sort of resolve we all wish we had. We first meet her as a reluctant TV star, hosting hit cooking show Supper at Six in which she presents the nightly meal prep as a chemistry lesson. Water is H2O, salt – sodium chloride … for Elizabeth’s passion isn’t cooking, she’s a scientist. The story of how she landed in this seemingly unsuitable job unfolds at a dazzling pace and is served up with a delicious side-order of kick-arse feminism.…

At first glance, Simon Larsen looked like a man adrift. The hunch in his shoulders, the five-day stubble. He wore a stained hoodie and the trackpants stretched over his waist had seen better days. He was tallish without being quite tall, and beefy without being exactly fat. His eyes, once a sharp blue, were watery and faded with pouches underneath, like small, hairless caterpillars napping. His hair, already silver, was scruffy and his face was puffy and grey. He seemed aimless. That would be an understandable assumption, from the look of him. But if you thought that, you’d be wrong. Okay, he might not have a burning goal that ignited his energy and imagination and saw him leaping out of bed in the morning before the alarm. He’d had those…

Find A Word Win 5 x $50 We’ve hidden a range of autumn-related words in the grid. These words can be spelt horizontally, vertically, diagonally, backwards and forwards, but always in a straight line. When you have found all the words listed below you should have 11 letters left over. These will spell the winning word. Write the winning answer on the coupon on the last Puzzles page for your chance to win $50. BEAUTIFUL BOUGHS BRANCHES CALENDAR CAMELLIA COLOUR CHANGE COOLER CRIMSON CRISP DAHLIA DECIDUOUS EQUINOX EVERGREEN FALL FOLIAGE FORESTS GOLDEN HARVEST LEAVES MAY MIGRATION MONTHS ORANGE PLANTING PRUNING RAKING RED RUSSET SCARLET SCENIC SEASON SUN TREES TRUNK WOODS Solution in next month’s issue. Easy Crossword ACROSS 1. Twelve at night 5. Gradually, one … at a time 9.…