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PUMPKIN + FETA VEGGIE BURGER WITH MINT PESTO & CRISPY ONIONS !

PUMPKIN + FETA VEGGIE BURGER WITH MINT PESTO & CRISPY ONIONS !

Makes 6 patties 3 cups pumpkin, grated 1 egg 1/3 cup buckwheat flour (or flour of your choice) 1 tsp salt 1 tbsp sweet paprika 100g / 3.5oz feta, crumbled In a large bowl, using your hands, squish together the grated pumpkin, egg, flour, salt and paprika until well combined...

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Reading is rad

Reading is rad

If you're stuck on what books to buy or borrow next, here's our list of awesome books given the thumbs up by a range of kids aged 3-10.

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Q&A with Matt, founder of JOCO cups

Q&A with Matt, founder of JOCO cups

The JOCO brand was derived out of personal protest against the strengthening impact that plastic and disposable waste was having on our world. Our obsession with convenience was fast creating a plastic world with a disposable culture

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War + Peace

War + Peace

The thought of having to flee a war zone with your family would have to rate as one of the most terrifying hypotheticals the anxious mind plays out while watching the news or during a bout of insomnia. Yet twelve years ago, Jeremy and Jessica Courtney did the exact opposite...

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The beginnings of Birkenstock. An Interview with Marcel Goerke.

The beginnings of Birkenstock. An Interview with Marcel Goerke.

Birkenstock has been available in Australia since 1992, we opened the first store in Centre Way Arcade, at 259 Collins Street. Karl Birkenstock himself mapped out his Birkenstock distribution vision for Australia.

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How to make pasta (with the legends at Lighthouse Flour)

How to make pasta (with the legends at Lighthouse Flour)

Ingredients: 1 ⅔ cups (250g) Lighthouse Pasta Tipo “00” Plain Flour Pinch of salt 1 tbsp olive oil 2 eggs 3 egg yolks Method: Combine the flour and salt in a large mixing bowl or on a clean chopping board or bench top. Make a well in the centre. Place...

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Quick toppings for hungry lunch tummies (works on crackers too) !

Quick toppings for hungry lunch tummies (works on crackers too) !

PNB + MUNG BEAN SPROUTS + HONEY Start with a thick layer of peanut butter. (It can be smooth or crunchy, salted or unsalted—whatever!) Add a handful of mung bean sprouts and then drizzle with honey. Don’t drown it—just enough to give it a little sweetness. HERBY GUACAMOLE WITH GRATED...

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A chat with Unai Rollan, the hands and mind behind toy company Brumm

A chat with Unai Rollan, the hands and mind behind toy company Brumm

Brumm is the first piece I've created as both a designer and a producer. I wanted to start this new phase of my life with a toy, and specifically with a car, because it reminded me of the forms and passions of 1980s motorsports

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Interview with renowned herbalist and maker of great gin, Phillip Moore from Distillery Botanica

Interview with renowned herbalist and maker of great gin, Phillip Moore from Distillery Botanica

Prior to Distillery Botanica I was the founder of Renaissance Herbs, Australia's largest wholesale herb nursery. It got pretty busy, we got to growing close to a million plants a year at one stage!

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Many people inspire us including OMY founders Marie-Cerise Lichtlé + Elvire Laurent

Many people inspire us including OMY founders Marie-Cerise Lichtlé + Elvire Laurent

Having children really made us want to change the way we worked and develop something that was our very own. More specifically, we wanted to create something for our own homes that didn't exist already.

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A Chat With Bee Wrappy

A Chat With Bee Wrappy

When Christine and Sam wanted to reduce their use of plastic in the home, they started tinkering around with making their own plastic free wraps and Bee Wrappy was born.

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Brands For Good

Brands For Good

We chat with Deborah Pike from Brands For Good about ethical shopping beautiful products and changing the way the world consumes.

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How to Dye Eggs Without Food Colouring

There are natural dyes all around the home. Beets! Coffee! Cabbage! The coolest part of this crafty experiment is to see what colours come from what ingredients after they're thrown in a pot.

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A chat about making aprons, growing a business and juggling kids with Cargo Crew founder, Felicity Rodgers.

A chat about making aprons, growing a business and juggling kids with Cargo Crew founder, Felicity Rodgers.

In a nutshell, Cargo Crew began off the back of me running a fashion label with a girlfriend after graduating Fashion Design at RMIT. During our days of running our label we were often approached by businesses wanting us to produce them a fashionable uniform

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Dads Who Draw

Dads Who Draw

My Dad has a great sense of humour and rarely acts his age (he’s 63). He loves football, which is something neither my brother nor I have taken to our hearts. Possibly due to being dragged along to watch him play...

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A chat with Andrea Horwood, co-founder of WelleCo.

A chat with Andrea Horwood, co-founder of WelleCo.

Our aim was to create the world’s best wholefood and organic supplements that make us and our customers feel transformed. Our high-grade food supplements are the modern upgrade to traditional synthetic vitamins.

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THE KITCHEN IN 1970 - AN ESSAY BY HELEN RAZER

THE KITCHEN IN 1970 - AN ESSAY BY HELEN RAZER

A few months before my partner's mum Joan turned seventy, she'd been asking questions about the internet. "So, you can really talk to your relatives overseas instantly for nothing?" Or, "You can really see pictures of how fat your school friends got?"

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EASY PEAZY CHOCNUT BUTTER

EASY PEAZY CHOCNUT BUTTER

The only problem with this recipe is you will want to eat the entire thing in one sitting. With that in mind, maybe double it.

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Interview with Erika Olson Gross, Founder of Mini Pomme

Interview with Erika Olson Gross, Founder of Mini Pomme

I went to school for painting and drawing, and focused exclusively on fine art pursuits until my first son was born almost ten years ago. While I continued drawing and painting and showing my work, I became interested in the idea of integrating my lifelong love of sewing and toys.

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A chat with Joey, one half of Doña Cholita

A chat with Joey, one half of Doña Cholita

Since Jefte and I met we’ve always talked about starting a business. Over the years we’ve talked through a million ideas, but we always came back to Mexican food!

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Allergy-Friendly Cake That Tastes Ace

Allergy-friendly cake doesnt have to be tasteless or boring and this recipe proves it. Consider it the perfect recipe for when you might need a gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free school birthday cake that still tastes ace. WHAT YOU NEED For the allergy-friendly cake: ¾ cup chickpea flour, also called besan flour...

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Chat with Justine Flynn, co-founder of world changing brand Thankyou.

Chat with Justine Flynn, co-founder of world changing brand Thankyou.

We were uni students with no money or experience behind us but our life’s journey brought to us a moment where we were confronted by two crazy extremes - in Australia we were spending $600 million a year on bottled water, yet at the same time, 900 million people (now...

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Naomi Lazzaro from Pureharvest gives us the low-down on her family’s pioneering organic health-food company

Naomi Lazzaro from Pureharvest gives us the low-down on her family’s pioneering organic health-food company

Pureharvest started in the 70’s from a strong passion to share good quality natural health food with people. At the very beginning we were a small independent health food store in Prahran, Melbourne

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Interview with Andy Walker, Musician and creator of kids' rock’n’roll band Bunny Racket

Interview with Andy Walker, Musician and creator of kids' rock’n’roll band Bunny Racket

I’m a child of the ’70s. Brought up on a diet of Kiss, Ramones, The Muppets and Saturday morning cartoons. Rock’n’roll has been pulsing through my veins since a very young age, and the pulse only seems to get stronger as the years go by.

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