This podcast is for humble readers and hopeful cooks. If you're taking the time to read this, hit follow so we can fly into your pods when we have time to record. Alissa's seen the light in Michele Obama's new release, while also sharing tips when dealing with Difficult People, the new book from Dr Rebecca Ray. Sal has read five books and attempts to recap them succinctly. She fails. She loved Gabrielle Zevin's epic Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, a perfect read for your next book club. Heather Darwent's The Things We Do To Our Friends is not for the weak-stomached, well-written, but evil as hell. She also dives into three debut Australian authors. All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien has been longlisted for the Stella Prize. It is set in Cabramatta and looks at Vietnamese culture and immigration, Saman Shad's The Matchmaker is a fun romance that looks at Pakastani culture in Paramatta, and she talks about bereavement catering in Dianne Yarwood's The Wakes. All three books are rich in food, culture and conversation Alissa has cooked from two new release cookbooks - RecipeTin eats and Yumi Stynes' The Food Fix. Adore. Consider meals for the School Holidays sorted. Follow us on Insta @read_eat_repeat_podcast for more recommendations and reviews! We welcome book recommendations through Insta - chat to you there. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Season 2 of read, eat, repeat is here - coming at you monthly with a round-up of the books we have read and the deliciousness it has inspired us to cook (or not). Alissa's read Tina Brown's The Palace Papers (Sally listened to the audio book) and now they are both Royal tragics... Alissa's also read The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller. Sal has read Holly Ringland's second novel The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding, as well as Maggie O'Farrell's The Marriage Portrait. Both highly recommended for different reasons. The girls have also been cooking - Sal's mum gave her A Year of Simple Family Food by Julia Busuttil Nishimura and has cooked the Summer recipes within it - the Slow-roasted Tomatoes with Mint and Mozzarella is a BBQ fav. It is so wonderful to be back in your ears. Follow us for more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alissa reads Still Life - a story about war, love, friends and beautiful Italian food. Sally reviews The Bellbird River Country Choir by Australian best-selling author, Sophie Green and unpacks The Eulogy by Jackie Bailey .. a tale that embraces all of life's big issues. And the best kids book, We Are Wolves by Katrina Nannestad. Plus we go cooking ... from the best how-to recipe guide from Alice Zaslavsky's latest book ... to Persiana Everyday. YUM. Follow us here: https://www.instagram.com/read_eat_repeat_podcast/ https://www.facebook.com/readeatrepeatpodcast See www.omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're back! Sally reviews her new favourite book, Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. Daisy Turnbull's 50 Questions to Ask Your Teens and the top take-outs for your family. Plus, we road test the latest and best cookbooks, Chinese-ish, Around the Table and Moe Fish More Veg. YUM! Follow us here: https://www.instagram.com/read_eat_repeat_podcast/ https://www.facebook.com/readeatrepeatpodcast See www.omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All the latest from our favs ... ! Geraldine Brooks has a new novel called Horse and Sal gives it a trot. See what we did there? Parenting expert Maggie Dent divulges her latest advice on girlhood. Alissa says it's magic. And Sal reads Madonna King's L Platers about teen girls post-Covid on the road to adulthood. Cathrine Mahoney talks divorce after separating from Andrew 'Joey' Johns and everything - heartbreak, friendship and thrush! Kate Grenville's latest on Australia's one of the greatest female farming pioneers, Elizabeth MacArthur. And ... we got to Tibet ... well, not really, we Taste Tibet with a great dahl, darl. We also talk slow cooker recipes ... not stews. Follow us here: https://www.instagram.com/read_eat_repeat_podcast/ https://www.facebook.com/readeatrepeatpodcast See www.omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Let's bugger off, buy a sunshiney yellow cottage and re-read Jane Austen! That's what octogenarian Ruth Wilson did! Sal and Alissa talk about why this book is so uniquely warm and cosy.  On the table this week ... is a chicken and rice one-pan wonder by the neighbour of two beautiful brothers who began the initiative YiaYia Next Door ... and a Milo cake and Salsa Verde from Around the Kitchen Table by Sophie Hansen and Annie Herron. (Not Janelle's camping biscuits - sorry, Sophie & Janelle! - Sal burnt them)!  We talk emotions with Brene Brown's Atlas of the Heart. We go deep on anxiety, envy and jealousy!  And we review Tom Tilley's insightful new book about religion in Australia.  Plus, Musterdogs gets another run - in book format!  Follow us here:  https://www.instagram.com/read_eat_repeat_podcast/  https://www.facebook.com/readeatrepeatpodcast See www.omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vet bills, empanada fail and a custard revelation!  Sal reviews Violeta by Isabel Allende plus tells us about her new absolute fav book, A Solitary Walk On The Moon by Hilde Hinton.  Kerri Sackville hits the spot on Sal's life with The Life Changing Magic Of A Little Bit Of Mess.  And Alissa falls in love with custard again - in the easiest way possible - after road testing Sally Wise's The Comfort Bake. YUM.  Plus Alissa and Sally's Mother's Day top 5 picks!  Thanks to Murdoch Books and Hachette for their support.  Follow us here:  https://www.instagram.com/read_eat_repeat_podcast/  https://www.facebook.com/readeatrepeatpodcast See www.omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk about Marian Keyes' sequel to her super bestseller Rachel's Holiday. It's called Again, Rachel and as Nigella says, it's like "a balm for the soul".   We also talk about The Space Between The Stars by Indira Naidoo which is out this week. It's like nothing we've ever read before.  Plus ... a coconut milk bundt cake, lunchbox ideas and a vegetarian capponata. Yum.  Please share with your friends and family and leave us a rating and review. We'd be so grateful! Love Alissa and Sal.  Thanks to Murdoch Books and Hachette for your support.  Follow us here:  https://www.instagram.com/read_eat_repeat_podcast/  https://www.facebook.com/readeatrepeatpodcast See www.omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Books that make you go .. hmmm .. ! So, what’s the fuss about Colleen Hoover? We read her best-selling book, It Ends With Us and talk about everything including the SEX. And the easiest biscuits and tastiest slices Sal’s ever cooked. Plus, Alissa makes pancakes and Ukranian piroshki. And Sal reveals the best Wordle starter. Thanks, Mum! Follow us here:  https://www.instagram.com/read_eat_repeat_podcast/  https://www.facebook.com/readeatrepeatpodcast See www.omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's cake week! (Even thought it smells like a turnip in the podcast studio this week because it was the only thing that would keep our special guest Daisy, quiet). We talk about our favourite new cakes that you'll want to bring into your life! The banana cake "with a twist" is a cracker.  Alissa talks about Meg Mason's Sorrow & Bliss, her new fav book. Sal reviews Diana Reid's Love & Virtue and reminisces about uni days.  Plus, what the hell do you do with the old veggies in the back of your fridge? Sal knows. She's bought Use It All and she really is using it all. (No need to worry about the turnip, already eaten).  To see Sal's new puppy and some more pics of reads and eats we love, follow us here:  https://www.instagram.com/read_eat_repeat_podcast/  https://www.facebook.com/readeatrepeatpodcast See www.omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sally by Sally! Our Sal talks about the latest Sally Hepworth book, The Younger Wife and the food within it ... Maccas and wedding cakes included!  We talk about all the goodness that is Jimmy and Jane Barnes' cookbook. Who'd have thought? It's absolutely fab - all about our fav things ... fam, friends and food!  Plus we talk about Christian White's latest fiction novel, Wild Place and the best everyday recipe to come out of the Goop 5-day cleanse.  Thanks for joining us! Please subscribe if you like it ... and bring your friends along for the ride. We're having so much fun and love all the feedback from friends and friends of friends ... more the merrier.  Follow us at:  https://www.instagram.com/read_eat_repeat_podcast/  https://www.facebook.com/readeatrepeatpodcast See www.omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We taste Sal's plum jam fail ... will she ever perfect this journey?  What's all the fuss about Cloud Cuckoo Land, author of All The Light We Cannot See? Sal explains. Alissa goes back in time to read Marian Keyes' bestseller, Rachel's Holiday, before the much anticipated sequel drops in Feb. Plus we talk about The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave.  And ... a few other summer meals for the whole fam.  Follow us at:  https://www.instagram.com/read_eat_repeat_podcast/  https://www.facebook.com/readeatrepeatpodcast See www.omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A deep dive into Trent Dalton's Love Stories. It's the golden retriever of summer reads and the perfect antidote to reality. But what's it really about?  Sal pretends she's cooked heaps of food for her family but we all know her husband did the cooking while she was at the beach. Just kidding. Not really.  And the best way to get your non-reader children reading these hols.  Thanks, mums, for listening.  To follow us go to: https://www.instagram.com/read_eat_repeat_podcast/  https://www.facebook.com/readeatrepeatpodcast See www.omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alissa and Sal talk pickling after Sally admits to crying over bestselling novel Devotion by Australian Hannah Kent. Along with some salty teardrops … corned beef and pickled beets are on the menu inspired by Kent’s characters.  Plus .. the girls talk about road testing Belinda Jeffrey’s absolutely magical cookbook, A Year Of Sundays .. and agree the best book of all time might be the latest coffee table book about one of our fav things .. dogs. For more info follow us on Insta or Facebook and sign up to our fortnightly newsletter. It’s a nice place to be.  Thanks to our beautiful fam and friends for listening. X https://www.instagram.com/read_eat_repeat_podcast/  https://www.facebook.com/readeatrepeatpodcast See www.omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we discuss Beautiful World Where Are You? by Sally Rooney and talk about the things twenty-somethings eat! Or more to the point, don't eat! What was your fav go-to recipe when you began cooking? Tuna pasta? Chicken risotto? Toast? Gum? Tea? Wine? We talk all of the above.  Sal road tests 'grits', a constant cooked by one of our most-loved characters of the past year, Kya (aka The Marsh Girl) from Delia Owens' Where the Crawdads Sing. Sal feeds them to her family who reject it until she comes up with a failsafe way to make any food better ... And we chat about the latest books we're giving the most treasured people in our life this Christmas!  Happy days to you and your fav peeps.  https://www.instagram.com/read_eat_repeat_podcast/  https://www.facebook.com/readeatrepeatpodcast See www.omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're talking about Liane Moriarty's latest novel, Apples Never Fall and ... inspired by the characters, we road test our fav brownies, the internet's best chicken soup and discuss Joy's hate for family cooking. Sal's also in love with Nat's What I Reckon, the latest read by Australia's straight-shooting, witty cook ... and Alissa's reading Galah magazine, an Australian treasure from the bush. IRL ... Alissa's dog Daisy dog dug up the garden while we recorded (such an unfocused podcast producer - might need a warning), Sal's kitchen is still sticky from marmalade and Alissa's phone resists the silent treatment. But we're here ... enjoying a chat. Hope you like being here with us, too. Thanks for listening, mum.  https://www.instagram.com/read_eat_repeat_podcast/  https://www.facebook.com/readeatrepeatpodcast See www.omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.