Don't Shoot The Messenger

Corrie to Caro: Describe your most amazing GatherRound experience

Caro to Anna: What is your favorite date on the footycalendar

Anna to Caro: What was the only disappointment duringyour recent Adelaide trip

Anna to Corrie: What has surprised you most aboutticket sales this year

Corrie to Anna:  Which author are you most excited to meet at the SorrentoWriters Festival

Caro to Corrie: What was yesterday’s heart-stoppingFestival moment

Peter Fitzsimons was our very special guest at the live recording of episode 352, from the Sorrento Writers Festival.

Peter Fitzsimons was our very special guest at the live recording of episode 352, from the Sorrento Writers Festival.

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BOOK: With Anzac Day in mind, we have a war theme:

Anna reviews Precipice by Robert Harris

Caro reviews Princes At War by Deborah Cadbury

Corrie mentions Narrow Road to the Deep North (mini overview/review) on Amazon Prime from this weekend

SCREEN:Anna reviews Small Things Like These (at the cinema)Caro reviews The Correspondent 

FOOD:Anna: Caramelised Pear and Yoghurt Cake

Caro: Virginia Trioli’s three ingredient Vodka Gimlet

Corrie on the recipes in Annie Smithers’ two books

ON THIS EPISODE

Live recording from the Sorrento Writers Festival!

Special guest interview with Peter Fitzsimons

Anna from the Op Shop joins us for BSF

Were you there for our live recording? Or did you enjoy listening to the podcast? Please send through your feedback at [email protected]

Act 1: Guest Peter FitzSimons

Discussion about Peter’s new book ‘Jacka’

The Aussie Adventure/war hero genre he has conquered

so brilliantly. Why history? Why war heroes? And how does he churn them out

Peter’s background as a sportsman, journalist and now successful author. Where did it all begin

What does Anzac Day mean to Peter

Next book idea?

Act 2: Guest, Anna from the Op Shop

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BOOK: With Anzac Day in mind, we have a war theme:

Anna reviews Precipice by Robert Harris

Caro reviews Princes At War by Deborah Cadbury

Corrie mentions Narrow Road to the Deep North (mini overview/review) on Amazon Prime from this weekend

SCREEN:

Anna reviews Small Things Like These (at the cinema)

Caro reviews The Correspondent

FOOD:

Anna: Caramelised Pear and Yoghurt Cake

Caro: Virginia Trioli’s three ingredient Vodka Gimlet

Corrie on the recipes in Annie Smithers’ two books

SIX QUICK QUESTIONS

Corrie to Caro: Describe your most amazing Gather

Round experience

Caro to Anna: What is your favorite date on the footy

calendar

Anna to Caro: What was the only disappointment during

your recent Adelaide trip

Anna to Corrie: What has surprised you most about

ticket sales this year

Corrie to Anna:  Which author are you most excited to meet at the Sorrento

Writers Festival

Caro to Corrie: What was yesterday’s heart-stopping

Festival moment

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BOOK: Corrie reviews After The Fall by Kirsten Alexander

SCREEN: Corrie reviews Cry Wolf SBS on Demand

FOOD: Caro has a recipe

DAVID HERBERT – GARNISH WITH CORIANDER LEAVES AND PEA SHOOTS

Spicy: Thai chicken soup; opposite, pea soup with parmesan crisps

THAI CHICKEN SOUP

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

2 tablespoons Thai green curry paste

3 spring onions, sliced

450g chicken breast, thinly sliced

160ml coconut milk

650ml chicken stock

1-2 green chillies, deseeded and finely sliced

1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger

100g dried rice vermicelli noodles

200g sugar snap peas or snow peas, halved lengthways

2 heads pak choi, leaves separated

Juice 1 lime, wedges to serve

Small bunch coriander, roughly chopped, plus sprigs to garnish Pea shoots, to garnish

Heat oil in large saucepan; add curry paste and spring onions. Fry for 2 minutes until aromatic; add chicken and coat in paste. Add coconut milk, stir to combine, then add stock, chillies and ginger. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10-12 minutes or until chicken is cooked Add noodles, sugar snap peas, pak choi and lime juice. Simmer for 3-5 minutes until noodles are tender.

Check seasoning, ladle into serving bowls and garnish with coriander leaves and pea shoots. Serve with lime wedges. Serves 4

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This week: To celebrate Gather ‘Round, Barossa Reds

SIX QUICK QUESTIONS

Corrie to Caro: Which AFL player do you constantly thank the heavens for

Caro to Corrie: What struck you about the weekend’s protesting crowds in the United States

Corrie to Caro: What’s’ your latest example of “when the cover-up is worse than the crime?”

Caro to Corrie: What struck you about Joe Biden this week

Corrie to Caro: What new-release film are you desperate to see

Caro to Corrie: What new-release book are you desperate to read

ON TODAY’S SHOW:

School reunions – the awkward nature of them, but why they can be great

We look ahead to Gather Round (and some Barossa Reds)

Why Caro is thankful for Patrick Dangerfield

The new release book Corrie is desperate to read

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School reunions:

Love ‘em, hate ‘em, hard to ignore ‘em

The purpose of reunions – work, school, uni, international trips etc

Your first school reunion – and how a lot happened between 18 and 23 or 28

Subsequent reunions and what we observe as we age

Thinking about school what are the key memories

Did school make you who you are

THE COCKTAIL CABINET – with Myles Thomson. Search Prince Wine

Store dot com dot au

This week: To

celebrate Gather ‘Round, Barossa Reds

BSF brought to us by Red Energy: Owned by

Snowy Hydro, a leader in renewable energy. Switch to 100% Aussie owned Red

Energy.

BOOK:

Corrie reviews After The Fall by Kirsten Alexander

SCREEN:

Corrie reviews Cry Wolf  SBS on Demand

FOOD:

Caro has a recipe

DAVID HERBERT – GARNISH WITH CORIANDER LEAVES AND PEA SHOOTS

Spicy:

Thai chicken soup; opposite, pea soup with parmesan crisps

THAI CHICKEN SOUP

1 tablespoon

vegetable oil

2 tablespoons Thai green curry paste

3 spring onions, sliced

450g chicken breast, thinly sliced

160ml coconut milk

650ml

chicken stock

1-2 green chillies, deseeded and finely sliced

1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger

100g dried rice vermicelli noodles

200g sugar snap peas or snow peas, halved lengthways

2 heads pak choi, leaves separated Juice

1 lime, wedges to serve

Small bunch coriander, roughly chopped, plus sprigs to garnish Pea shoots, to garnish

Heat oil in large saucepan; add curry paste and

spring onions. Fry for 2 minutes until aromatic; add chicken and coat in paste.

Add coconut milk, stir to combine, then add stock, chillies and ginger. Bring

to the boil and simmer for 10-12 minutes or until chicken is cooked Add

noodles, sugar snap peas, pak choi and lime juice. Simmer for 3-5 minutes until

noodles are tender.

Check seasoning, ladle into serving bowls and

garnish with coriander leaves and pea shoots. Serve with lime wedges. Serves 4

SIX QUICK QUESTIONS

Corrie to Caro: Which AFL player do you constantly thank the heavens for 

Caro to Corrie: What struck you about the weekend’s protesting crowds in the

United States

Corrie to Caro: What’s’ your latest example of “when the cover-up is worse than

the crime?”

Caro to Corrie: What struck you about Joe Biden this week

Corrie to Caro: What new-release film are you desperate to see

Caro to Corrie: What new-release book are you desperate to read

This week's dilemma - a group of friends go away camping over Easter, however there is not much time put into the quality of dinner. How can our listener ask their friends to lift their game!?