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• A show of lists! Categories include: top 5 footy stories, news stories, books, screens, food, gifts

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Top 5 Footy Stories of 2024 (Caro)

Collingwood off field upheaval

Longmire

Hinkley / Ginnivan

Melbourne / Petracca

Fagan / Brisbane

Top 5 News Stories of 2024, in no particular order (Corrie)

More voters than ever went to the polls

The Paris Olympic Games

Pro-Palestinian protests

The Royal Family health battles

US Election

THE COCKTAIL CABINET – brought to us by Prince Wine Store and Myles Thomson.

The 5 Best Wines for Christmas Day

Stefano Lubiana NV

Von Hovel Saar Riesling Trocken 2022

Marchesi Alfieri La Tota Barbera d'Asti 2022 (Screwcap)

Stephane Aviron Beaujolais Morgon Cote du Py 2021

Curatolo Arini Dolce NV

BSF brought to us by Red Energy

BOOK:

Caro on her Best Books of 2024

1. Enter Ghost by Isabella Hamad

2. Lola In The Mirror by Trent Dalton

3. Wellness by Nathan Hill

4. Beesting by Paul Murray 

5. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson

Corrie Books to read in 2025

1 Dorothy Parker in Hollywood by Gail Crowther

2 ‘Memorial Day by Geraldine Brooks

3 The final Two in John Boyne’s Elements series (Water and earth – now Fire and Air)

4 Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place by Kate Grenville (April)(

5 February : Killing Time by Alan Bennett - a brand new story, set in a home for the elderly;

a glorious, darkly comic treat.

SCREEN:

Caro on her Best Screen of 2024

All Of Us Strangers

Kneecap

Lee

Blitz

The Holdovers

Corrie on her Best Screen (to watch) in 2025

In The Grey

The Amateur

Black Doves (Netflix)

Lockerbie: A Search for Truth (Peacock)

Zero Day (Netflix)

FOOD 

Caro on her Best Summer Recipes of 2024

Chimichurri

Beef Tomato Carpaccio with Spring Onoin and Ginger Salsa

One Pot Pasta with Ricotta and Lemon

Asparagus, Pea & Watercress with Anchovy Cream Dressing

Beetroot cured salmon

Corrie on her Best Recipes (to cook) in Summer 2025

Chicken thighs with spiced ghee and yoghurt from Recipes for a Lifetime of Beautiful Cooking

Almond crumble cake with peach and blackberry from Good Cooking Every Day: Simple Recipes. Beautiful Menus. All Year Round

Verana’s Potato Salad https://www.irishexaminer.com/recipes/?c-recipeid=12274

Brown Butter Strawberry Cake

DID YOU GIVE THAT?

Caro and Corrie revel their 5 Top Hostess/Host Gifts for 2024

Caro:

Home produce (apricot jam)

Small baby Christmas Cake

Pot plants (Caro likes a pot of basil most)    

Cobram Estate Olive Oil

Perfumes (to fit in your bag) – Estée Lauder does a great pocket perfume

Corrie:

Homemade shortbread

Napkins

Gardenia

Pasta from Mediterranean Wholesalers

Malfy Gin tasting pack