ON THIS EPISODE

- The lost art of letter writing

- Hunter Valley wines with Myles Thomson

- A $12 cup of coffee

- The AFL’s indigenous participation issue

- Our Book, Screen and Food recommendations

The lost art of letter writing

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans – and why we love a good book about letters

- Synopsis of the novel and why we think it resonates

- Why the genre “epistolary fiction” (stories told through letters, emails, or diary entries) works

- Other examples of letter novels

- Famous real-life collections of letters published as books

- New technology v old-fashioned letter writing – and is there a renaissance

ITEM 2: The Cocktail Cabinet: With Myles Thomson of Prince Winestore. This week: HUNTER VALLEY WINES

Tedeschi Capitel Tenda Soave 2024

Domaine Font de Courtedune Cotes du Rhone Cuvee Le Mourre VV Village 2023

www.princewinestore.com.au 177 Bank Street, South Melb & Hansard Street, Zetland NSW & David Jones Food Hall, Castlereigh St Sydney

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BOOK: Caro: The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor

SCREEN: Corrie: Run Away on Netflix

FOOD: Caro: Xinjiang Lamb Skewers

600g diced lamb (preferably something a little fatty like rump or shoulder)

4 teaspoons cumin seeds

4 teaspoons fennel seeds

1 teaspoon Sichuan pepper

1 teaspoon sugar

30ml soy sauce

10ml grapeseed oil

10g fresh ginger, finely chopped

Zest and juice of ½ lime 2 spring onions, finely sliced Handful coriander, torn

1 red chilli, deseeded and finely sliced

First make the dry spice mix - toast the cumin and fennel seeds in a dry pan on a low heat for 2-3 minutes until fragrant. Place the seeds in a mortar and pestle and adding the Sichuan pepper and sugar, grind to a coarse. In a bowl, combine half of the spice mix in the soy sauce, oil, ginger lime zest and juice. Add the diced lamb and massage the spices into the meat before letting in marinate for at least 2 hours to absorb the flavours. Reserve remaining mix for later. Thread the marinated lamb onto skewers (if using wooden skewers be sure to soak them in water for at least 1-2 hours prior). Fire up your grill or barbecue until smoking hot. Grill the skewers over a high heat for 2-3 minutes per side, turning frequently, until deeply charred and cooked through. Sprinkle with the reserved spice mixture all over them and roll on the grill for another minute. Transfer the skewers to a plate and finish with the spring onions, coriander and red chilli.

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