The Guardian
Arrive early, appoint a leader and say yes: why I get all steamed up about yum cha
You might think I’m no fun to have a meal with – but there’s method to my madness…
A perilous adventure on a suburban ice skating rink ends with a helping hand and a wooden whale
Life is uncertain enough. So why did I add the twin hazards of a slippery surface and metal-bladed shoes to the mix?
“It’s very nice holding your hands,” I said to a man I’d just met.
When you learn to ice skate at your local shopping centre’s outdoor pop-up skate rink, apparently it unlocks a part of your brain that says embarrassing things.
ABC Everyday
Ten things I’m slowly learning while recovering from depression
I used to joke onstage "I'm so anxious, even my central system is nervous".
My first experience of anxiety and depression was over 20 years ago, and I definitely couldn't have joked about it at the time.
What it's like changing careers to run a family restaurant
During COVID, digital account manager Emily Ng left Sydney to manage her parent's Chinese restaurant in Malua Bay, in regional NSW.
The restaurant had just reopened after being destroyed by the bushfires of 2019. The 31-year-old shares what prompted her career change and move back home.
Can you learn to be funny?
The short answer? Yes. Yes, you can.
The secret, it turns out, might not be so much about learning to be funny, but returning to being funny.
"Children are funny. They tell stories, and comedy is storytelling," says Rachel Berger.
Land-lover tries dragon boat racing for the first time
What are some of your favourite things?
One of my favourite things is land, a place where you can luxuriate in things like walking and sleeping; a place where you don't have to worry about not being able to swim very well.
So you can imagine my trepidation when it came to trying dragon boat racing in Queensland with the Hervey Bay Dragon Boat Club.
SBS Food
Finding comfort in making snow fungus sweet soup from memory
Living alone during lockdown was fine until I craved snow fungus sweet soup, and couldn’t go to my parents’ place to eat it.
I had a supply issue on my hands, and let’s be honest – a skills shortage, too. In all my years, I’ve never learned to make the Chinese dessert known as snow fungus sweet soup. It’s something that Mum has always made.
Chinese roast pork + garlic bread = the ultimate food equation
As someone who loves New York, char siu (Chinese roast pork), sandwiches, and garlic bread, I couldn’t believe that for years and years people in the Catskills area of New York have been chomping happily on a sandwich that I’d never heard of: char siu garlic bread.
ABC RN Books and Arts
Iraqi refugee artist Sameer Dakhil draws inspiration from new home in Australia
One afternoon in Jordan, Sameer Dakhil answered the phone and the first word he heard was "congratulations".
At first he thought it was a prank, but then the voice continued: "This is the Australian Government. You have been granted a visa."
Randa Abdel-Fattah spins Islamophobia into Aussie teen romance
Randa Abdel-Fattah was researching Islamophobia from the point of view of perpetrators when she wrote her 11th book.
By day, she'd interview people with Islamophobic views for her PhD. At night she'd imagine what would happen if two teenagers from opposite sides of an anti-refugee rally met and fell in love.
ABC News
Lunar New Year: What is it and how do people celebrate?
This week, about 1.5 billion people around the world are getting ready to welcome the Year of the Dog.
It's all about spending time with family and friends, feasting on foods with symbolic meanings, gift-giving and good wishes.
What Lunar New Year means to six Australian families
More than a million Australians celebrate Lunar New Year, mostly from Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese backgrounds.
As we make our way into the Year of the Dog, six families reflect on what it means to them.
Jennifer Wong Has a Go
JWHAG was an ABC Everyday column that began during the pandemic, starting with an article on why novelty is extra important during Covid times. Here are things that Jennifer Wong Has a Go at: