The Bennetts, a brand new Christmas drink

The weather reports are in and it's going to be a stinking hot Christmas right across Australia, with SA copping the worst of it. But never fear! Our wonderful new author Helen Bennetts has the perfect Christmas day solution. Introducing the Bennetts,* a brand new cocktail that's a mix of almond granita and prosecco. Intrigued? We were serving them at the launch of Helen's book Willunga Almonds and everyone was raving! First you'll need almond granita,…

Fear (no more) the heat o' the sun

Urgh. Day Five of the great 2014 heatwave rolls on. The horror, the horror. Time to pull out the big guns. Four part series. Available immediately online. Got your attention yet? First read this summary of book one. Then go here. Purchase. Now start reading. By the time you look up, I promise, all this horrible weather will be over. Don't worry, you can thank me later.

Tricks to survive a heatwave ...

The holidays are most definitely over. And we're into Day Two of the great 2014 heatwave (fingers crossed this is the only one!). We all need a good book to get us through. Thank goodness for Iola Mathews, then! Chequered Lives is the hottest off-est the press at the minute, and it's already flying out the door. Telling the story of John Barton Hack and Stephen Hack, and the early days of South Australia, it's fascinating, incredibly…