My mother had a cartoon on our fridge of a salesman, briefcase in hand, snappy suit, arriving at a flash-looking brick building. The farmer is pointing to a ramshackle, wooden structure, saying, ‘No, this is the pig shed – that is the house.’ As a child, some of my friends had horses. We had pigs. … Continue reading For the love of pigs: folklore and fairy tale
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Where’s the Rakija?
The Pocket Bookclub set a dangerous precedent when we emulated Eleanor Oliphant's favourite dinner of vodka and pizza. It seemed that on every other page the characters in Téa Obreht's The Tiger's Wife are drinking Rakija or Rakia. This is essentially fruit brandy from the Balkans which you cannot buy (easily) in Australia. We know … Continue reading Where’s the Rakija?