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Social Media Angst, Therapeutic Stirring 🥄 & Nature's Retinol

Oct 03, 2019

Instagram anxiety! Foolproof vegan recipes with PIZAZZ! A pumpkin 🎃 bread so dense you’ve basically gotta braise it! There’s a lot going on this week. SoRo is self-soothing via a vegetarian ragu and SoMo has added to her already extensive tie dye collection. Neither of us seem to know how long you’re supposed to keep a toothbrush for. All that and more down below!

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Listener Reccy:

Thanks to Jess on insta for sending through the ‘We’re The Women’ exhibition at the Women and Girls Emergency Centre in Redfern. You can check out the art and treat yourself to a print online, and all the money goes towards a bloody fantastic organisation!

EAT

Magdalena Roze’s Pumpkin Bread, Instagram

Nigel Slater’s Lentil Ragu with Creme Fraiche, The Guardian

READ/WATCH/LISTEN

Who would Tavi Gevinson Be Without Instagram, The Cut

Shrill on SBS Playback or Hulu

BUY

Join the tie dye party but make it FANCY with the Realisation Par Naomi Skirt in Karma (Tie Dye)🔮

East, the new cookbook by Meera Sodha, Booktopia

FAST FIVE

Shop Honey🍯, Moss Vale and online
Unico Zelo Yuzu Vermouth for a zesty little apertif
Supernatural Cellars, in Byron Bay for natural wines and salty snacks
Big Little Brushes Bamboo Toothbrushes
THEN at White Rabbit Gallery, for a celebration of the past decade of exhibitions of contemporary Chinese art. On now until January.

Models Prefer Argan Infusion Concealer, from Priceline
Passerbuys website for when you need to push through that 3pm slump (start with our fave gal Alison Roman)
Bybi Bakuchiol Serum - Read about the ingredient on The Cut, and get it at Sephora (AU), Credo Beauty (USA) or the Bybi site (UK)
Alison Roman’s Poached Fish 🐟in Tomato Broth, watch how to make it on Youtube or read it here, or on NYTimes Cooking if you’ve got a subscription.
@Kirstin.Sims on Instagram

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Thanks again to our sponsor DRNKS.com for their support of this episode. Don’t forget to use the code HIGHLYENTHUSED at checkout for 10% off your order! If you’re in Sydney, the cut off for same day delivery is now TWO PM. Make some reckless decisions on your lunch break and get that Radikon delivered in time for the long weekend.

Thanks as well to Yulli’s Brews for their sponsorship of this episode! If you’re looking for delicious local brews, vegan food and some of the best dog 🐕 watching in Sydney, look no further than their brewery in Alexandria, or hit up yullisbrews.com.au to order a taste!

Please tell us how frequently we should be throwing out our toothbrushes.

Ciao for now!
S&S