Lunch Lady Magazine

My sister and co-founder Jess! We live on opposite sides of the world but working together is constantly inspiring, rewarding and sometimes challenging too! Being a tiny team keeps us motivated and allows us to really play to our strengths while neve

Sand is composed of fragments of organic materials like coral, minerals, glass, bone and volcanic particles. Silicon dioxide is the most common component, but sand’s colour, consistency and composition can vary dramatically. The best sand for buildin

SEAWEED IS FULL OF MINERALS AND NUTRIENTS, and can be used in lots of ways. First, you need to dry your foraged seaweed–peg it to your washing line on a sunny day, until it’s crisp. Then, break it up into bits and store in a jar, ready for eating. Yo

1. Avoid reassurance: Our first instinct is to tell our child that there’s nothing to worry about; meanwhile, their brain is telling them that it’s a life-or-death situation. Saying “don’t worry, it’s going to be okay” simply tells our child that we

In Japan, they call people tako kichi, or ‘kite crazy’. In Holland, they’re vlieger gek. But in China, there’s no such thing as being too obsessed with flying kites, which were invented there 2,500 years ago. According to legend, a Chinese philosophe

Natural bug sprays are quite different to conventional sprays: they are gentle and safe, but you need to spray them regularly for maximum effect. The essential oils, including basil (Ocimum basilicum), peppermint (Mentha x piperita) and lavender (Lav

Ask someone about the first time they got their period and they’ll definitely have something to share. It’s not like the first time they rode a bike (“Um … I don’t remember”) or had sex (“I was drunk”). Whether it was highly dramatic or rather underw

I haven’t always loved my bum. I’ve always thought that it was ‘too big’. Whatever ‘too big’ actually means. It’s not like there is a regulation arse size that we’re all measured against. But once, when I was a teenager, a boyfriend said, “Wow, you h

My mother and I were born in the same country, though we don’t speak the same language. We migrated to Australia from Taiwan when I was four years old, and though we only spoke Mandarin at home, my vocabulary never expanded beyond that of a four-year