Cassy Morris of Fig & Salt is back this afternoon with what can only be described as a SHOW STOPPER of a cake.

Cassy’s red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting must be seen to be believed. She makes hers super tall with copious amounts of icing, piling deep red fresh flowers on stop for visual effect.

Oh, and did you know red velvet cake is actually just an extra smooth and velvety chocolate cake with an obscene amount of red food colouring in it!? True story. I know two whole bottles of colouring seems excessive but go with it… Cassy assures us this is the only way to achieve that distinctive rich deep red colour.

There are few people on the internet whose musings make you vigorously mutter ‘Yes!’ under your breath to the chagrin of your fellow commuters. Journalist, podcast host, audio producer and self-proclaimed ‘bearded Muslim man who has opinions’, Osman Faruqi, is one of those rare people.

As the head of audio at independent publisher Schwartz Media, Osman oversees production for the enormously successful 7am (which has become the most popular daily news podcast in the country since its launch in 2019) and will now host the newest addition to the masthead’s stable – a weekly podcast covering TV, film, music, art and literature called The Culture.

That’s a long way from spending a summer making spreadsheets for a construction firm while studying environmental engineering, and doing volunteer stints on Sydney’s community radio on the side.

But that’s the thing about dream jobs, often they’re not at all where you expected to find yourself.

What is the collective noun for shacks? For this Denison Rivulet project by Taylor + Hinds architects, the three cabins might be described as a ‘shelter.’ (Or, perhaps, a ‘glow’, looking at that bathroom!). 

Inspired by the practical minimalism of Tasmanian shack heritage, this project on the East Coast of Tasmania is about ‘more than capturing a view.’

Artist Criss Canning and her husband David Glenn own Lambley Nursery, an amazing plant nursery in central Victoria, renowned for their incredible array of dry climate plants. The couple have been living on their 40 acre property for 25 years, part of which they have transformed into a thriving garden.

Our gardens columnist Georgina Reid recently caught up with the couple to chat about their incredible property, and Criss’s upcoming exhibition at Mossgreen in Melbourne.