{"id":2489,"date":"2012-07-30T18:44:49","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T08:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/?p=2489"},"modified":"2012-08-01T19:09:01","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T09:09:01","slug":"the-macbelly-authors-wayne-macauley-and-mungo-maccallum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/?p=2489","title":{"rendered":"the Macbelly : authors Wayne Macauley and Mungo MacCallum"},"content":{"rendered":"

On air on Byron Bay’s community radio station, bayfm 99.9 on 30 July 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Yes I know I have been a bit slow putting this up for you, but I have been so busy and excited with this, the week of the 2012 Byron Bay Writers Festival, and such interesting books on the crazy world of food featured this year.\u00a0 I feel like a labrador puppy with 3 tails to wag, surrounded by books and food and people who think and talk and give my brain a healthy little workout.<\/p>\n

First up, here’s the interview audio,\u00a0 but as I say every week as I put more and more on these posts – MORE COMING!<\/p>\n

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WAYNE’S (DARK AND YES, FUNNY) WORLD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I was just on the phone with Jim Hearn, author of\u00a0 High Season, who is a local and has agreed to come on belly for an extended chat on August 20.\u00a0 He is on a panel with Wayne Macauley on Sunday at the festival, called “Cooking your way to salvation”.\u00a0 Cooking your way to perdition more like, judging by their 2 stories.\u00a0 Jim’s review of Wayne’s novel “The Cook” is brief :”Fucking awesome book!!”<\/p>\n

The Cook is the story of a very young man, Zac, who dreams of becoming a famous chef, with a TV show and the most\u00a0 successful and exclusive restaurant in the world.\u00a0 I asked Wayne to read one of the passages where Zac is dreaming of his restaurant, as he works on the veggie patch he is making for a very rich family that has taken him on as a private chef.\u00a0 It is one of the less bloody versions of his restaurant.<\/p>\n

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wayne macauley white walls<\/a><\/p>\n

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And here’s the full interview audio.\u00a0 Wayne talked about ambition and butchery, class in Australia, service and servility, Patrick White and osso buco.<\/p>\n

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Wayne Macauley with Sister T – audio<\/a><\/p>\n

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IN MUNGO’S KITCHEN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mungo MacCallum has written book number 8, and it’s not about politics.\u00a0 He’s seen the light and written about the much more enjoyable topic of food.\u00a0\u00a0 He has been cooking,\u00a0 and occasionally feeding and sharing cooking tips with politicians, for many decades.\u00a0 His book : “Eat my words : A Memoir of politics, pig-outs and pickles”, will be launched by Tom Keneally on Friday (4 to 5 pm, the lakehouse, North Byron resort, i.e. the festival site).<\/p>\n

It is the belly party pick of the festival, and it is free and open to all.<\/p>\n


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Mungo MacCallum with Sister T – part 1 : tofu terror<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mungo MacCallum part 2 : hunters, smoked mullet & a book launch<\/a><\/p>\n

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On belly safari in Mungo’s pantry (& kitchen & herb garden)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mungo’s recipes coming soon I promise!<\/p>\n

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