Sasha Barbagat

It's called The Weekend Briefing.

And we've had some great guests so far this year.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And this weekend was a special one for me.

I spoke with legendary Aussie cook, Stephanie Alexander, who her cookbook, The Cook's Companion, which is celebrating 30 years, sat on my mum's bookshelf and was like out on the kitchen bench like every weekend.

So I was so excited to talk to her and I just love her philosophy on food.

Yeah.

Stephanie and I are one with that approach to life.

She also shared with me this crazy story of how she opened a restaurant in the 60s, literally days after having a baby.

Have a listen to this.

Was it hard working in that industry as a woman at that time?

How did you open a restaurant while three weeks postpartum?

I don't understand.

Well, I was stupid.

Yeah, well, like you said, like listen to it on the weekend.

It's a change of pace for what we do during the week.

We do obviously all the hard news, some obviously much lighter news as well.

We are good at that stuff too.

But add the weekend briefing to your weekend routine.

You can listen on a walk while you're making brekkie or in the car if you have to see your friends or do a family barbecue.