“Australia’s Martha Stewart” Donna Hay
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Brendan O'Connor on RTE Radio 1. Listen back on the RTE Radio Player app. Now, you might know my next guest from her Disney Plus Food Show Coastal Celebrations, or you might have one of the 8 million cookbooks she sold. They call her Australia's Martha Stewart. Donna, hey, you're very welcome.
Thank you. Great to be here.
I believe you've just landed in Ireland for the first time, yeah?
I have.
And look at you, fresh as a daisy.
Absolutely. This nice chill in the air, but a little bit of sunshine with me.
Yeah. And no pressure, but how do you like it here so far?
Oh, I'm sure I'm going to fall in love with the country. Absolutely.
Yeah. You haven't had any food yet, I presume. You haven't had a full Irish breakfast, have you?
I had a really great coffee.
Oh, yeah.
What insights does Donna Hay share about her first trip to Ireland?
OK. Yeah. Yeah. We were catching up with Australia on coffee, I think. Yeah. Have you any particular specific eating planned while you're here?
I'm going to leave that to my Irish friend, Donal. Oh, yeah. He's the one responsible for getting me here. So I'm leaving it up to his capable hands.
I'd say he has plans for you. So how do you become Australia's Martha Stewart? I think it involved turning down a job with the actual Martha Stewart at one point, didn't it?
Yes, I went. She called for me and I went to New York to do some filming with her for her TV show when she had it. This was back in the day. I was in my 20s. And she offered me a job to be on her food team. I went home to Sydney to think about it and I was offered my own magazine to start that at home. So I stayed and did that instead.
Now, you see, people might have an idea that Australia... Food-wise, I know it's come on a lot, but that there isn't like, there isn't what you call an Australian cuisine, is there? How would you characterize it?
I think that is the best thing about Australia, that there's no traditional cuisine. So we sort of have a little bit of everything, which makes the food scene super exciting.
Okay, amazing.
Yeah, like our immigrant culture is... So diverse. So it doesn't matter what you want to eat. It's all there. The produce is seriously great because of the amount of sunshine we have. So I feel really spoiled for choice.
Yeah. And you're not locked into too much tradition or anything either. It's like, yeah. Australia is not a prisoner to history in the way that a lot of countries are, is it? Like it's pretty much, you're all living for the moment pretty much. We're pretty rebellious. Unburdened by the past.
We're kind of those rule breaker, you know, kind of rebellious types.
Yes. Well, of course, we could get into a discussion about why you're like that. But yes, yes, yes. So you live by the sea in Sydney, which sounds absolutely idyllic.
How did Donna Hay become known as 'Australia’s Martha Stewart'?
Oh my goodness, it's so amazing. I just love it. I love being by the water, which was so nice when I came in from the airport, saw the coastline.
Yeah.
Very nice.
Yeah, it's not quite living by the sea in Sydney, but yeah, we do live by the sea here. We probably don't embrace the bay as much as you do in Sydney. So what kind of food do people eat when they live by the sea in Sydney?
Well, I think they eat a little bit of sunny food. type of food, sun-kissed, we like to say.
Okay.
And this book leans into all the produce that's available in summer because that's really the time when anyone in any country in summer wants to eat that kind of food that might remind them of a holiday they had by the coast or just a great family holiday or some sort of fun time because summer to me is one of the best times of year.
Yeah, absolutely. And so is that a bottom note in kind of that all Australian food that there's a little bit of sunshine in all of it? It's kind of summery. I think so. It's kind of holiday food all the time, yeah?
Yeah, it is.
Amazing. And we hear about Pacific Rim food, yeah? Is that...
No, I don't. I think that was made up by someone who visited.
Was it? So breakfasts are a big thing, I believe, in Australia. Huge.
Yeah. I mean, I probably have more meetings over breakfast than a lunch. It's short, sharp and shiny, as we like to say.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:45
2
What insights does Donna Hay share about her first trip to Ireland?
0:45–2:46
3
How did Donna Hay become known as 'Australia’s Martha Stewart'?
2:46–4:29
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What defines Australian cuisine according to Donna Hay?
4:29–11:04
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What makes breakfast culture significant in Australia?
11:04–12:51