My favourite quote: “I just hate the idea that someone is out there giving themselves a hard time for not being enough for the world around them. Nat’s platform has enabled him to hold up a tongue-in-cheek mirror to antiquated cultural norms, to promote a little kindness and to have a chat about his own battle with mental health. There’s some deep bits, some serious bits, lots of stories that wouldn’t be out of place at a mate’s after a few drinks, or down the pub for that matter.

Again, this was a perfect Self Care bingo pick for me, and once I get a bit more stability back, I’ll be trying out as many recipes from the book as humanly possible.

He seems like a genuinely nice guy, and reading UN-COOK YOURSELF gave me further respect for him between his health (both physical and mental) struggles and the long, meandering road he has walked to get to his current level of success. another person's take on mental health and how he deals in a world that he sometimes struggles to feel a part of.

Features a small selection of Nat's favourite recipes illustrated by Sydney artists Bunkwaa, Glenno and Onnie O'Leary. If you’re looking for some laughs with a touch of introspection and a new winner to add to your dinner repertoire though, then you’re spot on with this one. This entry was posted in Articles and tagged 2020, Bargain, Best Value, Book, December, Gift, Nat's What I Reckon, Secret Santa, UK, Un-cook Yourself : A Ratbag's Rules for Life, Xmas by Alex. I know he pulls the piss out of self help books in this self proclaimed “self help” book, but some of the topics he hits on with metal health is worded so carefully and thoughtfully. He talks about being a good listener, sometimes we aren’t equipped to know how to help but just being there sometimes is enough.A wonderful hug in book form for anyone who's ever experienced mental health challenges and a great way to ease the pressure on life while bringing a smile to your face. And he will make you laugh as he destroys these thoughtless, uncompassionate "solutions" bandied about like the phony, marketing slogans that they are. As well as some life events and recipes, Nat's book has some important perspectives from his own experience on mental health, self reliance and not following the crowd. Death To Jar Sauce features 25 rad recipes illustrated by Sydney artists Bunkwaa, Glenno, Warrick McMiles and Onnie O’Leary.

Think Jamie Oliver’s skills meets Gordon Ramsey’s mouth mixed with Viv from the young-ones attitude.It's worth reading for his interesting life story but probably could have been done really well in 100 pages. I also need to point out that he uses a lot of swearing and Australian slang, which may be very difficult for some people. Watching leeks with little hairy bumcheeks run away from a fuck off knife has given me immense joy, and I never want to read a recipe that’s not like that ever again. The ethos of ‘put a whole fucken bulb of garlic in, or fucken don’t, whatever trevor’ is how I think we should all be living our lives.