27 Nov 2025

From cooking on the Rainbow Warrior to becoming a Buddhist Nun

From Afternoons, 1:32 pm on 27 November 2025

Not many cookbooks - if any - are launched with a live theatre performance. But then Jade Reidy isn't your average author. Jade has not only been a professional non-fiction writer for 40 years, she is also a Buddhist philosopher, environmentalist and cook, and goodness does she have some stories to share. Jade chats to Jesse.

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