Catriona Rowntree's new book, "A Grandmother's Wisdom"

A Grandmother's Wisdom by Catriona Rowntree, published by Allen & Unwin, RRP $24.99, out now

A GRANDMOTHER’S WISDOM Lessons learnt at my Nan’s knee Catriona Rowntree There’s a special bond between a grandparent and a grandchild that sets their relationship apart from any other.  Catriona Rowntree knows this first hand.  Recognised  as ‘Australia’s most travelled woman’ thanks to her role on CH 9’S Getaway, Catriona has seen the world a hundred times over.  But it’s the world through her Nan’s eyes that has really changed her life... Catriona Rowntree loves her Nan.  She grew up in the same household and it was to this wise, loving woman that the young Catriona took all her worries and joys.  Always there was a sympathetic ear and advice worth following. When Catriona left home, started her media career, found and lost boyfriends, met her future husband, married and fell pregnant – her Nan’s words of encouragement, warmth and love helped to guide her behaviour and choices, and still continue to do so. A Grandmother’s Wisdom is Catriona’s memoir, interwoven with her Nan’s homespun advice.  Heartfelt and funny with a straight-talking edge, Catriona shares intimate moments from her life, previously only whispered to her loving Nan.  A Grandmother’s Wisdom is a book to treasure and a reminder of how important family really is.

A GRANDMOTHER’S WISDOM

Lessons learnt at my Nan’s knee

Catriona Rowntree

There’s a special bond between a grandparent and a grandchild that sets their relationship apart from any other.  Catriona Rowntree knows this first hand.  Recognised  as ‘Australia’s most travelled woman’ thanks to her role on CH 9’S Getaway, Catriona has seen the world a hundred times over.  But it’s the world through her Nan’s eyes that has really changed her life...

Catriona Rowntree loves her Nan.  She grew up in the same household and it was to this wise, loving woman that the young Catriona took all her worries and joys.  Always there was a sympathetic ear and advice worth following.

When Catriona left home, started her media career, found and lost boyfriends, met her future husband, married and fell pregnant – her Nan’s words of encouragement, warmth and love helped to guide her behaviour and choices, and still continue to do so.

A Grandmother’s Wisdom is Catriona’s memoir, interwoven with her Nan’s homespun advice. 

Heartfelt and funny with a straight-talking edge, Catriona shares intimate moments from her life, previously only whispered to her loving Nan.  A Grandmother’s Wisdom is a book to treasure and a reminder of how important family really is.

Catriona Rowntree launches Priceline's 30 Days of Fashion & Beauty 2012

30 Days of Fashion & Beauty Launch 2012

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Healthy eating starts with what goes in the pantry!

Catriona Rowntree for The Sydney Morning Herald

If Catriona Rowntree's two-year-old son, Andrew, is peckish, he can chew on home-grown apples, mulberries, strawberries and cherry tomatoes.

Eggs come courtesy of their chickens, making a quick and nutritious meal.

Rowntree is lucky to be surrounded with fresh produce at the farm in rural Victoria where she lives with grazier husband James Pettit, Andrew and younger son Charles, nine months.

But she also believes that healthy eating for her two young boys starts with what goes in the pantry.

"Ultimately you are responsible for the shop," she said.

She has taken a leaf out of her own mother's book when it comes to raising her boys: no soft drinks in the house, family meals without the distraction of the television, and an insistence on good manners at the table.

She believes in the importance of breakfasting like a king.

"You've got a great shot at getting things right from breakfast, when the kids are hungry," the Getaway presenter said.

"I'll put out blueberries, grapes, maybe some sliced apple before Andrew has his toast. You can't force them [to eat], you just leave them to it."

Rowntree has even managed to convince her jungle-mad son that dates, mangos and grapes are "jungle lollies", and tries to follow her own advice, reaching for fruit when she has a sweet craving.

She also finds that good routines, with set mealtimes and snack times, help develop good eating habits.

"Then they are less likely to ask for 'chippies' and 'bikkies'," she said.

"Parents: you are responsible for what your children eat. Choose wisely."

Catriona talks about lifes challenges in the November issue of Good Health

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Baby Charles, the newest addition to the Chic Celebrity family

Catriona & her baby boy Charles

How I look the way I do..

Catriona Rowntree on her simple, natural food & beauty tips

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NOW REPRESENTING: Catriona Rowntree

Established and respected TV personality Catriona Rowntree joins Chic Celebrity.

Catriona’s second child is due in March but she will soon be back at work to continue to front Channel 9’s top rating show Getaway which she has hosted for over 15 years.

Catriona is also working on commercial projects such as her ongoing children's range of clothing and a Maternity Clothing range for Target launching in 2011.

Whilst on maternity leave Catriona is also writing an exciting new lifestyle book which will be published in 2012.

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