October 2025 Kedgeree. Take some cold boiled fish of any kind, five eggs boiled hard, a cupful of boiled rice, some butter, a cupful of cream, plenty of seasoning, and some …
October 2025 Kedgeree. Take some cold boiled fish of any kind, five eggs boiled hard, a cupful of boiled rice, some butter, a cupful of cream, plenty of seasoning, and some …
In October 1911 newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne carried reviews of The Bush Boy’s Book (from hereon Bush Boy’s) by Donald Macdonald. Under this title Mr. Donald Macdonald, the well-known member …
September 2025 I was looking through Australian Geographics’ The Classic Australian Cookbook looking for a recipe for Bread and Butter Pudding and was dismayed to find no recipe for It. If …
September 2025 This paper is a response to the National Food Security Strategy: Discussion Paper. Note: This is a compilation from the various texts cited with little editorialising from me. Why …
September 2025 In 2021 the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) published Edible insects: A roadmap for the strategic growth of an emerging Australian industry. ‘With the global population predicted …
August 2025 The idea was simple. Ask the wives of the many Ambassadors/ High Commissioners/ Charge d'Affaires/ Counsellors living in Canberra to contribute a recipe to a new weekly feature in …
September 2025 The figures are shocking. Each year Australians waste around 7.6 million tonnes of food across the food supply chain. This equates to about 312kg per person. Food waste costs the Australian …
2025 On the 7th of June 1933 a new magazine hit newsstands across Australia – the Australian Women‘s Weekly (called the Weekly from hereon). Lauren Samuelson writes of the Weekly: It’s hard to …
2025 I see them every night on the news. Gazan children literally skin and bones, bloated stomachs, mouths stretched, huge eyes that look uncomprehendingly at the camera and their carers. I’ve …
This is my grandmother Ada de la Harpe's recipe book. I did a version over a decade ago and have finally gotten around to posting it. There's an introduction to …
August 2025 In this article I don’t trace the history of ginger beer in Australia. Instead I get together a grab bag of items on ginger beer over the course of …
2025 This book is an important milestone in the publication of cookery books in Australia and New Zealand, for it is written by a newcomer who has brought her skills and …
August 2025 In March 1965 the Australian Women’s Weekly (AWW from hereon) published ‘Continental Sausages’ a four page ‘dictionary’ of 59 of the eponymous food items. Each entry gave the name …
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