July 2025As a kid in Sri Lanka quaffing condensed milk was a daily practice. The can had two holes in it – triangular from the tool that made them. I …

June 2025Vegemite was created by Dr. Cyril P Collister in 1923 for the Fred Walker Company, a food producer and export company. Collister was tasked with developing a spread ‘from …

July 2025One of the themes that ran through my book True To The Land A history of food in Australia was foodways of Indigenous Australians. I thought I had all …

June 2025I remember a time when there were only half a dozen Indian restaurants in Sydney all with the same menu – Fish Curry, Beef Curry, Eggplant Curry, and Dhal …

 June 2025My earliest food memory is of eating rice and dhal hand fed by our cook. She expertly mixed rice and dhal into small off-shape balls that were popped into …

May 2025We’ve entered the age of the hot cross ice-cream, loaf, sandwich and ‘crosskie’While there will always be a place for sturdy, raisin-studded rolls, being hot, crossed and a bun …

May 2025Symposiums of Australian Gastronomy (SAGs from hereon) are biennial events begun in March1984 that bring together food historians, food writers, academics, cooks and people interested in food and foodways …