Easter approaching I have been doing research into Lenten food recipes in Australian newspapers and magazines. This is the first advertisement for the Lenten recipe book of the prolific Harriet Wicken that I have come across. A bumper issue kicking off with a story about an experiment I am avid to know the results of; …
Diggings 15 February 2020
First up in this edition of Diggings - I have for some time now been trying to find out how much government funding for Research and Development (R & D) goes into native food projects. The answer from friends in the R & D business is that it appears no-one keeps any data on this. …
Spag Bol: The making of and Aussie icon
For generations, Australian families have dined at home, with varying frequency, on some version of spaghetti with a sauce of tomato and minced beef. Indeed, spaghetti bolognese, or spag bol to give it its typically Australian abbreviated name, is so entrenched a part of Australian food culture that it regularly secures a place in polls …
Curry & Eggs: An Australian infatuation
As a child in Sri Lanka egg curry meant some version of whole hard-boiled eggs in a curry gravy. There isn’t a recipe for this in the cookery book of my grandmother Ada de la Harpe. She does have recipes for Devilled Eggs and Savoury Eggs which I will come to. Curries were usually made …
Compost 
You must be logged in to post a comment.